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Khanal, Sudeep – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
In this article, I analyse non-Dalit teachers' outlooks by positioning them within a culturally complex caste system, considering its influence on Dalits' education. Nepalese society is ruled by a caste system, where non-Dalits--Brahmins and Kshatriya are considered pure and powerful, and Dalits are viewed as impure and powerless. This…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Social Class, Capacity Building
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Vokatis, Barbara; Gibbins, Thor – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2023
Educating literacy educators in online teacher preparation programs is an area in need of research. As online literacy teacher programs become more prevalent, it will become increasingly important to study the benefits and challenges of various online literacy clinic designs. This study investigated the perceived interactions between tutors and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Online Courses, Coaching (Performance), Practicums
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Aslam, Sarfraz; Hali, Ali Usman; Zhang, BaoHui; Saleem, Atif – SAGE Open, 2021
The importance of reflective thinking among teachers has long been recognized, and it remains a crucial indicator of learning and ensures teachers' professional development. This study's aim is to understand a teacher education program's impact on the reflective thinking of preservice teachers in Pakistan. Utilizing a mixed-method approach, 400…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Zhang, Chenyi; Cook, J. Claire – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2019
This study presents a professional development (PD) model for promoting preschool teachers' writing instruction utilizing teachers' reflective practices. Thirteen prekindergarten teachers were followed for the entire pre-K year. Teachers were assigned to intervention and comparison conditions. A reflective PD workshop was developed based on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Writing Instruction, Reflective Teaching
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Jeppesen, Alison; Joyce, Brenda – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2018
Does participation in a reflective teaching development program transform educators? In a three-year teaching development program, faculty met in small interdisciplinary groups with peer facilitators and used online resources to complement their learning activities. The first two cohorts of participants found that involvement in a teaching…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Faculty Development, Peer Teaching, Group Activities
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Bell, Cathryn; Robertson, Karyn; Norsworthy, Bev – Waikato Journal of Education, 2017
This paper emerges from the critical thinking, research, and evaluation which informed our most recent programme review during which we debated the question, "How do we educate people for quality teaching in the future?" Drawing on research, stakeholder feedback, and graduate voice, four key influential characteristics are identified.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Competencies
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Saylor, Laura Lackner; Johnson, Carla C. – School Science and Mathematics, 2014
Meaningful and effective training and professional development programs for teachers are key to the improvement of teaching practices in our schools. In this paper, the authors offer a meta-synthesis of the literature on the role of reflection for mathematics and science teachers within the context of professional development. The authors frame…
Descriptors: Reflection, Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Meta Analysis
Murphy, Debra G. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teacher research has been included in university and graduate teacher education programs for the past 2 decades. Recently, associate degree programs have also begun to engage their students in teacher research. What happens when community college early childhood students conduct teacher research as a course assignment? This study involved 8 former…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Two Year College Students, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Liakopoulou, Maria – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
A basic condition for teachers developing their personal theory about teaching and utilising their knowledge in practice and perceiving and managing the complexity of the teaching process, is their ability to analyse the teaching process and to reflect on it. The research data presented in this article comes from research carried out, during which…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Work Experience, Reflective Teaching, Preservice Teachers
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Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth; Crawford, Patricia A.; Hickmann, Rosemary – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2010
This article explores the role of teacher research as part of a robust program of professional development. Teacher research offers teachers at every stage of development a recursive and reflective means of bridging the gap between current practice and potential professional growth. The purpose of this dual level inquiry was to probe the concept…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Master Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Researchers
Burns, Mary Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Dewey (1933) provided the foundation for reflective practice in education with the notion that learning is not in the doing, but rather it is in the thinking about the doing that creates learning. Evidence is growing about the importance of reflection for improving teaching and learning practices to increase student achievement (York-Barr, et al.,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Reflective Teaching, School Culture
Minott, Mark Anthony – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
This paper reports on a study which examined the impact of a course in Reflective teaching in the third year of a Bachelor of Education degree programme at a local University College. A broader purpose for the study was to continue the process of giving credence to reflective teaching as integral to effective teaching and learning. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Reflective Teaching, Course Evaluation
Doughty Park, Linda Roxanne – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Only about half of new teachers report that they feel prepared to teach reading when they enter the profession. This research study focused on six elementary teacher candidates enrolled in a reading methods course combined with a reading practicum. The teacher candidates participated in an ongoing collaborative community discussion group…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Norris, Karen S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experience of reflection and document how a holistic approach to teacher reflection contributes to teachers' understanding of, and improvement in their pedagogical practice. The investigation asked how classroom observations, when followed by a reflective dialogue, impact pedagogical practice. The…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Observation, Holistic Approach, Program Effectiveness
Sullivan, Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the professional impact of the National Board Certification from the perspective of teachers who have achieved National Board Certification, which is granted through the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. This phenomenological study involved interviews with 10 National Board Certified…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Program Effectiveness, Professional Development, Teacher Competencies
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