Relates concepts from research on intersubjectivity to problems emerging in designing learning environments, focusing on an undergraduate teacher education classroom designed to run according to an educational philosophy of community of learners and considering issues emerging from these efforts. The article also considers three aspects of…

Presents research on enhancing teachers' understanding of the key role emotions play in their personal professional growth, combining narrative, autobiographical accounts of British school and college teachers with an examination of the underlying values affecting the practices of their tutors. Results reveal the effects of powerful, often…

Studied four teacher educators engaged in a cooperative self-study of their practice with regard to the use of case writing in their elementary preservice courses. Participants had similar definitions of cases. They realized that their different research agendas led to differences in their teaching practice. They valued what they learned about…

Used data from questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, and document analyses to examine how professional development was conceived and supported within a school-university partnership, examining perceptions of growth achieved by secondary school teachers and teacher educators. Participants perceived four sites for their professional development…

Investigated changes in elementary mathematics instruction in Hong Kong over 3 years of curriculum reform. Mathematics lessons were observed in 12 schools over the 3 years. Although whole-class instruction was still the dominant teaching method, the role of the teacher was changing from that of a virtuoso performing to that of a conductor…

Examined Israeli secondary school teachers' beliefs regarding low-achieving students and instruction in higher order thinking. Interviews indicated that nearly half of the teachers considered higher order thinking inappropriate for low-achieving students. Their beliefs related to their general theory of instruction. Viewing learning as…

Surveyed preservice teachers regarding their beliefs about student diversity (types of diversity they considered important, benefits of classroom diversity, and concerns about their ability to teach in diverse classrooms). Results found that respondents were predominantly white, female, middle-to-upper class English speakers with limited exposure…

Investigated elementary preservice teachers' perceptions of a 1-week international teaching experience. Students traveled to Mexico to teach in a bilingual school and tour cultural and historical sites. Data from pre- and post questionnaires and interviews and a 1-year followup indicated lasting positive effects of this experience, in which they…

Describes a course designed to help Jewish and Arab student teachers in Israel understand each others' experiences and learn to coexist through the use of story telling. The paper emphasizes the process of telling stories about individual and collective experiences of diversity and conflict as people from different cultures attempt to live…

Examines a white preservice teacher's experiences in an inner city school. Analysis of interviews, written reflections, and group discussions describes a journey from initial culture shock, eliciting both emotional and cognitive dissonance, to cultural assimilation as she adapted to concerns about her students, worries about working with her…

Researchers examined Hong Kong teachers' and principals' perceptions of using classroom observation for faculty development and evaluation. Surveys indicated that the current practice was mainly for evaluation. Elementary teachers were least likely to welcome observers. All respondents wished for a model of peer observation and coaching. More…

Surveyed Dutch secondary teachers to investigate their professional orientations, assuming that professionalism was socially defined and thus constructed by all involved. Overall, teachers differed in their orientations and in combinations of their orientations toward instruction, educational goals, and role in the school organization. Teachers…

Explored relationships between school and college faculty, in the context of graduate school and as colleagues collaborating to improve children's education. Data from dialogic inquiry, interviews, and surveys indicated that the collaborative, reciprocal process of struggling to understand inconsistencies created as they worked to transform…

Assessed 4th-6th grade teachers' beliefs and practices regarding mathematics instruction. Data from classroom observations and surveys completed at the beginning and end of the school year found substantial coherence among teachers' beliefs and consistent associations between their beliefs and practices. Teachers' self-confidence as mathematics…

Examined a preservice middle school mathematics teachers' emerging practice, investigating the nature of classroom discourse and its role in her development while student teaching. Early classroom discourse mediated her teaching toward a traditional paradigm of giving information. Ultimately, experiencing the power and diversity of students' ideas…