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Classroom Implementation of Context-Based Chemistry Education by Teachers: The Relation between Experiences of Teachers and the Design of Materials
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Vos, Martin Anton Jozef; Taconis, Ruurd; Jochems, Wim M. G.; Pilot, Albert – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
Worldwide, a tendency is visible in which upper secondary science curricula are innovated in the direction of context-based education. Crucial to these innovations is the way teachers interact with newly developed teaching materials and implement them in classroom practice. The focus of our research is to identify characteristics of the…
Descriptors: United States History, Identification, Secondary Education, Teaching Experience
Teacher Assessment and Teacher Change in Classroom Communication Behaviors.
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Rubin, Donald L.; Alvermann, Donna E. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Describe a program which encourages content area teachers to change their instructional styles during classroom discussions of textbook readings. Presents an associated five-stage model for linking teacher assessment procedures with professional growth. Notes that at each stage the model highlights what teachers experience and understand about…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Professional Development, Secondary Education
Putting Professional Development into Action by Putting Action into Professional Development in Second Level Schools in Ireland?
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Halton, Michael J. – Educational Action Research, 2004
Teacher professional development at second level in Irish schools has become an important issue for those of us concerned about ensuring quality teaching and learning in the classroom. In-service providers are aware that the models of provision that have been used in the past are no longer adequate to meet the professional needs of a modern…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
An Attempt to Overcome Alternative Conceptions Related to Heat and Temperature.
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Thomaz, Marilia F.; And Others – Physics Education, 1995
Describes a teaching model aimed at promoting conceptual change concerning heat and temperature. The model is used with teachers (n=2) and students (n=92) to explore its use as a professional development tool as well as a teaching strategy. Results indicate that the teaching model is effective in changing students' ideas and the approach resulted…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Higher Education, Interviews
Using Video Case Studies for the Professional Development of Teachers in China.
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Chan, Yee Kong Peter – 2000
The purposes of this project are to: (1) develop an ethnographic video case (EVC) CD-ROM of three Chinese teachers teaching the Chinese language in secondary school classrooms in China according to a thinking-skill model developed by Dr. Lin Chongde called "Five Traits of Thinking"; (2) obtain formative data for fixing the improving the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Proposed Schenley High School Teacher Center.
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Angevine, James – 1982
Part I of this brief document outlines seven opportunities provided for Pittsburgh secondary teachers by the Schenley High School Teacher Center. These opportunities include observing exemplary instructional activities in a real setting, practicing new skills and techniques, receiving feedback on that practice, and translating theory into…
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Experimental Schools