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Stephenson, Maxine – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2009
Maori women teachers in nineteenth-century New Zealand have been little acknowledged in educational histories, and indeed, in some instances their contributions have been explicitly nullified. Those who have taken leadership roles have been no more visible. This article examines the silencing and exclusion from educational history of a young Maori…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Womens Education
Haque, Bali – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2014
This is a powerful critique of two decades of educational reform in New Zealand, from an educator who was deeply involved. It is also a provocative call for action. Bali Haque has been both a secondary school principal required to implement reform and a senior public servant in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) tasked with pushing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Secondary Schools
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Sutherland, Kathryn A. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2009
University students often serve as tutors who supplement the lecture-based teaching of permanent academic staff. However, potential issues arise when student tutors are employed with similar expectations of expertise and experience as the industry professionals and permanent staff they teach alongside. Arguably, successful and sustainable…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Tutoring, Teacher Role, Student Teachers
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Feryok, Anne – Language Teaching Research, 2009
This article uses activity theory to consider how teacher learning and development occurs. It aims to show that imitation and orienting activity, both of which make use of the analysis of actions into means and goals, can help explain how a group of Malaysian mathematics and science teachers learned to use the language-teaching practice of tasks…
Descriptors: Imitation, Science Teachers, Microteaching, Instructional Effectiveness
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Harlow, Ann; Cowie, Bronwen – Teachers and Curriculum, 2009
The introduction of computers, the Internet, and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into the school context has proved challenging for many schools and teachers. In meeting these challenges, professional development for teachers has been seen traditionally as a formal process conducted by an expert from outside the school.…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Laptop Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers
Adams, Raymond S. – Comp Educ Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Education, Social Sciences, Teacher Role
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Dixon, Helen; Haigh, Mavis – Teacher Development, 2009
Informed by an amalgam of notions drawn from constructivist, socio-cultural, metacognitive and self-regulation theory, the discourse created to describe assessment to enhance learning has gone through a number of iterations or discursive shifts. As a result, the current discourse is both ambitious and complex with the roles and responsibilities…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Self Efficacy, Formative Evaluation
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Hong, Ye Yoon; Kerr, Suzanne; Klymchuk, Sergiy; McHardy, Johanna; Murphy, Priscilla; Spencer, Sue; Thomas, Michael O. J.; Watson, Peter – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
The transition from school to tertiary study of mathematics comes under increasing scrutiny in research. This article reports on some findings from a project analysing the transition from secondary to tertiary education in mathematics. One key variable in this transition is the teacher or lecturer. This article deals with a small part of the data…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Transitional Programs, Calculus, College Preparation
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Brough, Chris – Kairaranga, 2007
In this paper I discuss the benefits of curriculum integration for gifted and talented students in the regular classroom setting. Although this approach to curriculum delivery enhances learning for all learners, the focus of this article is the gifted and talented student. In this paper I begin by describing the approach and the teacher's role in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Gifted, Talent, Educational Change
Day, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The International Handbook of Teacher and School Development brings together a collection of research and evidence-based authoritative writings which focus on international teacher and school development. Drawing on research from 18 countries across 7 continents, the 40 chapters are grouped into 10 themes which represent key aspects of teacher and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Expectation, Teaching (Occupation), Accountability
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Swann, Jennie – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Social construction of understanding has long been a significant underlying principle of learning and teaching, and while there are many models for the design of online activities to promote this, there are considerably fewer models for the facilitation of such dialogue. This paper examines some of these facilitation models from the point of view…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Faculty Development, Interpersonal Communication, Models
Biddle, Bruce J. – Comp Educ Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires, Role Conflict, Statistical Analysis
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Mansfield, Janet – Education 3-13, 2007
In this paper, preliminary comments are made about "The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum" document questioning its framing of the arts "disciplines". The notion of the "the arts", which appears to take its meaning from the generic term "art" that directs us to class together music, painting, visual art,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Quinlivan, Kathleen – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006
This article explores what it means to work towards shifting school cultures in order to affirm sexual diversity within the contexts of conducting research within two New Zealand secondary schools. The author charts the series of shifts in thinking and action that she has undergone as to how best to accomplish changes given the challenges that…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries, Sexuality
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McLachlan, Claire; Carvalho, Lucila; de Lautour, Nicky; Kumar, Koshila – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2006
Recent research indicates that children develop the emergent knowledge and skills that lead to formal literacies in their homes and early childhood settings long before school entry. The research evidence is clear that emergent literacy needs to be actively encouraged in the early years, if children are to have optimum chances of learning to read…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Attitudes
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