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Liang, Su; Glaz, Sarah; DeFranco, Thomas; Vinsonhaler, Charles; Grenier, Robin; Cardetti, Fabiana – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2013
This paper presents the findings of a study that examined the preparation and teaching practice of ten teachers of grades 7-12 from the Shandong province in China. This study revealed that a multi-dimensional training system has been developed to help the teachers gradually build up their knowledge base for teaching. The findings of this study…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Teaching Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lin, Zheng – TESOL Journal, 2013
This article reports on an exploratory study of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' attitudes, beliefs, and professional knowledge about teaching EFL (TEFL) in a preschool setting in China. The investigation is structured on a two-dimensional grid based on Calderhead's (1996) categorisation of teachers' attitudes and beliefs and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Xu, Yueting; Liu, Yongcan – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2009
This article explores teachers' assessment knowledge and practice through a narrative inquiry of a college EFL teacher, Betty (pseudonym), in the People's Republic of China. Drawing on Crites' (1971) notions of "sacred stories" and "secret stories" in teachers' professional knowledge landscapes (Connelly & Clandinin, 1995),…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Tan, Chuan-bao – Frontiers of Education in China, 2006
The transition from experience-based teachers to expertise-based ones has marked a significant phase in the history of human education. The conceptive transition from the general "occupational ethics" of teachers to "professional ethics" is actually an important aspect of the transition from experience-based to expertise-based…
Descriptors: Ethics, Professional Development, Experience, Expertise
Gu, Qing – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2005
This paper examines the effects of intercultural experience on teacher professionalism. The main methods for data collection consist of semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires. Analysis of participants' experiences of Department for International Development's (DFID) English language teaching projects shows that intercultural…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Professional Development, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods