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Page, Damien – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2017
Schools are risky places: the risk of a poor Ofsted report, the risk of sliding down league tables, the risk of teachers abusing children, the risk of teachers being falsely accused of abuse. As a result of risk anxiety and the ever-increasing sophistication of technology, the surveillance of teachers has proliferated, becoming a future-oriented…
Descriptors: Risk, Observation, Teacher Supervision, Lesson Observation Criteria
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Sangoleye, Solomon Adebayo; Kolawole, C. O. O. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Teaching is the heart of education. It involves the use of myriad of teaching methods, strategies and techniques. This paper critiques some of the instructional strategies used in higher institutions in Nigeria. Two of these instructional strategies (team teaching and questioning strategy) were identified. The "what", "how",…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching
Mills, Judith – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
This paper presents findings from classroom observations of one teacher (Beth). It focusses on the development of conceptual understanding of fractions with her students, articulated in Kieren's sub-constructs (Kieren, 1980,1988), and Hansen's progressions (Hansen, 2005). The study covers three lessons within a six week unit. Findings from this…
Descriptors: Fractions, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Blau, Ina; Peled, Yehuda; Nusan, Anat – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
One-to-one (1X1) laptop initiatives become prevalent in schools aiming to enhance active learning and assist students in developing twenty-first-century skills. This paper reports a qualitative investigation of all 7th graders and their 15 teachers in a junior high-school in Northern Israel gradually implementing 1X1 model. The research was…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Qualitative Research, Access to Computers
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Wong, Ruth – English Language Teaching, 2014
This paper, an exploratory case study, examines how students' preferences and motivation to learn English are influenced by their perceptions of teaching practices--both of native English teachers and local English teachers. To better understand the context of this research question, this study adopts a method of triangulation in collecting data:…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Preferences, Teacher Background, Teacher Characteristics
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Koole, Tom – Language and Education, 2007
This paper reports on a study of classroom interaction as a multi-party and multi-activity phenomenon. On the basis of video-recorded lessons in secondary education schools in the Netherlands, observational records were made of the behaviour of individual students throughout lessons. The main argument in this paper is that when students engage in…
Descriptors: Interaction, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Environment