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Farrell, Thomas S. C.; Ives, Jessica – Language Teaching Research, 2015
This article presents a case study that explored and reflected on the relationship between the stated beliefs and observed classroom practices of one second language reading teacher. The findings of this study revealed that this particular teacher holds complex beliefs about teaching reading that were evident to some extent in many of his…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Reflective Teaching, Educational Practices, Case Studies
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Hullender, Ren; Hinck, Shelly; Wood-Nartker, Jeanneane; Burton, Travus; Bowlby, Sue – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Service-learning environments are complex learning contexts that generate a level of disequilibrium or anxiety that may or may not result in transformative learning. This phenomenological study examined student reflective writings from an Honors service-learning course at a medium-sized mid-western university for evidences of transformative…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Transformative Learning, Phenomenology, Honors Curriculum
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Nwazor, Joseph Chukwudi; Nwaukwa, Faith Chukwudi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The objective of the study was to ascertain the extent of vocationalization, of business education in universities in South East zone of Nigeria where lecture method dominated lesson delivery. Students had become more passive and engaged in lots of endless hard work. It could hardly be easy to state the differences between business education…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Lecture Method, Teaching Methods
Walker, Richard – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2015
This article explores how online distance learning tutors working within a higher education context may be supported in their professional development through participation on an institutional peer observation programme. Drawing on the reflections of participants from two cohorts (2011 and 2012) at the University of York, the article reviews the…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Observation, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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Bajaj, Monisha – Journal of Peace Education, 2015
This paper explores "pedagogies of resistance"--or critical and democratic educational models utilized by social movements--and how global examples of engaged educational praxis may inform peace education. The central inquiry of this article is "How can educational projects that resist larger social, political and economic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Peace, Disadvantaged, Social Change
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Mark A. Minott – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2015
Despite conflicting reports on the state of disruptive behaviour in schools it continues to be a perennial one for all teachers. The purpose of this self-study, which utilises personal experience stories in the form of vignettes taken from my experience of teaching in various high schools in London England, is to illustrate how teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflective Teaching, High School Teachers, Behavior Problems
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Soljan, Ivanka; Stanghan, Yvonne; Henry, Anna – Kairaranga, 2013
The term "reflection" is defined as a contemplation of one's teaching craft with the view to improving it (Edwards & Thomas, 2010). Reflection is supported by a number of theories and is considered a key component of RTLB work. A community of practice (CoP), when used as a space for reflection, provides the potential for multiple…
Descriptors: Reflection, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness
Kiosoglous, Cameron Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Coaching effectiveness is a result of a coach getting the best out of the people and resources in their environment. For coaches, learning from experience is vital in a role that is a complex, dynamic and multifaceted process of balancing fun and winning where one cannot be sure if results will go according to plan. At the Olympic level, due to…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Athletic Coaches, Aquatic Sports, Teacher Effectiveness
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Lu, Yi-Ling – Educational Action Research, 2017
This study describes a change process of implementing role-plays in a course on workplace communication in English, and of engaging in retrospective reflection. Considering that English education for nursing students in Taiwan has focused on the development of medical terminology and that students' communicative competence is the main deficiency,…
Descriptors: Work Environment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Role Playing
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Bellamy, Roz – English in Australia, 2017
This article was written as an auto ethnography, which allowed for a complex and personal exploration of professional standards, teachers' professional identities, neoliberal reforms, and approaches to literacy and creativity. This article reflects on a practicum which involved teaching Romeo and Juliet to two year nine classes at an all boys'…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Preservice Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Standards
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Yazdi, Mona Tabatabaee; Motallebzadeh, Khalil; Ashraf, Hamid; Baghaei, Purya – Cogent Education, 2017
Continuing Professional Development (CPD), in the area of teacher education, refers to the procedures, programs or strategies that help teachers encounter the challenges of their work and accomplish their own and their learning center's goals. To this aim, the purpose of this study is to propose and validate an appropriate model of EFL teachers'…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Teacher Education, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Harada, Rie – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2017
This paper provides findings on a study which explored effective teacher motivation management strategies current university non-native EFL teachers in Japan utilize in their course of career. Teachers who have higher motivation can devote their lives more to give a lot to the learners and be productive on the education. Therefore, teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language), College Faculty
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Karaaslan, Hatice; Çelebi, Hatice – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
In this study, we explore the interplay between task complexity, task conditions and task difficulty introduced by Robinson (2001) in flipped classroom instruction at tertiary level through the data we collected from undergraduate English Language Teaching (ELT) department students studying at an English-medium state university. For the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Wichaidit, Patcharee Rompayom; Wichaidit, Sittichai; Tadee, Suton; Neangjak-oun, Phinitnan – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2017
One current policy in Thai government education is to enhance teachers' understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) educational techniques at every level. This study reports the results of a professional development program to assist 134 in-service teachers from 23 small primary schools in rural of Lopburi Province to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Faculty Development, STEM Education
Celozzi, Christopher L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This narrative research study explored how general education teachers describe their ELL professional development experiences. Specifically, this project revealed general educators' reflective practices in terms of how they translated completed professional development training into the learning environment of their own classrooms. The theoretical…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, School Districts, Public Schools, Videoconferencing
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