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Showing 1 to 20 of 856 for “"Teacher Education and Professional Development"”.
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What Secondary Science Teachers Pay Attention to in the Classroom: Situating Teaching in Institutional and Social Systems
… study concerns the issue of secondary science teachers' attention. In particular, I consider if, how, and when science teachers attend to the substance of student thinking, which is called for by science education reform (NRC, 2007). Using a case study approach, and drawing on ethnographic data …
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Exploring Classroom Collaborative Problem Solving: An Examination of the Pedagogical Role and Professional Learning of Mathematics Teachers
… examines the role of single-subject mathematics teachers in implementing collaborative problem solving (CPS) as a pedagogical practice. While international assessments such as the 2015 PISA highlighted U.S. students’ relatively strong performance in CPS, research has primarily focused on defining …
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Exploring math teachers' own classroom experiences with deciding how to respond in the moment to student understanding
Buchanan, Cherigale White The math education community has made strides in understanding how math teachers help students develop a conceptual understanding of math ideas. In-the-moment instructional decisions are essential for helping students develop a conceptual understanding of important math …
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Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematical Modeling
The release of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in 2010 resulted in a new focus on mathematical modeling in United States curricula. Mathematical modeling represents a way of doing and understanding mathematics new to most teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the …
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Teacher talk and pupil talk: a case study of a thinking skills approach to learning in an English primary academy
… an exploratory case study of how talk is used by teachers and pupils through a thinking skills approach to learning in a primary academy. It investigates the inter-relationship between curriculum and pedagogy using lesson observations, interviews with teachers and pupil focus groups. Findings …
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A Descriptive Case Study of Teacher Study Groups and Teachers' Perceptions of the Impact of Study Groups on Professional Growth
… Few studies have focused on defining and delineating the essential characteristics of veteran teacher study groups or the perceptions of teachers about how study groups affect their professional growth.</p> <p><em>Purpose.</em> The purposes of this study were to: (1) define and …
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L2 Teachers' Efficacy: The Impact Of Professional Development
… study examined the impact of a 25-hour professional development on English as a foreign language (L2) teachers’ sense of efficacy in writing instruction in the country of Georgia. It also explored the links between teachers’ beliefs about teaching writing, self-efficacies in …
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Exploring conceptualizations of reading engagement
… questions: 1. How have reading motivation and engagement been conceptualized in the research literature? 2. How do educators, particularly teachers of the primary grades, conceptualize reading motivation and engagement? What sources of information do they draw upon to construct their …
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The Residual Effect of Novice Primary Teachers on Reading Achievement Scores
… of the residual effect of novice primary teachers on reading achievement scores. The study employed the theory of pedagogical content knowledge as a basis for understanding teacher expertise and comparing the expert teacher to the novice teacher. The research sought to answer two major …
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Behavior Management Training Issues in Kentucky Classrooms
… discipline is often a primary concern of teachers. Little is known, however, about the extent of teachers' knowledge, training, and skills with behavior management issues. This study was conducted to examine teachers' training with specific behavioral strategies, their personal level of …
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Bullying Prevention Training in the Real World : A Thematic Analysis of New Teacher Experiences
<p>This study explored the experiences of teachers, with regards to adapting to school culture, views on bullying, forms of colleague support, and teacher preparation. Eight research participants (n=8) were interviewed about their experiences as a new teacher. For the purpose of this study, new …
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The Teacher I Am, The Classroom I Build: Exploring the Intersections of Identity, Equity, and Pedagogy in the Secondary Classroom
<p>This capstone explores the deeply personal and professional connections between teacher identity, equitable pedagogy, and classroom design in secondary education. Grounded in the frameworks of Critical Social Justice (CSJ), culturally responsive teaching, and reflection, this work investigates …
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Reading the Birds: Critical, Multimodal, and Queer Meaning-Making in Literacy Teacher Education
… dissertation explores critical, multimodal, and queer literacies and related pedagogies in teacher education. In it, I engage in both critical analysis and theorizing at the intersection of teacher education, literacy, and pedagogy, producing insights and tools that may be of use to teachers, …
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Developing a Model for Organizing and Administering Instructional Media Centers for Teacher Education in Iran
… develop a model for organizing, administering, and providing physical facilities for instructional media centers for institutions of teacher education in Iran. The major problem is that the institutions for teacher education in Iran currently do not have guidelines for management of …
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An Investigation of Predictors of Success in Elementary Student Teaching in Selected Seventh-day Adventist Colleges
… of the study was to look at selected factors and determine whether or not they are related to student teaching success. Four hundred and fifty students who had completed their student teaching experience between Fall quarter 1977 and Spring quarter 1983 were involved in the study. Data were …
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Hispanic Student Teachers' Practice Teaching in Cooperative Learning: Two Qualitative Case Studies
… case study designed to look at two student teachers' practice teaching experiences using cooperative learning was undertaken during the 1990-1991 academic year. The purpose of the study was to gain insight into student teachers' perceptions in translating theory into practice. Joyce's …
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A Case Study of Selected Preservice Teachers Regarding the Origins of Their Perspectives on the Commonplaces of Education and the Impact of Foundations Studies on Those Perspectives
<p>Problem. Many educational foundations scholars claim that teacher education programs focus on the how of instruction (student teaching and methods courses) instead of the why of education (foundations studies), and that preservice teachers’ pre-college perspectives about education are not …
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Exploring Teacher Attitudes, Experiences, and Beliefs of the Development and Implementation of Faculty Data Teams (TM) in a Midwestern School District
… The purpose of this study was to describe the development and implementation of Data Teams™ in a Midwestern school district and to explore what influenced teachers to become effective team members. It analyzed the product and process of creating Data Teams™ who competently used data to make …
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