Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies
April 2009 Volume 25, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 19
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Self-directed professional development – Hope for teachers working in deprived environments?
Emmanuel Mushayikwa & Fred Lubben
Self-direction has been identified as a potential key to the success of professional development of teachers, especially those working in deprived environments. This paper develops a model for self... More
pp. 375-382
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Sexuality, schooling, and teacher identity formation: A critical pedagogy for teacher education
Michael Vavrus
Offering an alternative to normative teacher education that excludes meaningful sexuality and gender education from its curriculum, this article presents a critical teacher education multicultural ... More
pp. 383-390
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New peace, new teachers: Student teachers' perspectives of diversity and community relations in Northern Ireland
Alison Montgomery & Claire McGlynn
This paper reflects upon student teachers' conceptions of inter-community relations and the preparation they receive to address issues of diversity and mutual understanding. The study in Northern... More
pp. 391-399
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Learning through action: Parallel learning processes in children and adults
Elizabeth A. Ethridge & Kathryn R. Branscomb
Experiential learning has become an essential part of many educational settings from infancy through adulthood. While the effectiveness of active learning has been evaluated in youth and adult... More
pp. 400-408
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A course on gender equity in education: Does it affect gender role attitudes of preservice teachers?
Feyza Tantekin Erden
The aim of this study is to investigate if a semester-long course on gender equity in education has an impact on the attitudes of preservice teachers toward gender roles. To this end, a pretest... More
pp. 409-414
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The Video Viewing Task: A source of information for assessing and addressing teacher understanding of text-based discussion
Linda Kucan, Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, Debi Khasnabis & Ching-I. Chang
This paper reports on the Video Viewing Task (VVT), an assessment designed to measure teachers' developing understanding of two reading comprehension instruction approaches: Reciprocal Teaching ... More
pp. 415-423
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It's not all about school: Ways of disrupting pre-service teachers' perceptions of pedagogy and communication
Mary Ryan & Annah Healy
Many pre-service teachers enter teacher education with problematic or unexamined assumptions about learners and teaching. This article reports on an authentic learning opportunity offered to 22 pre... More
pp. 424-429
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Multitasking and synchronous work: Complexities in teacher work
Göran Brante
Teacher work is described as increasing in complexity and intensity. Reasons for this include societal changes, reformed and increased work tasks, and the changed moral and normative character of... More
pp. 430-436
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The effects of laboratory-based and field-based practicum experience on pre-service teachers' self-efficacy
Rachel Gurvitch & Michael W. Metzler
A well defined line of research has been conducted on the role of self-efficacy (Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84, 191–215.... More
pp. 437-443
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Bridging the real and ideal: A comparison between learning community characteristics and a school-based case study
Kurt W. Clausen, Anna-Marie Aquino & Ron Wideman
While a growing body of literature advocates the importance of school-based, collaborative action research, less attention has been focused on how these projects are developed and implemented in... More
pp. 444-452
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Teachers’ practical knowledge about classroom management in multicultural classrooms
Jan van Tartwijk, Perry den Brok, Ietje Veldman & Theo Wubbels
Creating a positive working atmosphere in the classroom is the first concern of many student and beginning teachers in secondary education. Teaching in multicultural classrooms provides additional ... More
pp. 453-460
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Navigating the unfamiliar in a quest towards culturally responsive pedagogy in the classroom
Delia Baskerville
This paper examines a New Zealand Pākehā (European) teacher's professional development experience working with Māori (indigenous people of New Zealand), and their protocols and practices. A Māori... More
pp. 461-467
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Doth the lady protest too much? Pre-service teachers and the experience of dissonance as a catalyst for development
Sally Galman
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of beginning pre-service teachers enrolled in a large U.S. teacher preparation program (N=34). Discussion focuses on participants' identity... More
pp. 468-481
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The role of the teaching headteacher: A question of support?
Valerie Wilson
This article reports findings from a study of 100 headteachers of very small Scottish primary schools. The main aim of the research was to follow up a sample of those schools that had participated ... More
pp. 482-489
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Integrating social justice with mathematics and science: An analysis of student teacher lessons
Barbara Garii & Audrey C. Rule
Student teachers have difficulty planning lessons that fully integrate social justice with mathematics/science content. This study was a content analysis of 26 poster presentations of mathematics... More
pp. 490-499
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Teaching skills and personal characteristics of sex education teachers
Greetje Timmerman
This article examines relationships between various dimensions of teachers' professionalism, that is, pedagogical content knowledge and personal characteristics. Using Shulman's notion of... More
pp. 500-506
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Using activity systems analysis to identify inner contradictions in teacher professional development
Lisa C. Yamagata-Lynch & Michael T. Haudenschild
This study took place in the United States and explored teacher perspectives on the situational factors that influence their professional development using Engeström's (Engeström, Y. (1987).... More
pp. 507-517
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Does school context matter? Relations with teacher burnout and job satisfaction
Einar M. Skaalvik & Sidsel Skaalvik
This study examined relations between teachers' perception of the school context, teacher burnout, and teacher job satisfaction. Participants were 563 Norwegian teachers in elementary school and... More
pp. 518-524
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Consonance and dissonance in a study abroad program as a catalyst for professional development of pre-service teachers
Roger Brindley, Suzanne Quinn & Mary Lou Morton
This research examines the experiences of elementary and early childhood pre-service teachers from the U.S. engaged in a month long study abroad internship program in England. Using data from... More
pp. 525-532