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Mangope, Boitumelo; Otukile-Mongwaketse, Mpho; Dinama, Baamphatlha; Kuyini, Ahmed Bawa – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2018
Teaching practice (TP) remains one critical means of exposing student teachers to actual classroom experiences with a view to equip them with the needed pedagogical skills. The voice of the student teachers is vital in order to understand their experiences in the field as a way to ensure better outcomes for current and future teacher trainees.…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Classroom Techniques, Special Education, Preservice Teachers
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Gök Kaça, Gökçen; Yigitoglu, Nur – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This study investigates how novice English as a foreign language teachers (EFL) navigate their teaching in a university setting while attending an in-service teacher training program to improve their teaching skills. The purpose is to explore the influences of the curriculum followed at an intensive English program on novice teachers' cognitions.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Owens, Julie Sarno; Coles, Erika K.; Evans, Steven W.; Himawan, Lina K.; Girio-Herrera, Erin; Holdaway, Alex S.; Zoromski, Allison K.; Schamberg, Terah; Schulte, Ann C. – School Mental Health, 2017
The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component consultation package in improving teachers' classroom management skills, particularly among teachers with lower baseline levels of knowledge, skills, and intervention-supportive beliefs. Participants were 58 elementary school teachers (93% female; 50% non-Hispanic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Consultation Programs, Classroom Techniques
Owens, Julie Sarno; Coles, Erika K.; Evans, Steven W.; Himawan, Lina K.; Girio-Herrera, Erin; Holdaway, Alex S.; Zoromski, Allison K.; Schamberg, Terah; Schulte, Ann – Grantee Submission, 2017
The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component consultation package in improving teachers' classroom management skills, particularly among teachers with lower baseline levels of knowledge, skills, and intervention-supportive beliefs. Participants were 58 elementary school teachers (93% female; 50% Non-Hispanic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Consultation Programs, Classroom Techniques
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McDonald, Denise; Kahn, Michele – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
This paper discusses and examines the effectiveness of course assignments designed to promote reflection processes and critical thinking of pre-service teachers. Specifically, the study explores and identifies the range of students' level of reflectivity and critical examination of their own developing pedagogy, with foci on content knowledge,…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Reflection, Preservice Teachers, Career Readiness
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Stains, Marilyne; Pilarz, Matthew; Chakraverty, Devasmita – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Postsecondary chemistry instructors typically have received little pedagogical training as graduate students and postdoctoral research assistants. Moreover, professional development opportunities are often limited at their own institution. This lack of training has resulted in a gap between the instructional strategies enacted in chemistry courses…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Workshops, College Faculty, Chemistry
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Chikasanda, Vanwyk Khobidi Mbubzi; Otrel-Cass, Kathrin; Williams, John; Jones, Alister – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
This paper reports on a professional development that was designed and implemented in an attempt to broaden teachers' knowledge of the nature of technology and also enhance their technological pedagogical practices. The professional development was organised in four phases with each phase providing themes for reflection and teacher learning in…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Teacher Improvement, Faculty Development
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Brown, Amber L.; Lee, Joohi; Collins, Denise – Teaching Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate how student teaching experiences impact the sense of teaching efficacy and feelings of preparedness of pre-service teachers in a nearly and elementary teacher education program (EC-6). The study used an action research, mixed-methods design. Seventy-one pre-service teachers at a large public university…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Investigations, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy
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Grant, Leslie W.; Stronge, James H.; Xu, Xianxuan – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2013
The purpose of this study was to develop a richer understanding of teacher effectiveness through cross-cultural analyses of the practices and beliefs of selected China and US teachers who have received national awards for their teaching. This study was based upon a phenomenological design that used semi-structured interviews, classroom…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
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Buss, Ray R. – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
The study was conducted to examine preservice, elementary teachers' efficacy for teaching science and mathematics as compared with other elementary content. The instrument assessed efficacy for teaching (EFT) five elementary content areas: science, mathematics, reading, classroom management, and general instruction. Three hundred twenty-five…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Self Concept Measures
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Chan, David W. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This study assessed two global (general and collective) and seven domain-specific sets of teacher self-efficacy beliefs among 273 Chinese prospective and in-service teachers in Hong Kong. While teachers generally reported having the highest confidence in teaching highly able learners and the least confidence in classroom management, there were…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Giles, Steven; Jackson-Newsom, Julia; Pankratz, Melinda M.; Hansen, William B.; Ringwalt, Christopher L.; Dusenbury, Linda – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2008
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an observation measure designed to capture teachers' use of interactive teaching skills within the delivery of the All Stars substance use prevention program. Coders counted the number of times teachers praised and encouraged students, accepted and used students' ideas, asked questions,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Prevention, Teaching Skills, Teaching Methods
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Schumm, Jeanne Shay; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1994
This study investigated 60 general education teachers' beliefs, skills, and practices in planning and making adaptations for students with learning disabilities mainstreamed into general education. Results indicated that, even among skilled teachers, gaps exist between beliefs, practices, and skills. Differences were also found among elementary,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices