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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Subject knowledge"”.
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Contemporary subject knowledge acquisition in Economics
… students' and teachers' struggles with economic subject knowledge because originally very little resources were produced for the newly reformed curriculum. The research looks at how this phenomenon impacted students' and teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and investigated how students and teachers …
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A phenomenological study of pre-service teachers' subject knowledge in secondary design and technology
This study explored the development of subject knowledge by pre-service teachers of Design and Technology (D&T) in secondary schools in England. In doing so it aimed to throw light on their lived experience of developing subject knowledge whilst on placement in schools. It was anticipated that this …
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Teacher and pupil subject knowledge and the processes of mathematical instruction in reception classrooms
… Project was to investigate teachers' pedagogical subject knowledge, in particular, through examination of the co-ordination and utilisation of teacher and pupil knowledge in the complex environments of reception classrooms.Phase One and Two (orientation and overview) concerned the design, piloting …
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CONCEPTIONS OF SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE IN PRIMARY INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING: THE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENT TEACHERS AND TEACHER EDUCATORS
This study is about the ways in which the term subject knowledge is conceptualised and interpreted by student teachers, university tutors and school mentors in the context of undergraduate primary initial teacher training (ITT) in two post-1992 university providers. Subject knowledge has been a …
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Conceptualising design knowledge and its recontextualisation in the studiowork component of a design foundation curriculum
… on vocational curriculum, which has to impart subject knowledge and specialized knowledge valued by industry, whilst simultaneously encouraging the acquisition of vocational identity. This study of a Design Foundation Course’s curriculum is located at a University of Technology which is …
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From learning to teaching : investigating the effect of a foreign language phonology training programme on the development of trainee primary languages teachers
… at Key Stage 2 (KS2). However, there is limited knowledge concerning KS2 pupils’ or their teachers’ knowledge of FL phonics. Recent research at KS3 has looked at whether strategies like learning foreign phonics impact on pupils’ self-efficacy beliefs, that is whether it makes these learners feel …
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Amava abafundisi bolimi lwesizulu ezikoleni eziqokiwe
… of teaching isiZulu but do not have a strong subject knowledge base. PGCE teachers are trained for a few months and are weak in methods of teaching isiZulu but have a solid theoretical/subject knowledge capacity. The study concludes that something needs to change in the way these teachers are …
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The formation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics teacher identities : pre-service teacher’s perceptions
… development. Nascent themes discussed include; subject knowledge, disciplinary differences and engendered approaches to STEM pedagogy. Presented as theoretical insights, this study highlights three key findings which are discussed within the context of policy and practice. The first describes …
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Peer Mentoring And Professional Development: A Study Of EFL Teaching In The Middle East
… to shift the emphasis from a defined body of subject knowledge and one specific training to skill sharing in the workplace and to balancing pedagogic knowledge with subject knowledge and combining strengths offered by non - native - speaking and native - speaking teachers. Peers can also …
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A hypermedia design for both high and low knowledge readers
… to readers and their varied levels of prior knowledge. By creating a hypermedia website that looks at the development of rock climbing at Coopers Rock State Forest, I will explore the possibility of using prompts intended to help prepare readers with low levels of subject (rock climbing) …
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Power and resistance in the age of informationalization
… of the effects of informationalization on the subject, knowledge, and "reality?" Can Foucault's analytics of power (which describes the birth of the modern era) be extended to the problematic of informational society? Can Baudrillard's acidic descriptions of informationalized consumerism be …
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A Multilevel Analysis of Student Engagement, Teacher Quality, and Math Achievement
… math achievement. In addition, teacher content knowledge displayed a positive effect on achievement, and teacher subject knowledge preparation and students’ emotional engagement showed an interactional effect on achievement. What’s more, school SES was a significant factor that influences math …
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A Model of Professional Development for Irish Primary Teachers to Enhance the Teaching and Learning of Primary Science
… is much evidence to show that primary teachers’ subject knowledge of science is poor leading them to having decreased confidence in teaching the subject and thus leading them to seeking support in teaching the various strands of the science curriculum. In response to this, this thesis will …
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Modelling physics teachers' pedagogical content knowledge through purposeful relationships between semiotic registers: KEPLER - "Knowledge Environment for Physics Learning and Evaluation of Relationships"
… of concept development, problem solving and knowledge construction.<br/><br/>It is argued that in science pedagogy such semiotic registers are not used in isolation, but are interrelated by a tutor for pedagogical purposes. The teacher may wish to highlight more semantically rich, localized …
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Perceptions of an Irish dimension and its significance for the English history curriculum
… can lead to tentative generalisations, which are subject to being challenged by findings drawn from different contexts. This study explores the perceptions of primary and secondary teachers, together with participants in Irish related projects and key ‘movers and shakers’ working outside the …
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The construction of knowledge amongst expert golf coaches from Europe, working at elite level
… to work with and understand a wide range of subject knowledge. However, as coaching seeks to be considered a profession, there appears little research into the “required knowledge/ expertise necessary for effectual practice” (Brewer & Jones, 2002, p.139). It has been proposed that to be …
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Development of a professional studies programme for Cape Town Teachers' College with particular emphasis on the problem of integrating aspects of theory and practice
… a deeper search to reconcile educational theory, subject knowledge and professional skills in the Professional Studies programme. Although many necessary and well-received changes were effected, there was a growing consciousness of the eclectic and piecemeal nature of such innovations. While most …
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How Much Value is Added by Value Added Models? An Analysis of Teachers’ Performance Over Time Using New York State Assessment Data
… of students with different abilities in a given subject area, one should account for variables reflective of students’ subject knowledge and background when entering a course. Most methods of control consist of highly sophisticated statistical models mostly difficult to explain to educators who …
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Effective Knowledge Transfer: A Terminological Perspective - Dismantling The Jargon Barrier To Knowledge About Computer Security
… experience when they try to formulate their knowledge needs and attempt to access information contained in computer manuals or online help systems while building up their knowledge. This is the recognized but unresolved problem of communication between the specialist and the layman. The …
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Effective knowledge transfer: a terminological perspective - Dismantling the jargon barrier to knowledge about computer security
… experience when they try to formulate their knowledge needs and attempt to access information contained in computer manuals or online help systems while building up their knowledge. This is the recognised but unresolved problem of communication between the specialist and the layman. The …
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