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Direct linkEast, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2014
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an innovative learner-centred and experiential approach to modern foreign language (MFL) teaching and learning that is not without controversy in the secondary MFL classroom. This article considers one secondary-level initial teacher education programme in New Zealand in which, following school curriculum…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Secondary School Teachers
Hartnett, Maggie – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Online learning has grown considerably in recent years. However attrition rates from online courses indicate that not all learners are successful in such settings, and various factors have been identified as crucial to learner persistence. Research evidence suggests that motivation is one such factor. This study builds on previous studies by using…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Online Courses, Preservice Teachers, Guidelines
Zhang, Lawrence Jun – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2016
The teaching of writing in English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) has been a challenging task for many teachers due to its multifaceted nature. This paper is a reflection on ESL/EFL writing teaching in three countries, namely China, Singapore, and New Zealand, with particular reference to professionalizing ESL/ EFL writing and ESL/EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
Tin, Tan Bee – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2013
The paper proposes a new conceptual perspective for understanding students' engagement in L2 learning, in particular the concept of interest development in learning English. It investigates situational features that trigger interest in learning English, employing data from interviews with non-native English speaking students studying in TESOL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Interests, Interviews
Download full textNgapo, Koro – Kairaranga, 2013
This paper examines why Maori language needs to be taught accurately at the early stages of initial teacher education programmes and continue for the duration of a teacher education student's degree. If teacher education faculties are permitting their students to mispronounce Maori names or words, they are in fact doing a disservice, not only to…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction
McConney, Andrew; Price, Anne; Woods-McConney, Amanda – Online Submission, 2012
This review of the research literature was commissioned by the New Zealand Post-Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua as a means of informing the decision-making of the Association and its members about the Teach For All (TFA) scheme seeking to prepare teachers for New Zealand's schools. The systematic review is about fast track…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Nontraditional Education
Macalister, John – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
The knowledge and beliefs that teachers hold are an important determiner of what happens in the classroom. Ideally teacher cognition should be informed by research and theory about effective language learning. This paper examines the beliefs related to vocabulary teaching held by a cohort of 60 Malaysian pre-service teachers engaged in a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning
Earl, Kerry; Ferrier-Kerr, Jenny; Ussher, Bill – Teachers and Curriculum, 2011
Teacher educators in tertiary education environments face similar challenges to teachers in other sectors when responding to the rapid pace of change across New Zealand educational contexts. "What is really important?" and "how to fit it all in?" are questions frequently asked about content. Using enduring understandings as a…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Experience
Pohio, Lesley; Lee, Maryann – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2012
This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the challenges and rewards of revisualising and designing an innovative online space for a first-year Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Education course, Visual Arts in the Early Years. The perspectives offered are drawn from a design project involving collaboration between the course lecturer and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Innovation, Early Childhood Education
Forret, Michael; Fox-Turnbull, Wendy; Granshaw, Bruce; Harwood, Cliff; Miller, Angela; O'Sullivan, Gary; Patterson, Moira – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
The Pre-service Technology Teacher Education Resource (PTTER) was developed as a cross-institutional resource to support the development of initial technology teacher education programmes in New Zealand. The PTTER was developed through collaboration involving representatives from each of the six New Zealand university teacher education providers,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Technology Education, Educational Resources, Educational Objectives
Rawlins, Peter; Kehrwald, Benjamin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
This article is a case study of an integrated, experiential approach to improving pre-service teachers' understanding and use of educational technologies in one New Zealand teacher education programme. The study examines the context, design and implementation of a learning activity which integrated student-centred approaches, experiential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Education, Case Studies
Young-Loveridge, Jenny; Bicknell, Brenda; Mills, Judith – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This paper presents the findings of a study that assessed the numeracy competency of more than 200 students enrolled in pre-service primary teacher education. The Mathematics Thinking and Reasoning assessment consisted of 10 tasks that included 2-digit computations and proportional reasoning. Students rated their attitudes towards mathematics at…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic
Sansom, Adrienne N. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
In the pedagogical landscape of early childhood, physical movement is central to the holistic development of young children. Yet, movement-related experiences and other bodily activities such as play and dance often present contradictions and conundrums for early childhood educators. As a mode of learning, movement has endured a questionable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance, Teacher Education Programs, Early Childhood Education
Meek, Brad; Buckley, Philippa – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
The use of portfolios in teacher education has grown in popularity over the last decade. Attempts to harness the potential of portfolios as a means to enhance learning and reflection have sometimes led to a complex or document-driven process that appears several steps removed from the act of teaching. In response this paper describes the…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Teachers, Portfolio Assessment, Photography
Owens, Kay; Paraides, Patricia; Nutti, Ylva Jannok; Johansson, Gunilla; Bennet, Maria; Doolan, Pat; Peckham, Ray; Hill, John; Doolan, Frank; O'Sullivan, Dominic; Murray, Libbey; Logan, Patricia; McNair, Melissa; Sunnari, Vappu; Murray, Beatrice; Miller, Alissa; Nolan, John; Simpson, Alca; Ohrin, Christine; Doolan, Terry; Doolan, Michelle; Taylor, Paul – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2011
As a result of a number of government reports, there have been numerous systemic changes in Indigenous education in Australia revolving around the importance of partnerships with the community. A forum with our local Dubbo community established the importance of working together and developed a model which placed the child in an ecological…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
