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How an Orientation to Learning Influences the Expansive-Restrictive Nature of Teacher Learning and Change
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Feeney, Eric J. – Teacher Development, 2016
This study examined teachers' learning situated in a school to reveal factors that support and hinder learning in the workplace. The investigation analyzed teachers' orientation to learning, examining beliefs, practices, and experiences about teachers' learning in relation to change in the workplace. A hypothesis is that teacher learning and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Workplace Learning, Teacher Improvement
The Power of Self-Directed Journals: Being a Temporary "Other" for Learning to Teach
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Matsumoto, Yumi – Teacher Development, 2016
This case study investigates how an ESL teacher's activity of self-directed journal writing can facilitate learning and function as a mediational tool for teacher professional development. The participant for this study is a native English speaker who taught an ESL freshman writing course in an American university. Since he had little time to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Revised Curriculum in the Cypriot Primary School: How to Overcome the Espoused Level of Change
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Loizou, Florentia – Teacher Development, 2015
In this article the author discusses how the revised curriculum which has been recently introduced in public primary education in Cyprus can be implemented beyond the espoused level of change. This discussion is based on a study the author conducted on Cypriot primary school teachers' reflective practices. The study was qualitative and used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary School Curriculum
Collaborative Approaches in Initial Teacher Education: Lessons from Approaches to Developing Student Teachers' Use of the Internet in Science Teaching
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Sorensen, Pete; Twidle, John; Childs, Ann – Teacher Development, 2014
In many countries, governments are keen to persuade teachers at all levels to seek to enhance the learning of their students by incorporating information and communication technologies within their classrooms. This paper reports on the development of collaborative approaches to supporting use of the Internet by Post Graduate Certificate of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Internet, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Teacher Knowledge about Oral English Instruction and Teacher Profiles: An EFL Perspective
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Chen, Zan; Goh, Christine – Teacher Development, 2014
Teacher knowledge, as an important cognitive basis of teaching, has attracted tremendous attention in educational research in the last few decades. This study examines whether teachers' self-perceived knowledge about oral English teaching differs with regard to their professional profiles in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Knowledge Base for Teaching
Shifting Sands in the United Arab Emirates: Effecting Conceptual Change for Creativity in Early Childhood Teacher Education
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Baker, Fiona S. – Teacher Development, 2013
This study examines the effectiveness of a four-stage conceptual change approach to creativity development in teacher education in the Emirate of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The participants were 32 student teachers studying at undergraduate level at an all-female university. The study examined participant preconceptions of creativity and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education, Creativity