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Aelterman, N.; Vansteenkiste, M.; Van Keer, H.; De Meyer, J.; Van den Berghe, L.; Haerens, L. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
This study investigated 35 physical education teachers' appreciation of a continuous professional development (CPD) training on need-supportive teaching, embedded in Self-Determination Theory, using qualitative (i.e. focus groups) and quantitative methods (i.e. questionnaire). The findings suggest that teachers highly valued opportunities for…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Focus Groups, Experiential Learning
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Weiss, Michael; Herbst, Patricio; Chen, Chialing – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2009
We investigate experienced high school geometry teachers' perspectives on "authentic mathematics" and the much-criticized two-column proof form. A videotaped episode was shown to 26 teachers gathered in five focus groups. In the episode, a teacher allows a student doing a proof to assume a statement is true without immediately justifying it,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Education, Geometry
Mayne, Hope Antoinette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The study explored teaching and teacher education in the postcolonial context, Jamaica, based on arguments that Jamaica's education system and teacher training is constructed on its colonial past and the heavy reliance on knowledge from the West. It provided a rich description of the shared teaching experiences of teacher educators in Jamaica,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Teacher Educators, Teacher Educator Education