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The Lack of Professional Knowledge in Values Education
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Thornberg, Robert – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
The aim of this study is to investigate teachers' perceptions of their practice of values education, and to explore their degree of professionalism in this matter. Qualitative interviews with 13 teachers have been conducted and analysed by a comparative analysis. According to their view, values education is (a) most often reactive and unplanned,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Values Education, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews
The Problems of the Beginning Teacher in the Arab Schools in Israel
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Toren, Zehava; Iliyan, Salman – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This article focuses on the problems of beginning teachers in the Arab sector in Israel. The participants were 146 beginning teachers, 5 mentors, and 5 advisors. The research measurements included an open-ended question and a semi-structured interview. Our research revealed many different cultural aspects related to most of the problems of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Arabs, Mentors
Does the Use of End of Semester Evaluation Forms Represent Teachers' Views of Teaching in a Tertiary Education Context in Japan?
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Burden, Peter – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This paper considers both how the mandatory introduction of student evaluation of teaching surveys (SETs) fits into the social and political context of tertiary education in Japan, and the assumptions about teaching underlying SETs. Through interviews with English teachers, a technical-rational perspective whereby teaching is a profession only to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Surveys, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Foreign Countries
Studying Learning Processes of Student Teachers with Stimulated Recall Interviews through Changes in Interactive Cognitions
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Schepens, Annemie; Aelterman, Antonia; Van Keer, Hilde – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
This article describes a qualitative study into student teachers' learning processes through changes in their interactive cognitions. First, theoretical propositions about the relation between learning to teach, professional development, and practical knowledge are defined. Next, the procedure to grasp interactive cognitions as part of practical…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Student Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes