Summarizes trends for teacher professional-development research and standards documents. Identifies several characteristics common to science-education professional-development development programs that can be used to increase the likelihood of program implementation and success. Contains 63 references. (WRM)

Theorizes the learning orientations of beginning science teachers and how these orientations interact with the structure of teacher-education programs based on a case study of one preservice science teacher's reflections on his experiences during teacher preparation. Contains 23 references. (WRM)

Summarizes a complex study of a science-teacher-education program whose goal was to graduate teachers who held conceptual change conceptions of teaching science and were disposed to put hem into practice. Concludes that there are influences on prospective teachers from their content coursework that have significant implications for how they view…

Describes the development of the practices and perspectives of one elementary school teacher as she engaged in teacher-as-researcher methodology in both urban and suburban settings. Documents how the teacher-as-researcher began to explore science inquiry in an elementary setting and how students, parents, and educators became co-learners,…

Author, consultant, and teacher educator Grant Wiggins recalls his own and his students' memorable learning experiences and discusses the impact of those experiences on his evolution as a teacher, the importance of the teacher/student relationship to student learning, and the likelihood that the student understands less of what the teacher says…

Describes a framework for integrating reflection and teacher competency development into teacher education programs, introducing a spiral model for reflection, standard reflection questions, and a method of structuring logbooks, all designed to develop a competency for self-directed professional growth in interpersonal classroom behavior. An…

Examined the timing of reflection-on-action on the beliefs of 36 Dutch elementary student teachers using self-directed teaching methods. Data from student teacher questionnaires administered at four different times indicate that reflection after student teaching may be more effective in promoting attitude change than reflection-oriented learning…

Describes procedures used to model and integrate literacy strategies across several strands of a new Australian graduate program for preservice secondary school teachers, highlighting the literacy demands the program placed on English majors, discussing how a sample of English majors critically reviewed theory and practice during the course, and…

Discusses reflective practice based on the research orientation of a European network, highlighting the interaction between reflection and partnership which generates reflective practice and discussing: kinds of reflection, theorization, and research devices suitable for reflective practice processes; kinds of teacher-researcher partnerships that…

Uses experiences in international research and development to consider ways in which schools can be developed in response to student diversity. Underlines the importance of comparative discourse, while cautioning against tendencies to amalgamate research across national borders. Classroom vignettes in six countries illustrate best practices.…

A study investigated the impact of training and reflective frameworks (concerning effective instruction and problem solving) on reflective patterns of seven preservice special education teachers. Results indicated that the effective teaching frameworks had minimal impact on problem solving. However, direct training and use of a problem-solving…

Compares the way preservice elementary teachers build knowledge and beliefs to the way learners build science knowledge. Describes a reconceptualization of an elementary science methods course consistent with this assumption about science teaching. Contains 22 references. (DDR)

Describes the experiences of art educators participating in the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification program for early-adolescent and young-adult art. NBPTS candidates are asked to collect data on their own teaching, observe videos of their classes, and analyze their teaching through reflective writing. (MJP)

Reports on the ways in which one teacher's teaching of trainee-teachers was adapted to reflect the principles she wanted them to explore in relation to their own work. Drawing on Vygotsky's concept of relational imitation and Dewey's notion of learning through direct experience, suggests ways of challenging the transmission paradigm and…

Examines the dynamic relation between response theory and responding practice, noting how the author commented on the writing of one case-study student. Argues that effective teacher response puts into practice certain accepted principles of response and adapts comments to the larger classroom context, according to the sequence of assignments and…