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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Beliefs about teaching"”.
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Methodology in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL): Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in Native and Non-Native Chinese-Speaking Contexts
… literature exploring issues related to teachers’ beliefs. However, there is a paucity of empirical research on beliefs of teachers who teach Chinese to speakers of other languages (TCSOL), especially of those who were born and educated in Mainland China but are working in different contexts, where …
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Belief change in ESL student teachers during a master's- level teaching practicum
Teachers' beliefs about teaching and learning greatly influence their classroom practices. This is particularly evident in an English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching practicum, where student teachers are exposed to new practices and react to them based on their current beliefs about teaching. …
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Preservice teachers' preconceptions about the role of the computer in learning and teaching
… of the role of the computer in learning and teaching and the factors effecting those preconceptions. During the 1997 fall semester, 279 preservice teachers in an introductory instructional technology course were given the three survey instruments. The instruments were designed to gather data …
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An alternate view of staff development: Personal professional growth within a single school setting
… in (a) the teachers' understanding of their own beliefs about teaching and learning, (b) the teachers' practices in their classrooms and (c) the role of the principal as instructional leader.
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Part Time University Teaching in Ontario: A Self-Study
… where I experienced difficulty integrating my beliefs about teaching into my practice of teaching. The purpose of this qualitative study was to inquire into why it was difficult for me, representative of a part-time university teacher in a mid-sized, primarily undergraduate university, to enact …
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The relationship between teacher education, teacher cognition and classroom practice in language teaching: a case study of MA students beliefs about grammar teaching
… study examines the development of the grammar teaching beliefs and practices of three practising teachers of English in Turkey taking an MA course. Teachers were interviewed and observed over a 20-month period; the observations shed light on how they taught grammar, while the interviews …
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Examining kindergarten teachers' beliefs and practices in science education
… dissertation investigates kindergarten teachers' beliefs and their teaching practices in science education through a qualitative case study. This study addresses these topics by exploring two key issues: First, it illustrates how kindergarten teachers think about teaching science to the students. …
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Beliefs And Instructional Practices Of Two College Developmental Reading Instructors At An Open-Admission College
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>BELIEFS AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES OF TWO DEVELOPMENTAL READING INSTRUCTORS AT AN OPEN-ADMISSION COLLEGE</p> <p>by</p> <p>LYNNE MORGAN-BERNARD August 2015</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Karen Feathers</p> <p>Major: Reading, Language, and Literature Degree: Doctor of Education</p> <p>Given …
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The effects of providing mathematical problem -posing experiences for K--8 pre-service teachers: Investigating teachers' beliefs and characteristics of posed problems
… research examined participants' problem posing, beliefs about mathematics, and beliefs about the teaching and learning of mathematics.</p><p>Study participants were enrolled in a mathematics content course for pre-service teachers at the University of New Hampshire. There were twenty students in …
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Examining the Construction of the Perceived Teacher Identity of Secondary Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers in Career and Technical Education Classrooms
… a fundamental component of effective teaching is left out of the dialogue: teacher identity. At present, few studies were found in the literature that focus specifically on the construction of the perceived teacher identity of secondary family and consumer sciences (FCS) teachers in …
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Inquiry-Based Instruction in the Social Studies: Successes and Challenges
… for future efforts. Teachers' perceptions of teaching and learning, particularly their beliefs about inquiry-based instruction, changed during the study. Throughout the study, teachers' perceptions and beliefs about teaching Social studies had an impact on how they planned, implemented and …
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Motivational Triggers of Faculty Members: The process of teaching practice transformation
… faculty members to make changes in their teaching practices. However, few studies have examined the process and the factors that activate this teaching transformation among individual professors. The purpose of this study was to describe the process and triggers of teaching practice change …
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Implementation of classroom change and the management of ambiguity
… their appreciative systems (i.e., values and beliefs about teaching) and the innovation itself. This argument is made on the basis of selected literature related to the implementation of classroom change and is illustrated through three interviews with each of two teachers during their …
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Investigating early childhood teacher beliefs and teaching practices related to process factors of program quality
… for all later learning and development. Their teaching practices give children an understanding of what school is and how it works as they facilitate the construction of foundational knowledge. Teachers’ beliefs about their work impact their practices. This convergent, mixed-methods study …
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L2 Teachers' Efficacy: The Impact Of Professional Development
… It also explored the links between teachers’ beliefs about teaching writing, self-efficacies in instructional strategies, and the professional development. A convenience sampling technique was used to select teachers for participation in the professional development. The quantitative data was …
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Identity Formation and the Development of Self in Early Career Teachers
Many aspects of teaching involve the personal dimension of teaching and yet this dimension is often neglected and overlooked as we prepare teachers and sustain teachers in their work. The personal beliefs, attitudes and emotions of teachers often determine the decisions that teachers make in their …
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Developing student teachers' understanding of teaching and pupils' learning : the role of support and challenge in the mentoring of student teachers
… Development. B. Teachers' and Student Teachers' Beliefs about Teaching. C. Student Teachers' Subject Knowledge. D. Mentoring and Children's Learning. The importance of the study is the need for more research into the complex relationship between support and challenge in the training of student …
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TEACHING FINANCIAL LITERACY IN K-12 SCHOOLS: A SURVEY OF TEACHER BELIEFS AND KNOWLEDGE
… of this study was to learn teacher attitudes and beliefs about teaching personal finance, as well as teacher understanding of a few core personal finance concepts. The population consisted of 1,120 classroom teachers from two public school districts in two states. The research questions were: (a) …
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Reflections from effective teachers of African American students: investigating the intersection of preparation, practice, and policy
… included (a) perceptions of culture, (b) beliefs about teaching, (c) academic accountability, (d) teacher preparation, and (e) contributions to success. This study utilized Ladson-Billings' (1995a, 2001) theoretical framework of culturally relevant pedagogy to examine teachers' …
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