According to the national guidelines for kindergarten teacher education in Norway, university campus-based teaching and practical training in in-service kindergartens are two mutually complementary learning arenas that facilitate student professional learning and development. This paper "gives voice" to first-year students regarding…

The purpose of this study is to determine the teachers' self-efficacy in terms of their former experience and professional development in the Turkish World (Turkey and Kazakhstan) based on TALIS 2018 Data. In this context, this study is conducted with the participation of 6.531 Kazakh and 3.828 Turkish teachers who teach at ISCED level 2. The data…

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…

The present report provides an overview of current practices on teacher training, and how teacher training covers the needs of students with disabilities under the paradigm of inclusive education. The report aims at analysing the situation in the Southern Europe, namely presenting the cases of Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain. After a general…

This study aims to investigate the views of the teachers on teacher training system in Turkey, and it was conducted using the case study design, which is one of the qualitative research designs. The working group of the study consisted of 55 teachers in total, who voluntarily participate in the research. These teachers are serving in one of…

This paper applies a cultural-historical approach to researching the perspective of academic pedagogy teachers on good, campus-based teaching practices in the arena of play following the reform of Norwegian early childhood teacher education. The research material comprises over three world café conversations with a total of 13 pedagogy teachers.…

Teacher education is an essential and critical part of every educational system and therefore plays a key and fundamental role in improving quality and enhancing the educational system. The goal of the study was to present an overall picture of teacher education in Pakistan in the context of education policies, quantitative expansion, provision of…

This study investigates effective changes in professional development for teachers and takes a broad view of professional development, considering training teachers may receive throughout their careers and assessing their knowledge and skills. The main body of the article is devoted to a critique of various discussions and problems involved in…

This paper explores the demanding and complex nature of English language teaching with young learners. The paper begins with the challenges of the young learner classroom, then goes on to argue that the low estimation of teaching languages in primary education can seriously impact the confidence and efficacy of primary-school teachers. The popular…

This research is a document analysis that investigates the studies on history of mathematics in pre-service, after service and graduate education. 39 studies were examined during the research. These studies analyzed according to the findings gained from the language used, study sample, type of study, research method, research design, title of…

This study examined the disciplinary behaviors displayed at secondary education institutions located in Turkey and the disciplinary punishments imposed for those behaviors. The study made an attempt to reveal how disciplinary punishments imposed at high schools were distributed by different variables and whether those punishments varied by year,…

Since implementation of reform and opening-up policy, China's teacher education has got significant success on policy design, legislation process, theory research, system reform, model innovation and teaching qualification system building. Teachers' educational background level has been increased. Teachers' professional ethics and teaching…

In this study a survey instrument was developed to test elementary teachers' attitudes towards incorporating manipulatives in their math lessons frequently. Though the benefits of using math manipulatives has been reported, there seems to be a disconnect between the benefits of manipulative use and the number of teachers integrating them in their…

This paper examined the contemporary teacher training and professional development in Nigeria as an example of the experiences in developing countries of the world. Against the background of the ascendancy of information and communications technologies in all aspects of human life this study attempted to situate the concept of Information and…

This article is focused on unveiling the concept of TPACK in relation to teaching and learning in science and mathematics as well as the meaning of TPACK for pre-service science and mathematics teachers training. In describing this, different literatures were consulted on the meaning of TPACK, its origin and the way it can be integrated in…