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Van Canh, Le – Language Teaching Research, 2020
Situated in the Vietnamese context, this article argues that rather than sideline knowledge of learners in favour of subject matter knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge as the basis of the knowledge base of LTE, prominence should be given to knowledge of learners if teachers' competence to teach responsively is desired.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Competencies
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Freeman, Donald – Language Teaching Research, 2020
This article examines how the concept of a knowledge-base in language teacher education has changed since the 1998 proposal. Arguing that a knowledge-base evolves in two ways: through changes in the field of knowledge, and through changes driven by the work that knowledge supports, I describe two problems: 'translating' theory into practice and…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Keazer, Lindsay; Jung, Hyunyi – School Science and Mathematics, 2020
Problem solving has long been a priority in mathematics education, and the first Common Core mathematical practice (SMP1) focuses on this priority through the language of "Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them." We present findings from a survey about how prospective elementary teachers' (PTs) make sense of potential…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Schachter, Rachel E. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2017
The knowledge that teachers hold about children's learning is important to teachers' practice. Few studies have examined how early childhood teachers use such knowledge during moment-to-moment instruction for language and literacy learning. This study employed a phenomenological approach to understand the knowledge that eight early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Knowledge Level, Preschool Teachers, Phenomenology
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Palmér, Hanna; Björklund, Camilla – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2017
This article focuses on professional development among teachers within a Swedish national network on toddler mathematics education. The activities within this network can be understood as participant-oriented collective professional development based on a knowledge of practice approach. An inventory of toddler mathematics was performed within this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Mathematics Education
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Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Cheek, Earl H., Jr., Ed. – Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation, 2017
This book presents recent research related to how issues of diversity are addressed within literacy instruction for K-12 learners. Over the last decade, issues of diversity have promulgated within the field of literacy. Recent revisions to teacher education standards call for new approaches to professional development to ensure that educators are…
Descriptors: Diversity, Literacy Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evidence Based Practice
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Eser Ültay – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
In recent years, while the context-based approach has been popular and the teachers have been using it in the classrooms, it is seen that they do not prefer using context-based evaluation techniques. This becomes a problem for students because they used to be taught in the context-based approach enriched by daily life examples and then they are…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Preservice Teachers, Physics, Science Teachers
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Burner, Tony; Carlsen, Christian – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
Research shows that having a multilingual background has many advantages. However, several studies indicate that students' multilingual backgrounds are not used as resources in the classroom. Most classroom studies on multilingualism have been conducted at mainstream schools, and a few in classes for newly arrived students at mainstream schools.…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Attitudes, Immigrants, Classroom Research
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Alvarado-Caushi, Eliseo; Bellido-García, Roberto Santiago; Cruzata-Martínez, Alejandro; Alhuay-Quispe, Joel – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2022
Based on need for intercultural approach to cultural and linguistic diversity in primary school students, this article shows racist attitudes and discrimination against rural, Andean and Quechua context in culturally different social groups. This situation raises the following question: how do the intercultural competences of primary school…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Multilingualism, Elementary School Students
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Seo, Youngjoo – English Teaching, 2022
As Korea has recently become a multicultural society, English teachers acknowledge the need to address anti-racism in the classroom. However, how to raise students' racial awareness and ways to incorporate racial issues into English language instruction have not been sufficiently studied in the Korean teacher education context. The aims of this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Swanson, Julie D.; Brock, Laura; Van Sickle, Meta; Gutshall, C. Anne; Curby, Timothy W. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2022
Researchers investigated the impact of a professional learning intervention focused on teaching teachers to increase rigor, challenge, and engagement to reveal talent in low-income learners. The professional learning intervention's goal, to improve teachers' ability to recognize student ability and talent through use of proven high-level…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Intervention, Faculty Development, Academic Standards
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Cranton, Patricia – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
In this chapter, the author explores a variety of aspects of continuing professional education for teachers and university and college faculty members. She discusses the kinds of knowledge that are addressed and the role of online learning in continuing professional education.
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, College Faculty, Electronic Learning, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Mausethagen, Sølvi; Prøitz, Tine; Skedsmo, Guri – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
In this article, we examine teachers' use of knowledge sources in meetings where they discuss and formulate initiatives and solutions to develop existing teaching practice based on national test results. While practices of data use have been extensively researched, less attention has been given to the content of data use practices. Analyses of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Meetings, Information Utilization
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Porakari, James; Edwards, Frances – Waikato Journal of Education, 2018
This paper reports on a study that investigated the potential of using Appreciative Inquiry for exploring the development of three beginning science teachers in the Solomon Islands. Using the four phases of an Appreciative Inquiry framework, the teachers followed a process that allowed their strengths to be identified through the analysis of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Empowerment
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He, Yaohui; Ward, Phillip; Wang, Xiaozan – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2018
Purpose: Teacher knowledge of rules, techniques, and tactics is called common content knowledge. Such knowledge is essential for effective teaching of physical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of a test of soccer common content knowledge. Method: Rasch modeling was used to evaluate the validity and…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Standards, Teacher Effectiveness
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