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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Teacher expertise"”.
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Developing L2 Writing Teacher Expertise: An Exploratory Study of MA TESOL Students’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Writing Across Three UK Programmes
… writing (PCKW) and contributed to discussions of expertise in L2 writing instruction. This study addressed three key questions: how master’s-level TESOL students conceptualise L2 writing and its instruction; how they reflect on and describe their experiences of learning and teaching L2 writing; …
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Science teachers' perceptions of expertise in practice : An exploratory study.
… nature and characteristics of science teaching expertise as exhibited by six identified expert science teachers. An action research methodology was adopted with data gathered through: semi-structured interviews; classroom observations, and reflective discussions. A culture of collaboration …
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Teacher Communication With Native English and Native Spanish Speaking Parents During Head Start Parent -Teacher Conferences
… and their children's native English-speaking teachers during Head Start parent-teacher conferences for young children from at-risk environments and those with special needs. Results of qualitative analysis of participant interviews suggested that teachers and parents tended to expect teachers …
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Expert teaching: what matters to expert teachers? A cultural-historical perspective on relational expertise
Teacher expertise is commonly regarded as fast and fluent pedagogical decision-making. Research in this area has predominantly applied models of expertise based on the notions of deliberate practice or a novice to expert continuum to the practice of teachers. Expert teachers’ perceptions of what …
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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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The Role of the Academy Principal in the Austral Union of the Seventh-day Adventist Educational System as Perceived by Principals and Teachers
… The population was all of the principals and teachers of the12 day- and boarding-academies in the Austral Union. The data were analyzed using percentages, means, and standard deviations. Comparisons were made using t tests and $\chi\sp2$ at.05 level.</p> <p>Findings. Seven of the eleven …
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The phasing out of commercial subjects in rural Limpopo Secondary Schools in Vhembe West District, South africa
… and skills that are covered in those subjects. Teachers who are teaching the subjects are also affected. The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons behind the phasing out of commercial subjects. This study adopted a qualitative approach where purposive sampling of educators teaching …
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Characteristics of high school online educational programs: a multiple case study
… interest in a subject, school budgets, or teacher expertise. The quality of programs, in terms of academic rigor and compliance to state educational standards, varies widely. Research examining and documenting online education explicitly in K-12 settings has only recently been conducted and …
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Lastentarhanopettajan pedagoginen vastuu hajautetussa organisaatiossa
… narrative study is to ascertain how kindergarten teachers perceive their pedagogical responsibility in the context of the distributed organization and how they feel their responsibilities have changed expertise in the development of the over time. Changes in the social environment and the shift …
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Secondary school science teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in their classroom practice
Research on teacher expertise has identified pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) as the most important factor impacting student progress (Neumann, Kind & Harms, 2019; Park & Chen, 2012) and supported its recognition in teacher practice (Kind & Chan, 2019). Since the recognition of PCK as something …
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Music at the middle: principles that guide middle level general music teachers
… mixed methods inquiry examined the principles teachers employ when teaching middle level general music to young adolescents in the United States. In the discourse of music education, general music is often described as comprehensive music education for all students. In the language of middle …
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The influence of the SENCo role on SENCo teacher identity in the New Zealand context
… Being a SENCo means a (re)construction of one’s teacher identity as a SENCo. However, SENCos may face potential challenges in shaping their professional identity as the interpretation and enactment of the role is varied between individual schools. This is the case even in countries where the role …
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Examination of Teachers' Participation in Teacher Leadership in A Rural District in Georgia
Teacher leadership is an integral part of school improvement and an essential component of distributed leadership. The purpose of the study was to understand teacher leadership in a rural school district by analyzing teachers' behaviors mapped to the dimensions of Snell and Swanson's framework of …
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Identifying Characteristics of Expert Elementary School Technology Integration Teachers - A Cognitive Task Analysis
… hours, or ten years, of practice to acquire expertise. In domains such as education, the acquisition of expertise can happen sooner. Acquiring expertise can be further hastened by deliberate practice. Not all practice improves performance. To improve performance, activities to improve …