Presents a case study of four preservice teachers writing curriculum as a service to a community agency hoping to promote service geared toward social justice among high school students. The case highlights ethical dilemmas faced by teachers in the process and illustrates the potential of service learning to educate teachers for the moral…

External factors, such as university affiliation, can help improve teacher-training programs. Using the University of Botswana (UB) as an example, this paper discusses quality control and assurance; evaluates their impact on courses offered, final examinations, and teaching practice; and evaluates operational drawbacks of UB's system, suggesting…

Investigated the nature of pedagogical competency in student teachers identified as outstanding in mathematics, comparing their planning, teaching, and post-lesson reflections. Data from interviews, observations, and field notes found many commonalities among student teachers. They were not yet skilled in improving activities and explanations to…

All forms of teacher education share a common ground: they are rhetorical in nature and aimed at persuading teachers. This paper provides a case study of a reform project that seeks to support teachers rather than exerting power over them. The paper calls for an explicitly rhetorical approach to teacher education that is powerful without abusing…

Used a refutational text on motivation to address preservice teachers' conceptions of motivation. Participants completed pretests, posttests, and questionnaires on motivation theories and motivational strategies. Participants who read the refutational text performed significantly better on posttest and demonstrated more change in knowledge.…

Investigated preservice teachers' thinking on research, considering how it might inform approaches to inquiry-oriented teacher education. Surveys and interviews with preservice teachers involved in inquiry-oriented programs indicated that the programs only modestly influenced their thinking about research. To have more influence, goals must be…

Discusses how co-teaching is useful for teaching important aspects of teaching to preservice educators, presenting an episode of masterful questioning from a study about teaching and learning in a science classroom co-taught by an experienced science teacher and a preservice teacher completing an internship. Their work suggests that preservice…

Examined the dynamics of teacher leadership, using two teacher collegial groups as a small-group context. After discussing teacher leadership and teacher-mediation effects, describes data collection, which involved observations, interviews, surveys, and document mining. Results indicated that teacher-mediation effects did not counter teacher…

Explores the importance of interpretation in the perception and evaluation of teaching events, using excerpts from a collaborative self-study project in a preservice class. Certain events were interpreted very differently by different individuals. Hypothesizes that personal and cultural biographies shape these interpretations. Faculty tend to…

Surveyed teachers and their students from East and West Berlin, examining whether liberal teachers were producing violent, right-wing youth, primarily due to permissive teaching style. Results found that liberal and permissive teachers did not produce such students. Teachers who emphasized a universalistic, pluralistic political value conviction,…

Describes the evolution of a partnership model to be applied to the teaching and learning process in a university setting. Surveys and focus groups of faculty and students were used to gain insight into teaching/learning processes; clips from the focus groups were then used to stimulate discussion in student and faculty workshops. Themes emerging…

Describes one college teacher's efforts to make the information technology segment of a graduate course more accessible and appealing to students. The approach centered on development of a tutorial program. The process of developing and refining the tutorial is discussed. (MSE)

Research on teachers' work should be systematically included in teacher education curricula. Findings from international literature on teachers' work emphasize: characteristics of teachers' work, working conditions, and teaching as coping and adapting. New teachers need an active role in their own socialization. Teacher educators should include…

Draws on life-history interview material from New Zealand kindergarten teachers to discuss the changing nature of protection for children and staff in New Zealand Free Kindergartens. Kindergarten association policies, designed for protecting children from abuse while attending kindergarten, and staff from allegations of abuse, are examined by…

Studied how efforts to change public examination of secondary students toward a more constructive approach would influence teaching in Hong Kong schools, investigating teachers' perspectives of the change in relation to teaching situations and classroom practices. Classroom observation and interview data indicated that class activities changed,…