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Annette Bradford; Seonmin Park; Howard Brown – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The need to support those teaching in English-medium instruction (EMI) classrooms is becoming increasingly acknowledged, and faculty professional development (PD) is recognised as an important element of that support. This study, a replication and localisation of an international study by Macaro et al. (2020. "English Medium Instruction in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Tonga, Funda Eda; Eryigit, Sümeyra; Yalçin, Fatma Ay; Erden, Feyza Tantekin – Professional Development in Education, 2022
The role of teachers in education is widely acknowledged in educational studies that routinely find that quality of teaching is fundamental to student success. Accordingly, this study set out to examine and describe the professional development of teachers in countries where students perform better in the PISA assessment, namely, Finland, Estonia,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, High Achievement, Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Lee, Lung-Sheng, Ed.; Lee, Yi-Fang, Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
In 1997, the Industrial Technology Education Association of Taiwan (ITEA-Taiwan) hosted the 1997 International Conference on Technology Education in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICTE) in Taipei. The ICTE constitution was signed and the Association to Association mode was formed at that conference. This mode has provided the technology educators in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Technology Education, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences
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Goulah, Jason – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2020
This article examines contributions to the ethic and practice of cosmopolitanism by Japanese educators Makiguchi Tsunesaburo, Toda Josei and, most significantly, Ikeda Daisaku. Collectively, they are "the philosophers of the Soka movement" that Rizvi and Choo refer to in their call for a special issue on "Asian…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Japanese, Foreign Countries
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Kihara, Toshiyuki – Education Sciences, 2021
In this paper, the trends and issues of teacher education research and practices in Japan are clarified from the viewpoint of the digitization of the educational environment. This will be achieved through a review of the literature and policy documents on recent educational practices and teacher education. Firstly, Japanese teacher education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Research
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Tsujino, Kemma – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2015
In this article, teacher education reforms in Germany were analysed from a Japanese outsider's viewpoint. To describe the feature of "Germany" is never easy because of its diversity; however, from an outsider's viewpoint, certain unified features can be made clear. The symbol of today's reform is the teacher education standards from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Quality Assurance, Educational Policy
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Stanley, Iain – JALT CALL Journal, 2015
This study was undertaken to examine the influence that a set of Professional Development (PD) initiatives had on faculty use of Moodle, a well-known Course Management System. The context of the study was a private university in Japan that specializes in languages. Specifically, it aimed to identify the way in which the PD initiatives adhered to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Technology Uses in Education, Database Management Systems, Courseware
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Yamaoka, Michio; Asano, Tadayoshi; Abe, Shintaro – Journal of Economic Education, 2010
The authors describe the present state of economic education in Japan. There is a larger number of undergraduate students who major in economics, but their purpose of studying economics and their economic literacy differ. Precollege economic education is regulated by the course of study and limited by the poor ability of teachers to teach the…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students)
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Kalin, Jana, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
Papers from the proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society was submitted in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers submitted at the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 14-17, 2016. Volume 2 contains papers submitted at the 4th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Comparative Education, Educational History
Arani, Mohammad Reza Sarkar; Shibata, Yoshiaki; Matoba, Masami – Online Submission, 2007
This paper first clarifies the role of "jugyou kenkyuu" for creating an effective environment in schools for teachers to learn from each other and for developing more learning-centered education that focuses on the real needs of students. Secondly, it examines various practical strategies used by both professors and teachers through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Woo, Jeong-Ho, Ed.; Lew, Hee-Chan, Ed.; Park, Kyo-Sik Park, Ed.; Seo, Dong-Yeop, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2007
The first volume of the 31st annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents plenary lectures; research forums; discussion groups; working sessions; short oral communications; and posters from the meeting. Plenary lecture papers include: (1) On Humanistic Mathematics Education: A…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education