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Bieler, Deborah – English Journal, 2013
If emerging teachers are going to be something more than technicians, they need to reflect on their instructional worldviews, the mission of schools, and their role as autonomous professionals. In this article, the author shows how three pedagogical "moves" she made as a holistic mentor helped her student teachers forge and voice…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Teaching Methods, Models, Professional Autonomy
Griffin, Rosarii, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2012
In the drive to achieve universal primary education as one of the Millennium Development Goals, there is an increasing recognition of the urgency of focusing on teacher education to both meet the demand for more than one million qualified teachers required to achieve this goal within sub-Saharan Africa, as well as to combat the sometimes poor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Capacity Building, Educational Research
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Chubbuck, Sharon M. – New Educator, 2008
This case study explores the reality shock experienced by a White novice teacher, committed to socially just teaching, in her first year in an urban context. The apparently successful novice held three beliefs about her practice and herself: that socially just teaching was a holistic practice; that it could and should be done "right"; and that,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Social Justice, Teacher Educators, Theory Practice Relationship
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Howitt, Christine – Research in Science Education, 2007
Lack of confidence towards science is a major factor in the avoidance of teaching science at elementary school. This paper reports the results of a survey that asked 28 pre-service elementary teachers what they believed contributed to their confidence towards science and the teaching of science during a second year science unit where an holistic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Teacher Educators
Bruneau, Beverly J. – 1989
This study was conducted to describe the process of reflective coaching as a means of assisting a kindergarten teacher in developing her own kindergarten program in which she stated she wished to begin to incorporate new strategies based on emergent literacy research. A kindergarten teacher and a teacher educator/researcher participated in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Emergent Literacy, Holistic Approach
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Feldman, Allan – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1997
Current standards for and assessments of teaching that rely solely on teacher knowledge, reasoning, and sociocultural issues are incomplete. The perspective of teaching as a way of being creates a more comprehensive picture of what it means to be a teacher. A model of teaching that envisions good teaching as wise practice is presented. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Millwater, Jan; Yarrow, Allan – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1997
Professors from Australia's Queensland University introduce the concept of a "practernship" that is a variation of typical internship/apprenticeship programs for preservice teachers. The "practernship" combines practice teaching and internship, encourages collaboration and professional development, and promotes a holistic,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries