Describes everyday strategies of principals practicing exemplary instructional leadership and how these principals influenced teachers, drawing on survey data from a qualitative study of over 800 teachers. Inductive data analyses generated two major themes, comprising 11 strategies that were used to construct the Reflection-Growth model of…

A survey of 708 Australian college teachers nominated by their department heads or deans as exemplary practitioners, and interviews with 44 participants, identified common themes and issues reflecting academics' understanding of effective teaching, including love of the discipline; valuing students and their perspectives; and taking pleasure in…

Addresses the lack of theory and directing constructs for reflective practice in teacher education, reviewing Vygotskyian and Piagetian theoretical tenets, relating them to a developmental action/reflection framework for adult learners, and summarizing a taxonomy for differentiating reflection according to adult learners' needs. Summarizes the…

Describes the authors' experience team teaching a graduate school clinical research course for students concentrating in secondary teaching. Examines the team planning process, actual team teaching, and team grading and evaluation. Most students responded positively to the approach. Each instructor also wrote a reflective piece on the experience.…

Presents and English for specific purposes self-training model as a possible solution to a lack of teacher training in some areas and the dissatisfaction with current training models. A case study applying action research techniques was conducted to illustrate how a general English teacher can develop ESP expertise through reflection on and…

Analyzes the construction of reflection in teaching within key documents for presenting or implementing current educational policy in England and Wales. The documents note the potentially fruitful approach to harnessing reflection and reflective practice in the pursuit of given goals. This is in tension with bureaucratic and political imperatives…

This narrative of a technology teacher's socialization into the school culture and use of creative thinking and reflection illustrates the need to heed teachers' voices and critical-analysis skills in order to develop a more relevant and meaningful curriculum. (SK)

Muses on and explores connections between a teacher's personal history as a reader; how she thinks about literature and about reading as a secondary English language arts teacher; and her assumptions about how high school students will, can, or should read. (PA)

Studies how four teachers transformed their philosophies and teaching practices through participation in a reflective research process. Discusses the power of reflection in the teachers' journals; teacher reflections on growth and change; insights into teaching offered by videotaping; talking about teaching and learning with students, parents,…

Presents the perspective of a science teacher educator on evaluation systems for courses and faculty. Critiques the traditional university course evaluation instrument and offers suggestions for augmentation. (DDR)

Examines personal literacy portfolios as a tool to extend teacher literacy and breathe life into the curriculum, offering examples of teachers' knowledge as it forms in their portfolios. Over three years, the reflective summaries that 250 preservice and inservice teachers wrote about their portfolios were examined, providing insight into five…

Describes the use of case-study groups as a structure for active observation of children at the West Side Montessori School in New York City, including daily observation note-taking, bi-weekly meeting of a five-member team, and progress reports on individual children. Discusses the positive impact of the case-study groups on their observation…

Helps show the journey of a teacher finding the path to good teaching and the ways in which she helped her student. Presents insights into teacher learning as well as some useful assessments and instructional techniques used with a child who struggled in reading and writing. (SG)

Provides a description of preservice English-as-a-foreign-language teachers' reflective practice by examining 20 student teachers' observation reports and 20 practice teaching reports over a 6-week period while they were taking a practice teaching course. Topics, types, and development of their reflective practice as shown in the reports were…

Four lines of thought in philosophy that support the use of case studies and narratives to promote reflective teaching at the college level are examined. The four concepts include reflective practice or reflection in action; practical wisdom (contrasted with abstract wisdom); use of concrete cases for rational, practical decision making; and a…