NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Porath, Suzanne L. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
Approached as an epistemology, implementing a constructivist workshop approach to literacy can challenge the traditional paradigm of teacher-focused instruction and transform to one where students construct knowledge together and learn through active engagement in authentic reading and writing. This study illustrated how two third-grade teachers…
Descriptors: Literacy, Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning), Workshops
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Harrison, Christine – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
This paper sets out to explore science teachers' classroom assessment practices and outlines some of the tensions and synergies in changing assessment practices. It describes episodes from a collaborative action research project with science teachers designed to support the strengthening of classroom assessment practices--the King's Researching…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Action Research, Feedback (Response), Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shoffner, Melanie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
If teaching is a complex act, it is additionally complex for first-year teachers', who enter with the same responsibilities as veteran teachers yet encounter specific difficulties as beginning teachers. This paper uses existing research on beginning English teachers major concerns to frame the exploration of concerns faced by four beginning…
Descriptors: Interviews, Content Analysis, English Teachers, Beginning Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Moen, Torill – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
Over the last few decades, inclusive educational practice has developed into a guiding political vision in Norway, as it has in several other western countries. This article, and the larger study it is part of, takes a narrative approach to the study of how one particular Norwegian primary school teacher deals with realizing the ideology of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Educational Practices
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Parsons, Margaret; Stephenson, Maggie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
This paper considers ways in which trainee teachers can be helped to develop their ability to engage in reflection on their practice. The context for the research is a Block School Experience developed by tutors in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of Sunderland. An exploration of the nature of reflective practice…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Questionnaires, Interpersonal Relationship, Educational Experience
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Admiraal, Wilfried; Wubbels, Theo – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
This paper reports on a comparison of two research approaches of the study of the reflective practice in two different modes of tele-guidance of the school practicum. The results of two studies were contrasted encouraging the dialogue between researchers coming from different research paradigms. Although the researchers in the two studies shared…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Research Methodology, Educational Practices, Reflective Teaching