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Tran, Ngoc Hai; Truong, Thang Dinh; Dinh, Hong-Van Thi; Do, Le-Hang Thi; Tran, Tu-Anh Thi; Phan, Mai-Huong Thi – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2020
Teacher professional development (TPD) plays a vital role in enhancing student achievement and the education quality improvement at general education schools. Vietnam is carrying out the general education reforms including the curriculum, teaching methodology and textbook replacement. In order to make those reforms succeed, a lot of things have…
Descriptors: Professional Development, General Education, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Jacquelynn S. Popp – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2018
This study explores texts used in four 7th-11th grade teachers' history/social studies lessons and these teachers' perspectives about the texts. Specifically, data from interview and observation field notes were analyzed to determine (a) the number, types, and modes of texts teachers used in their lessons and (b) teachers' perspectives on the…
Descriptors: Textbook Selection, Teacher Attitudes, Social Studies, History Instruction
McDonald, Christine V. – Research in Science Education, 2016
A large body of research has drawn attention to the importance of providing engaging learning experiences in junior secondary science classes, in an attempt to attract more students into post-compulsory science courses. The reality of time and resource constraints, and the high proportion of non-specialist science teachers teaching science, has…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Specialists
Makgato, Moses; Ramaligela, Sylvia Manto – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
Learning support materials, including commercially prepared textbooks, play a central role in the implementation of a new curriculum. In South Africa, classroom resource materials such as textbooks are reported to have had a considerable influence on Teachers' pedagogical practices. The aim of the article is to explore the criteria that Grade 9…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Selection, Foreign Countries, Textbook Content
Burns, Timothy J. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
There are many factors that make the undergraduate systems analysis and design course somewhat enigmatic in its purpose, and therefore equivocal in its delivery. The purpose of this research is to learn, specifically, what instructors are teaching in their systems analysis and design courses. This paper reports the results of a survey and follow…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Information Systems, Systems Analysis, Computer System Design
Czeglédy, István; Kovács, András – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2008
Creating of this article was motivated by the change of the new situation in connection with the Hungarian mathematics textbooks. Nowadays the teachers of Hungary could choose among the textbooks without restriction. The number of the textbooks is growing more and more. But our mathematics teachers have not any didactical support for the choice.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Textbook Selection, Foreign Countries
Reys, Barbara; Reys, Robert; Rubenstein, Rheta – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2010
Mathematics curriculum has long been a topic of keen interest in mathematics education and remains a central issue in efforts to improve mathematics learning opportunities for students. This Yearbook continues in a long line of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbooks that have addressed various facets of the changing mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Yearbooks, Federal Legislation
Kuhs, Therese M.; Freeman, Donald J. – 1979
The research reported in this paper identifies the "core curriculum" and "optional curriculum" suggested by widely used textbooks of elementary school mathematics and describes the influence of each on teacher autonomy in selecting the content of instruction. Preliminary analyses suggest that the "core curriculum" is generally consistent with…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Decision Making

Beattie, Nicholas – British Journal of Educational Studies, 1981
The author examines reasons why, historically and currently, a great deal of controversy in Italian education focuses on the provision of textbooks. He discusses such issues as single national textbooks, participation in selection, effects on teaching methods, provision of class libraries, and the requirement that parents pay for textbooks. (SJL)
Descriptors: Centralization, Conflict, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education

Hyland, Ken – Prospect, 1995
A sample of 62 English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers in Australia and New Zealand were asked to recommend a basic library of 10 texts that they considered essential to ESL instructors. Results found a number of core categories of texts and substantial agreement on a basic library. (contains 56 references) (MDM) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
Malenka, Margaret M.; Smith, Stephen P. – 1994
This paper describes two prospective English teachers' beliefs and understandings regarding literature and the teaching of literature. Through extensive interviews that included context-specific tasks, the study explored the subjects' prior experiences with literature, their conceptions regarding the nature of literature, and their perceptions of…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, English Literature, English Teacher Education

Kon, Jane Heckley – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1995
Reports on a study of how seven fifth-grade teachers organized their social studies curriculum following the adoption of a new textbook. Finds that teaching styles were more varied than might be expected given the similarity of materials. Discusses three observed teaching styles. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Grade 5
Anderson, William – 1968
The two requirements for admittance to the college English profession--the Ph. D. degree and scholarly publication--frequently have little connection with the problems of teaching, the means of livelihood for most English majors. In acquiring the degree, the student must master material, acquire "professional" attitudes, and evaluate…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, College Faculty, Degree Requirements
Eble, Kenneth E. – 1976
College teaching, teaching skills, and practical problems are considered. The emphasis on subject matter specialization in graduate school and effects on the preparation of college teachers are considered, along with suggestions about what beginning college teachers need to know beyond subject matter training. After briefly considering assumptions…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Assignments, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques
English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1992
This document consists of the two issues of "English Teachers' Journal (Israel)" issued during 1992. Articles include: "Information for English Teachers"; "Announcements for Bagrut Teachers and Examiners"; "News from Educational Television" (Lily Vered and Others); "News from E.T.A.I. (English Teachers'…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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