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Fejes, Andreas – British Educational Research Journal, 2011
This article focuses on how confession operates in contemporary discourses on reflective practices. By revisiting and mobilising Foucault's genealogy of confession in relation to how reflective practices are mobilised in an in-service training programme for healthcare assistants (HCA) in elderly care, it is argued that the HCAs are shaped as their…
Descriptors: Reflection, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Inservice Education
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Macías, Diego Fernando – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2018
This review examines studies in the area of classroom management in foreign language education. It is organized into three large areas: The first area focuses on the distinctive characteristics of foreign language instruction that are more likely to impact classroom management in foreign language classes. The second area provides a description of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mayorga, Edwin; Picower, Bree – Urban Education, 2018
In the era of Black Lives Matter (#BLM), urban teacher education does not exist in isolation. The White supremacist, neoliberal context that impacts all aspects of Black lives also serves to support antiblackness within the structures of teacher education. In this article, the authors, who are grounded in a race radical analytical and political…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Race, Activism, Racial Bias
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Farley, Amy N.; Clayton, Grant; Kaka, Sarah J. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
In this written commentary for the special issue of "Education Policy Analysis Archives" focused on "Redesigning Assessment and Accountability," we call for teacher preparation to embrace a multiple measures philosophy by providing teacher candidates with rich opportunities to engage with data from a variety of sources, beyond…
Descriptors: Accountability, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change
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Domingo, Jelia R.; Bradley, Elizabeth Gates – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2018
The purpose of this study was to ascertain student perceptions of the use and value of three-dimensional virtual environments. A grounded theory approach was used to gather and examine data. Just over half of student participants reported positive experiences. However, most experienced technical difficulties. Despite the technical challenges of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Grounded Theory, Online Courses
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Tran, Trinh-Ba; van den Berg, Ed; Ellermeijer, Ton; Beishuizen, Jos – Physics Education, 2018
Research has shown that the objectives for laboratory teaching--just as with other teaching methods--are often not achieved and that many laboratory sessions are ineffective and yet expensive in terms of pupil and teacher time, and facilities. There are several reasons for this, but one reason is that instructions for many lab activities are too…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Science
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Fiel, Jeremy; Lawless, Kimberly A.; Brown, Scott W. – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2018
One feature of self-paced online courses is greater learner control over the timing of their work in a course. However, the greater timing flexibility that learners enjoy in such environments may play a different role in the learning process than has been previously observed in formal online or face-to-face courses. As such, the study of work…
Descriptors: Pacing, Individualized Instruction, Online Courses, Faculty Development
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Patterson, Alexis; Roman, Diego; Friend, Michelle; Osborne, Jonathan; Donovan, Brian – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Reading is fundamental to science and not an adjunct to its practice. In other words, understanding the meaning of the various forms of written discourse employed in the creation, discussion, and communication of scientific knowledge is inherent to how science works. The language used in science, however, sets up a barrier, that in order to be…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Snoek, Marco; Knezic, Dubravka; Van Den Berg, Emina; Emmelot, Yolande; Heyma, Arjan; Sligte, Henk – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
In these uncertain times, politicians and society have been voicing high expectations from teacher education asking for evidence of added value and impact on the student. In this study a longitudinal mixed-methods approach was used to determine the impact of in-service Master of Education programmes on teachers (N = 1,917) and their work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Inservice Teacher Education, Work Environment
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Hsieh, Feng-Jui; Wang, Ting-Ying; Chen, Qian – Educational Studies, 2018
This study explored and compared the perspectives of Taiwanese in-service and pre-service high school mathematics teachers regarding ideal teaching behaviours; the perspectives of a nationwide sample of students were taken as the baseline. Fourteen factors contributing to ideal teaching behaviours were identified through exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Chen, Jian-Cheng; Lin, Fou-Lai; Yang, Kai-Lin – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2018
This study documented the process of evolution of the continuous design and revision of the tools of a novice mathematics teacher educator--researcher (MTE-R) as he planned and implemented design-based professional development workshops for in-service mathematics teachers in Taiwan. In order to effectively facilitate teachers designing and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2018
As states review, refine, and implement new academic standards, professional learning activities,also known as professional development (PD), should be scheduled in order to support educators. At the request of a state education agency, the Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation (CSAI) conducted a scan of six states' PD opportunities…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Kaplan, Rebecca G. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The three articles in this dissertation explore in-service educator learning through participatory approaches, with an aim toward equity in education. Combining sociocultural theories of learning as increasing participation within social and cultural practices (Gutierrez, & Rogoff, 2003), and the political commitments of participatory action…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Equal Education, Teacher Collaboration, Social Justice
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Rodríguez, Ruth Cañón; Mayo, Isabel Cantón; Gago, Ana Rosa Arias; Álvarez, Roberto Baelo – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
This study consists of an investigation into the experiences of new teachers in primary education in the province of León, during their initiation into teaching. The objective was to explore how they experience this stage, and to recognize the training needs that exist along with the degree of motivation and satisfaction expressed with the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Experienced Teachers
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Oleskova, Halyna – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2017
Specialized training of nursing personnel in Ukraine is being reformed presently. Quality specialized training of nursing personnel is a prerequisite for successful functioning of the health care system in general. In this regard, the article describes dual education system in Germany where educators have accumulated valuable experience in…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Nursing, Foreign Countries, Professional Training
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