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Collins, Michael A. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Engaging students within the classroom setting is a constant and evolving process for teachers today. Teachers have used unique methods to connect with toodays students in a meaningful way through the use of technology to increase the effectiveness of their instruction towards how students learn best. Many have turned towards using the flipped…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Blended Learning
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Naweed, Anjum; Ambrosetti, Angelina – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate workplace learning in the context of the rail industry, specifically for the type of learning required to become a train driver. It examines the impact of changes to the traditional learning model, and explores the potential of mentoring in the learning/training model.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Transportation, Driver Education, Workplace Learning
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Pataraia, Nino; Margaryan, Anoush; Falconer, Isobel; Littlejohn, Allison – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This paper investigates the role of personal networks in academics' learning in relation to teaching. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 11 academics, this study examines, first, how and what academics learn through their personal networks; second, the perceived value of networks in relation to academics' professional development; and, third,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Learning Processes, Interviews
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Northcote, Maria – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
This paper begins by acknowledging the established and powerful link between educational beliefs and the teaching and learning practices of teaches and students. Based on this belief-practice connection, the paper documents the findings of a study that investigated the beliefs of a group of higher education teachers and students, most of whom were…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Lingam, Govinda I. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
Multi-class teaching is a common phenomenon in small schools not only in Fiji, but also in many countries. The aim of the present study was to determine the teaching styles adopted by teachers in the context of multi-class teaching. A qualitative case study research design was adopted. This included a school with multi-class teaching as the norm.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teaching Styles, Participant Observation, Foreign Countries
Kukari, Arnold – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2004
In order to develop an in-depth understanding and meaning of the preconceptions of teaching and learning that pre-service teachers hold, it is important that one should also focus on how these views were constructed and played out in different socio-cultural contexts prior to teacher education. This is particularly significant in the education of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Context, Religious Factors