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How University Professors Foster Argumentation in Their Teaching Processes and How Their Students Respond. A Case Study
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Benarroch Benarroch, Alicia; Briceño Martinez, John Jairo – Teacher Development, 2023
To strengthen the professional development of its science university professors with academic assignments in scientific careers, a Colombian higher education institution commissioned the design of a six-month training programme. The aim was to help professors change their teaching practices toward more student-centred models. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, College Faculty, Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Communication
Multiplicative Reasoning Task Design in Teacher Education with Student Teachers in Scottish Schools: Valuing Diversity, Developing Flexibility and Making Connections
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Martin, Helen – Teacher Development, 2021
This article considers the development of synthetic landscapes of multiplicative reasoning constructed by student teachers (pre-service teachers). It explores the implications of working in a way that integrates literature from Maths Recovery, Cognitively Guided Instruction and Realistic Mathematics Education approaches. The aim is to better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Multiplication, Mathematics Instruction
Personal Growth and Development of Parent Leaders through a Group Parent Education Program
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Yuen, Lai Ha – Teacher Development, 2017
Many scholars assert that current parent education practices in Hong Kong are dominated by the transmission perspective. This perspective assumes inadequacies in the knowledge and skills of parents; hence, the goal of parent education appears to be the transmission of facts as well as skills development and values information that prepare children…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Methods, Leadership
Supporting Pre-Service Teachers to Enhance the Effectiveness of Their Classroom Practice through Engaging with the "Voice" of Their Pupils
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Hopkins, Elizabeth Anne – Teacher Development, 2014
The research reported here was focussed on accessing the perceptions of pre-service teachers regarding the critical factors which support highly effective learning in schools in the United Kingdom. Their perceptions were arranged into a taxonomy so that they can be used as a starting point for their reflections on the observations they make of…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Classification, Student Participation
Thinking Skills, Assessment for Learning and Literacy Strategies in Teaching History
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Mountford, Paula; Price, Ian – Teacher Development, 2004
This article is about a small-scale research project which investigated changing the authors' classroom practice at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level and how that change impacts on both teachers and students. This project emerged out of earlier classroom research funded and supported by the National Union of Teachers and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Researchers, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
Thinking Is Fun! Thinking Skills Stimulate Enjoyment in the Classroom for Both Teachers and Pupils
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Boardman, Pam – Teacher Development, 2004
This article tells the story of the author's discovery of thinking skills, how this has affected her teaching, and how these ideas have now spread to other curriculum areas in her school. In November 2001 the author began to carry out a research project on thinking skills, introducing new activities into lessons to encourage pupils to think and…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Learning Activities, Religious Education, History Instruction