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Izumi-Taylor, Satomi; Lee, Yu-Yuan; Moberly, Deborah; Wang, Lei – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine similarities and differences in concepts of reflection among American and Japanese pre-service teachers majoring in early childhood education. Pre-service teachers completed a survey asking them to describe approaches and processes of reflection in their daily practice. The quantitative and qualitative data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Early Childhood Education
Rock, Tracy C.; Wilson, Cathy – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2005
This article presents a professional development initiative developed by a university-school partnership based on the Japanese lesson-study model described by Stigler and Hiebert (1999) in "The Teaching Gap." Lesson study ("jugyoukenkyu"), an inquiry model of teacher professional development, is used extensively throughout…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
Evertson, Carolyn M., Ed.; Weinstein, Carol S., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
Classroom management is a topic of enduring concern for teachers, administrators, and the public. It consistently ranks as the first or second most serious educational problem in the eyes of the general public, and beginning teachers consistently rank it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Management problems continue…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Classroom Communication, Critical Theory