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Kinchin, Ian M.; Wiley, Christopher – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2018
This paper offers an approach to support the development of reflective teaching practice among university academics that can be used to promote dialogue about quality enhancement and the student experience. Pedagogic frailty has been proposed as a unifying concept that may help to integrate institutional efforts to enhance teaching within…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Humanities, Humanities Instruction
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Wyatt, Mark – Educational Review, 2016
Conceptual models can fulfil important educative roles, particularly in fields where there are few such models and where constructs are confused, as in research into teachers' self-efficacy beliefs. In this area, one model developed in the late twentieth century subsequently became dominant, but seems flawed. This article addresses criticisms of…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Models, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Witterholt, Martha; Goedhart, Martin; Suhre, Cor; van Streun, Anno – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
In this qualitative study we used a case study approach to observe and analyse a mathematics teacher who was challenged to redesign her lessons during network meetings with colleagues. Changes in practical knowledge are described by means of concept maps and semi-structured interviews. We applied cycles of change from the Interconnected Model of…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Improvement
Mitchell, Thomas M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Abundant research and literature suggest the unreflective use of PowerPoint (PPT)-type presentations to deliver core content in higher education classes may have a negative effect on student learning (Driessnack, 2005; Kinchin et al. 2008; Maxwell, 2007). Many students rely heavily on downloadable notes from electronic delivery to the exclusion of…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method
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Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching; Lung, Ching Leung; Cheng, Doris Pui Wah; Cheung, Rebecca Hun Ping; Ng, Mei Lee – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
This study describes the use of a metacognitive approach for self-assessment of teacher education students. The design of the study was guided by the principles of learning-oriented assessment and the centrality of reflection for teachers. The study comprised five case studies undertaken in five teacher education programmes. In each programme,…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Case Studies, Metacognition, Higher Education
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Adler, Susan A. – Action in Teacher Education, 1996
This article describes one teacher's use of case studies with a class of secondary student teachers, examining her efforts to assess and better understand the effects of case method in teacher education. The challenges and possibilities of reflection on practice are discussed through the examination of case method. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Classroom Techniques