NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sabrin, Mohammed – International Education Studies, 2018
This paper analyzed elementary teacher education (hereafter 'TED') programs in the top performing European (TIMSS) countries to help inform future elementary TED policy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methodological emphasis revolved around how much emphasis should be placed on general content knowledge (GCK), as opposed to general pedagogical…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Comparative Education, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Taylor, Nick – Perspectives in Education, 2016
Initial teacher education (ITE) serves as a bridge between prospective teachers exiting the school system to enrol in teacher education faculties, on the one hand and newly qualified teachers (NQTs) who are embarking on a career in schooling on the other. The present paper describes the language and thinking skills student teachers bring to their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rasmussen, Jens; Bayer, Martin – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
This article presents the results of a comparative study of the content in selected teacher education programmes for primary and lower secondary teachers in Canada, Denmark, Finland and Singapore. First and foremost, the study is a comparison between teacher education programmes in, on the one hand, Canada, Finland and Singapore, all of which…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Blomeke, Sigrid; Suhl, Ute; Kaiser, Gabriele – Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
The effectiveness of teacher education was examined by taking two indicators into account: future teachers' mean achievement on a paper-and-pencil test as an indicator of quality, and the variability of teacher achievement due to background characteristics as an indicator of equity. In detail, the effects of gender and language on mathematics…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Cultural Differences, Pedagogical Content Knowledge