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The Influence of Professional Development on Teachers' Implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model
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Lee, Okseon; Choi, Euichang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of a professional development (PD) program on teachers' implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model, and to identify the characteristics of PD that influence teaching practice. The participants were six elementary school teachers and 12 students, and the data…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Program Implementation, Student Responsibility, Social Responsibility
Collaborative Teaching and Self-Study: Engaging Student Teachers in Sociological Theory in Teacher Education
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Hogan, Vivienne; Daniell, Linda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
This article presents some of the findings of a three-year project researching the impact of changes made to teaching and learning in a first-year sociology paper for primary and early childhood education (ece) student teachers. The context of the research is an undergraduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programme situated in the School of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
A Teacher's Journey with a New Generation Handheld: Decisions, Struggles, and Accomplishments
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Ozgun-Koca, S. Asli; Meagher, Michael; Edwards, Michael Todd – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
In this technology-oriented age, teachers face daily decisions regarding the use of advanced digital technologies--graphing calculators, dynamic geometry software, blogs, wikis, podcasts and the like--to enhance student mathematical understanding in their classrooms. In this case study, the authors use the Technological, Pedagogical, and Content…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Journal Writing, Electronic Publishing, Computer Uses in Education
Struggling toward a Transformative Model of Instruction: It's Not so Easy!
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Sockman, Beth R.; Sharma, Priya – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This article is about the moving toward a new instruction style--a transformative model of instruction. One university instructor attempts to change her teaching strategies, and she encounters her own belief as obstacles, self-labeled her pedagogical discrepancies. Through peer feedback, reflective journal writing, and readings she uncovers the…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Beliefs
Systematic Self-Reflection: Professional Development for the Reflective Practitioner.
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Moss, Connie M. – 1997
To examine the utility of the "Systematic Self-Reflection" (SSR) process, a study investigated the effects of three levels of self-reflection--systematic, focused, and random--on problem solving and efficacy in 62 elementary school teachers. The study examined the application of four components of a problem-solving model (problem…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Transforming Teaching and Learning through Collaboration.
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Robbins, Mary E.; And Others – 1991
A study examined how teacher educators' goals, objectives, and class procedures were affected by using portfolios to promote critical thinking about teaching and learning, and how these instructional decisions were mediated and negotiated by the socio-professional context. Six teacher educators implementing a pilot portfolio program recorded their…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Higher Education