Investigated whether preservice elementary teachers in Argentina and Israel held scientific views that enabled them to correctly nstruct their future students to achieve a concept of energy, noting differences between the scientific concepts of students in the two countries. Questionnaire data indicated that students were very similar, but their…

Describes an attempt to strengthen connections between teacher development and school improvement in a required preservice action research course. Students in the course were full-time instructional assistants whose action research projects involved school improvement. Results indicated that students were unable to engage in research that…

Analyzes teacher educators' experiences using storytelling about teaching to prepare second-career teacher candidates to critically reflect on their practice and teach for diversity. Using stories, prospective teachers developed retrospective explanations and justifications for their teaching practices, constructing platforms from which to launch…

Surveyed experienced Dutch secondary school teachers regarding their professional identities, examining ways that they saw themselves as subject matter experts, didactical experts, and pedagogical experts. Surveys indicated that most teachers saw their professional identity as consisting of a combination of the distinct aspects of expertise.…

Considers the professional life histories of two Brazilian mathematics teachers in the context of mandated curriculum change, identifying changes in thought and practice and noting experiences that influenced change. Reflection on their own thought and practice, and interest in their own development, were the most important internal aspects…

Presents cases of two teachers and two students to illustrate problematic discrepancies between policy and rhetoric and the reality of school as seen through the eyes of elementary school students in Mauritius. The article emphasizes the concern that, in developing countries, schooling and education for all does not necessarily translate into…

Considers recent hurdles for nurse education within the historical context of the developing nursing curriculum. Traces a pattern and some future indicators from the various obstacles and constraints which have inhibited the progress of nursing in its search for full professional status. (Author/EV)

Compared the quality of courses at the University of Cyprus to courses at the University of Auckland using the Learning Improvement Strategies Questionnaire (LISQ). Findings indicated that the LISQ is reliable for quickly indicating the quality of one-semester courses; the Cyprus courses were of a uniformly high standard and compared favorably…

Evaluated a peer assessment procedure to factor in the contributions of individual group members engaged in an integrated group project. Findings demonstrated that the method resulted in a substantially wider spread of marks being given to individual students; about one-third received a grade different from the grade the project as a whole would…

Examines how many teacher education programs are using authentic assessments of teaching (cases, exhibitions, portfolios, and action research) to support teacher learning for today's diverse schools. Using specific teacher education programs as examples, the article discusses how and why these strategies support teacher learning and more valid…

Interviewed three prospective elementary teachers regarding progress toward an integrated view of learner and learning concerns. Two had similar questions about balancing concerns for individual students' class experiences with concerns about learning content, despite having very different initial conceptions and conceptual paths. The third…

Examined the timing of reflection-on-action on the beliefs of 36 Dutch elementary student teachers using self-directed teaching methods. Data from student teacher questionnaires administered at four different times indicate that reflection after student teaching may be more effective in promoting attitude change than reflection-oriented learning…

Explored the meanings six preservice elementary teachers constructed about their students with reading difficulties. Information from case studies indicated that each preservice teacher's stance on meaning, while idiosyncratically based on experience, was tied to pedagogy in two distinct ways (focusing on the important role of the supervising…

Describes procedures used to model and integrate literacy strategies across several strands of a new Australian graduate program for preservice secondary school teachers, highlighting the literacy demands the program placed on English majors, discussing how a sample of English majors critically reviewed theory and practice during the course, and…

Describes the contexts and learning processes which contributed to change in the theories of play and the associated classroom practice of nine early childhood teachers in England. Data from surveys, interviews, and observations indicated that all participants were engaged in an ongoing process of professional learning. A three-stage model of…