In this 2-year collaborative research study, ethnographic and quantitative methodologies were used to explore the nature of professors' classroom teaching contexts and the relationships between classroom actions and student teachers' classroom climate perceptions. Data for case studies of four College of Education professors associated with the…

This study describes characteristics of reflective practical teaching, interprets the value of intellectualizing teaching by teachers, and summarizes a successful teaching/learning research process in the context of a large urban school in Spain. Data were gathered through review of curriculum documents and observations, interviews, and written…