Microteaching as developed at Stanford University has received much attention from educators, but the model has not been adapted in many institutions due to the cost and time involved. To help professionals evaluatemicroteaching at their institutions, this paper looks at the rationale and effectiveness of the full model as developed at Stanford…

The development of protocol materials from the standpoint of the developer is discussed in this article. Emphasis is placed on the selection of concepts, analysis of concepts, utility of concepts, and issues about the development and use of protocol materials. A three-item bibliography is included. (MJM)

The Oregon Project focuses on the development of protocol materials as a means to bridge the gap between instructional goals and instructional strategies. Educational concepts were distilled from the goals and objectives of the teacher training division of two participating institutions. These concepts were determined as part of a needs assessment…

This article will discuss issues concerning the potential of videopapers, drawing on a research project investigating the use of videopapers as a tool for reflecting on practice and as an assignment in initial teacher education. Student teachers engaged in initial teacher education programmes often find it difficult to "see" what is…

Despite the end of colonialism, Zimbabwean rural school teachers still find themselves trapped in the colonial pedagogic practices that undervalue the importance of rural school children's experiential knowledge in science. This article explores the beliefs and attitudes of rural primary teachers towards incorporating Indigenous knowledge and…

The purpose of this study was to understand what personal epistemologies and science teaching goals preservice secondary science teachers of a teacher education program in the USA bring with them to their learning to teach and how they translate such beliefs into actions. A set of essay questions, developed through a pilot study, was used to…

The author describes and analyzes protocol materials developed by the Ohio State University, College of Education to illustrate concepts of oral language. (JA)

This study is concerned with changes in teacher behavior brought about by training with the USU Protocol Modules. (Editor)

A description of how protocol materials are used in a federally funded project for teacher education. (HB)

This document reports the results of an evaluation of the protocol film series "Concepts and Patterns in Teacher Pupil Interaction." Both concept acquisition and user reactions were evaluated. Concept acquisition was tested using two studies, a pre- and posttest design and a posttest only design. Experimental groups in both studies scored…

This catalog of protocol materials was prepared under the State of Florida Department of Education. The materials listed have been developed by selected centers and institutions throughout the country. The catalog is divided into three sections. In section 1, information is provided for each set of materials which has already been developed,…

This document evaluates five protocol material units developed by the Protocol Materials Development Project, University of Colorado. The five units were a) Conceptualizing the Process of Instruction; b) Learners and Their Characteristics: Implications for Instructional Decision-Making; c) Verbal Interaction in the Cognitive Dimension: The…

This article describes a set of protocol materials which illustrates concepts in language acquisition. (RC)

The Persistent Issues in History Laboratory for Virtual Field Experience (PIH-LVFE) combines a database of video cases of authentic classroom practices with multiple resources and tools to enable pre-service social studies teachers to virtually observe teachers implementing problem-based learning activities. In this paper, we present the results…