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Holloway, Jessica – Critical Studies in Education, 2021
The collection of papers presented in this issue of Critical Studies in Education adds to the expansive body of work on teachers and teaching. Collectively, the papers draw our attention to new ways the field is problematising the emerging and evolving conditions that shape the work, lives and identities of teachers. With this editorial…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Professionalism, Professional Identity
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Modesti, Sonja – Current Issues in Education, 2012
The transformative power of dialogue has the potential to serve as a healthful alternative to unproductive strategies for problem-solving in many communication contexts (Ryan & Natalle, 2001). Sadly, educational contexts emerge as contexts in dire need of such communicative reconstruction, evidenced by the alarming increase in incidences of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rhetoric, Communication Skills, Attitudes
Schleicher, Andreas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
International educational benchmarks make disappointing reading for Americans, but they also indicate a way forward. PISA results show strong performance is possible. Whether in Japan, Korea, Finland or Canada, many countries display strong overall performance and show socioeconomic background doesn't determine results. Some countries show that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Benchmarking, Global Approach
McAdams, Richard P. – Executive Educator, 1994
Fulbright teachers from England, Germany, Denmark, and Canada aired their views about American education during a 1991 conference. The foreign teachers admired America's commitment to providing universal access to education and academic second chances. They deplored local school funding disparities; teachers' heavy workloads and low status; and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
MCFETRIDGE, J.D. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, MODELED AFTER A RPOFESSIONAL LOAD STUDY BY THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, WAS TO ASSESS THE STATE OF ENGLISH TEACHING IN A NUMBER OF EAST LONDON SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SOME ASPECTS OF THESE FINDINGS WERE THEN COMPARED WITH CONDITIONS IN ALBERTA, CANDADA. INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH 69 EAST LONDON TEACHERS AND THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Audiovisual Aids, English Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
Moon, Bob, Ed.; Vlasceanu, Lazar, Ed.; Barrows, Leland Conley, Ed. – 2003
These 15 papers include: (1) "Current Models and New Developments in Teacher Education in Austria" (Michael Schratz and Paul Josef Resinger); (2) "Teacher Education in Canada: Renewing Scholarly, Pedagogical, and Organizational Practices" (Therese LaFerriere, Nancy Sheehan, and Tom Russell); (3) "Current Models and New…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy