Examined the development of critical reflection in preservice secondary social studies teachers during one student teaching semester. Using action research, the study investigated student teachers' deliberation about the ethical and moral basis of their work as teachers and reflection on the broader social conditions of teaching. Results revealed…

Interviewed satisfied elementary teachers to investigate factors related to recruitment and retention. Respondents tended to aspire to teaching for years before beginning their training. Greater understanding of teacher needs and positive attitudes toward teaching influenced recruitment. Attitudes of others influenced retention. The main reasons…

Examined the direction and time frame of relationships between perceived self-efficacy in classroom management and burnout among secondary school teachers. Teacher surveys indicated that perceived self-efficacy had a longitudinal effect on depersonalization and a synchronous effect on personal accomplishment. The direction was reversed for the…

Examined a group of Turkish university English language teachers' perceptions of a teacher appraisal scheme with a developmental purpose, investigating whether there was a discrepancy between what the institution intended to achieve and how teachers perceived the scheme before and after participating in it. Teacher interviews indicated that…

Presents an essay review of Inside the Primary Classroom, 20 Years On, which reports on a 1976 study of teacher-student interaction in English elementary classrooms (the ORACLE project) and discusses the next 20 years of elementary education in England, examining curriculum reform, educational policy, educational research, and related politics.…

Ethnographic study describes the professional development of seven unlicensed or nonqualified teachers involved in a community teacher education project in two informal settlement community schools near Johannesburg, South Africa. Data from observations and interviews highlight the teachers' initiative in pursuing their own professional…

Presents a case study of a prospective English teacher who developed a limited understanding of constructivist pedagogy. Interview data indicated that she, like other students in the study, was ambivalent about what teachers should do in order to teach literature. This article explores how constructivist pedagogies can lead prospective teachers to…

Investigated the effectiveness of a program to facilitate preservice teachers' intercultural sensitivity, examining the beliefs of two teachers at the end of the program and noting residual effects 3 years later. Data from students' journals, narratives, essays, observations, and interviews indicated that the program had its intended effect to…

Analyzed prospective teachers' e-mail messages to their instructors as they tutored pupils in reading and mathematics. Results revealed several themes which indicated that students benefitted from the field-based experiences and the support of e-mail communications. Themes focused on instructional growth, emotional attachments, why students…

Examined how student teacher/mentor teacher pairs made sense of their roles during a year-long field placement. Data came from observations, group reflection sessions, and dialogue journals. The study showed how the pairs discussed the idea of jumping in as they framed trust and communication as integral components of mentoring in learning to…

Analyzed the impact of autonomy and collegiality on elementary teachers' professional development. Data from interviews, questionnaires, document analyses, and observations indicated that autonomy and collegiality appeared in various forms in relationships among the teachers, with certain forms of autonomy and collegiality, and certain…

Examined the use of alternative forms of representation to explore teachers' practical knowledge. Conversation, drawing, metaphor, and story writing encouraged a group of early childhood teachers to make multiple probes into their way of knowing how to manage the complexities of teaching. Case studies illustrate how these methods can enhance…

Presents a case study of three experienced teachers' perceptions of appropriate approaches for management of their classroom environments, comparing their views to those of their students. Data from interviews and questionnaires highlighted differences in teachers' decision making about classroom environment which related to pedagogic style. There…

Discussion of the development of critical thinking skills focuses on one undergraduate student's transformations of an example of literary criticism in her essay on "The Woman in White." Finds that within such a context, critical thinking corresponds to a Bakhtinian conception of the "dialogic," in which texts respond to other texts. The paper…

Discussion of educational methods appropriate for mature, non-standard entry students in an access course at the University of Luton (England) emphasizes the use of a "catalyst" to spark debate and critical thinking. The aim is to efficiently develop the basic skills required for higher education, thus enabling non-standard entry students to…