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Fauskanger, Janne – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2015
Mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) measures have been widely adopted by researchers. Critics have debated the value of such measures and questioned the type of knowledge that these access. This article reports on a study where the challenges in measuring teachers' knowledge were illuminated through investigating relationships between the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competency Testing, Evaluation Problems, Multiple Choice Tests
Ugulu, Ilker; Yorek, Nurettin – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this research is to investigate the opinions of the pre-service teachers toward teacher selection system and civil servant selection exam (KPSS). In this study, qualitative re-search methods and semi-structured interviews were used and researcher-made questionnaires containing open-ended questions were administered. The study group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Selection
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Dinçer, Bahar; Yilmaz, Süha – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between perceptions of the self-efficacy levels for both mathematics literacy and information literacy in pre-service primary mathematics teachers and the factors on which the relationship depends (variables include gender, class level, hours spent reading books and computer-access…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics, Self Efficacy, Information Literacy
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Chapman, Mimi V.; Hall, William J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This study reports results from the outcome evaluation of "Yo Veo," a visual intervention with schoolteachers, which structures conversations about challenges that teachers face teaching Latino/Latina immigrant students. Method: The intervention was delivered to teachers at two middle schools in the southeastern United States,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Intervention, Teaching Experience, Hispanic American Students
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König, Johannes; Pflanzl, Barbara – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Researchers have identified general pedagogical knowledge (GPK) as a relevant category of teacher knowledge. However, hardly any study has examined the relationship between GPK of teachers and the instructional quality delivered to their students. This article therefore investigates the relationship between teachers' GPK assessed via a…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Level, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Quality
Ratnayake, Iresha; Oates, Greg; Thomas, Mike – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
A crucial step towards improving the conceptual use of digital technology (DT) in the mathematics classroom is to increase teacher involvement in the development of tasks. Hence, this research considers some teacher factors that might influence DT algebra task development and implementation in secondary schools. We observed and assisted one group…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Teacher Developed Materials, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Scott-Monkhouse, Anila Ruth – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The practice of teaching a foreign language in primary schools in Italy was first officially provided for by a decree in 1985, but it was only in 1991 that the figure of the Foreign Language (FL) teacher was actually defined. The issue at that stage was how to select and train the prospective L2 teachers, and so in-service courses were organised…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, English (Second Language), English Teachers, FLES
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Previts, Joanne L.; Kleine, Karynne L. M.; Mizelle, Nancy B. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2013
This article describes the middle grades program at Georgia College's John H. Lounsbury College of Education, which educates and trains middle school teachers. It describes the school's field-based teacher preparation program in which a mentor leader guides the candidates. The middle grades education program is a two-year, field-intensive…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Mentors
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Vincent, Stacy K.; Torres, Robert M. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to describe the level of multicultural competence among secondary agriculture teachers in schools with a minimum of 30% ethnic minority student enrollment. Using the Multicultural Skills Awareness and Skill Survey-Teacher Form, teachers assessed their multicultural competence as did their students assess the teacher's…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Multicultural Education
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Muthiah, Rajendran – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The Post Graduate Teachers who teach English as a second language to Higher Secondary Classes that is 11th and 12th grades need to cultivate a good sense of appreciation for poetry. They must have an inherent thirst for reading poetry aloud and competence to elucidate the essential characteristics of poetry. A study was launched to understand the…
Descriptors: Poetry, English Curriculum, English Instruction, English Literature
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2012
As the country's K-12 student population grows more ethnically diverse, students of color face the troubling possibility of never having a teacher who looks like them. According to federal data, more than 40 percent of students are nonwhite, compared to just 17 percent of teachers, and that mismatch appears to be on the rise. But a new project is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Student Diversity, Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Students
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Smith, Michelle K.; Wenderoth, Mary Pat; Tyler, Mary – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Many institutions require candidates for faculty positions to present a teaching demonstration as part of the interview process. To help job candidates prepare for this and to assist departments in planning how to structure this portion of the interview, we surveyed biology faculty from community and liberal arts colleges and master's- and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Interviews, Teacher Selection, Teacher Recruitment
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Malechwanzi, J. Muthiani; Lei, Hongde; Wang, Lu – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This study aims to investigate whether there is significant relationship between students' perceived faculty competencies and faculty evaluated competencies. The study identified four main dimensions for measuring faculty competencies namely: teaching, research, additional services and advising. This study adopted a mixed method design. The study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Competency Testing
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Elbarbary, Rafik Said – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
This study is based on the integrated approach as a concept framework to identify, categorize, and rank a key component of mobile learning core competencies for Egyptian faculty members in higher education. The field investigation framework used four rounds Delphi technique to determine the importance rate of each component of core competencies…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Competency Testing, Electronic Learning
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Owusu, Kofi Acheaw; Conner, Lindsey; Astall, Chris – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2015
Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) is the knowledge required for effective technology integration in teaching. In this study, New Zealand high school science teachers' TPACK was assessed through an online survey. The data and its analysis revealed that New Zealand's high school science teachers in general had a high perception of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Secondary School Teachers
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