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Leung, Chi Hung; Hue, Ming Tak – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
This study investigates the perceptions of teaching competency in multicultural classrooms held by 421 teachers at 16 schools in Hong Kong. The aims of the study are (a) to use confirmatory factor analysis to validate a culturally appropriate version of the Multicultural Teaching Competency Scale (MTCS), (b) to assess three types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Student Diversity, Culturally Relevant Education
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Ritzhaupt, Albert D.; Huggins-Manley, Anne Corinne; Ruggles, Krista; Wilson, Matthew – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2016
The TPACK (technological pedagogical content knowledge) framework (Mishra & Koehler, 2006) has gained tremendous momentum from within the educational technology community. Specifically, much discourse has focused on how to measure this multidimensional construct to further define the contours of the framework and potentially make some…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Surveys, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Casanoves, Marina; González, Ángel; Salvadó, Zoel; Haro, Juan; Novo, Maite – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Due to the important impact that biotechnology has on current Western societies, well-informed critical citizens are needed. People prepared to make conscious decisions about aspects of biotechnology that relate to their own lives. Teachers play a central role in all education systems. Thus, the biotechnological literacy of preservice teachers is…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Elementary School Teachers, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Yazdanpanah, Lilly K. – TESL-EJ, 2015
English as a second language (ESL) teaching is partly a thinking process in which teacher knowledge plays a pivotal role in making instructional choices (Breen, Hird, Milton, Oliver, & Thwaite, 2001). The present study contributes to understandings of teacher knowledge by exploring the types of knowledge, which practicing teachers value in…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Likert Scales
Womack, Sid T.; Pepper, Stephanie; Hanna, Shellie L.; Bell, Columbus David – Online Submission, 2015
In a previous study with 130 undergraduate teacher candidates from all licensure levels, data on candidate effectiveness were examined using factor analysis. Four factors were found in effective teaching, those being lesson planning, teacher and student reflection, safe school environment, and teacher professionalism. The present study followed…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Best Practices, Instructional Effectiveness, Curriculum Design
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Gold, Bernadette; Holodynski, Manfred – Educational Assessment, 2015
The current study describes the development and construct validation of a situational judgment test for assessing the strategic knowledge of classroom management in elementary schools. Classroom scenarios and accompanying courses of action were constructed, of which 17 experts confirmed the content validity. A pilot study and a cross-validation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Schools, Construct Validity, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Davidson, Maaike T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This sequential, mixed method, QUAN-QUAL study redefines the craft of teaching into the science ("what"), art ("how"), and the business of teaching to assess and prepare preservice teachers. It also measures the effectiveness of using theatrical elements as teaching strategies to effectively develop preservice teachers in the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies