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Snoek, Marco – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
National and international education policies acknowledge the importance of the quality of teachers. Research literature emphasises the teacher profession as an dynamic and extended profession, driven by a moral perspective and a collaborative identity across the profession. In this paper the question is raised to what extent this understanding is…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Policy, Moral Values
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Bent, Gert Jan; Bakx, Anouke; den Brok, Perry – Journal of Geography, 2014
Concerns about the decreasing quality of geography education within primary schools can be linked to a decrease of time spent on geography education and, for example, to low achievement on national or school-specific tests. Learning outcomes for geography stay behind in relation to what experts believe that pupils should perform. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Geography, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Padilla, Kira; Van Driel, Jan – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to capture the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of university professors about quantum chemistry. More specifically, we aimed to identify and analyze relationships between specific PCK components, using an adapted version of the model of PCK of Magnusson "et al.". A sample of university professors (n = 6)…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Base for Teaching, College Faculty
Roelofs, Erik; Sanders, Piet – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2007
Developing instruments to assess teacher competence requires a model of competent performance which can guide both the collection and appraisal of evidence in task situations. Following Kane (1992), the validation of statements about teachers' competence is regarded as the evaluation of interpretive argumentation. Based on contemporary insights…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competencies, Models, Intervention
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den Brok, Perry; van Eerde, Dolly; Hajer, Maaike – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2010
Dealing with ethnic and linguistic diversity is one of the major challenges in today's education. Therefore, the formulation of competencies for teachers and teacher training should take into account the specific requirements of teaching in multicultural schools. In 2002, a series of small-scale studies were conducted to identify and formulate…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Measures (Individuals), Interaction, Case Studies
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Beijaard, Douwe; Verloop, Nico; Vermunt, Jan D. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2000
Surveyed experienced Dutch secondary school teachers regarding their professional identities, examining ways that they saw themselves as subject matter experts, didactical experts, and pedagogical experts. Surveys indicated that most teachers saw their professional identity as consisting of a combination of the distinct aspects of expertise.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level, Pedagogical Content Knowledge