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de Courcy, Michele – TESOL in Context, 2011
As researchers and teachers, we have particular beliefs about the world and how it works, and about classrooms and how they work. Borg notes that "beliefs colour memories with their evaluation and judgment, and serve to frame our understanding of events" (Borg, 2001, p. 187). When already qualified teachers, in a TESOL graduate program,…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Practicums, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Rodgers, Adrian; Jenkins, Deborah Bainer – Teachers College Press, 2010
In "Redesigning Supervision", active professionals in teacher education and professional development share research-based, alternative models for restructuring the way pre-service teachers are supervised. The authors examine the methods currently used and discuss how teacher educators have striven to change or renew these procedures. They then…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Models, Field Experience Programs
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Cartaut, Solange; Bertone, Stefano – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of the joint training activities of a cooperating teacher and a university supervisor during an advisory visit on (a) the professional development of a preservice teacher's activity and (b) the reorganization of mentoring activity following this visit. The results are considered from a theoretical…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Constructivism (Learning), Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Lund, Jacalyn L.; Gurvitch, Rachel; Metzler, Michael W. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2008
This article considers another group of educators involved with the adoption of model-based instruction (MBI)--the cooperating teachers, who supervise physical education teacher education (PETE) student teachers in the Georgia State University (GSU) program. The university spends several semesters educating preservice teachers about the skills and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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Urzua, Alfredo; Vasquez, Camilla – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
Educational researchers have recently suggested that Schon's influential model of the "reflective practitioner" lacks a prospective, or future, dimension. In this study, we examine instances of future-oriented talk produced by novice English as-a-second-language (ESL) teachers during mentoring meetings in one North American university…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Methods, Models
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Adamy, Peter; Boulmetis, John – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2006
This article describes the PT3 Implementation Grant at the University of Rhode Island's School of Education and the impact it had on students' confidence in using technology for teaching. The three-year project focused on working with faculty from the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences to integrate technology into their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration