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50 Years of ERIC
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Tigchelaar, Anke; Vermunt, Jan D.; Brouwer, Niels – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
This study was aimed at deepening our understanding of second-career teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning. Initial conceptions held by 207 candidates entering an alternative teacher education programme were explored using a semi-structured questionnaire covering background characteristics and four themes concerning teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Development, Student Attitudes
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Hennissen, Paul; Crasborn, Frank; Brouwer, Niels; Korthagen, Fred; Bergen, Theo – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
The aim of this study is to clarify how pre-service teachers perceive mentor teachers' use of mentoring skills. Sixty stimulated-recall interviews were conducted, each in connection with a previously recorded mentoring dialogue. A quantitative analysis showed that six types of mentoring skills appeared to be perceived by pre-service teachers as…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Attitudes, Skill Development, Teacher Effectiveness
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Crasborn, Frank; Hennissen, Paul; Brouwer, Niels; Korthagen, Fred; Bergen, Theo – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
In this study, a two-dimensional model of mentor teacher roles in mentoring dialogues, entitled MERID, is explored empirically. Data regarding five aspects of mentoring dialogues were collected, using a sample of 20 transcriptions of mentoring dialogues, in which 112 topics were discussed and 440 mentor teacher utterances emerged. Correlations…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Role, Multivariate Analysis, Models
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Hennissen, Paul; Crasborn, Frank; Brouwer, Niels; Korthagen, Fred; Bergen, Theo – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
In the context of developing mentor teachers' use of supervisory skills, two consecutive studies were conducted, using stimulated recall. Firstly, with eight participants, an instrument was developed to categorize contents of interactive cognitions. Secondly, with 30 participants, the instrument was applied to uncover contents of mentor teachers'…
Descriptors: Mentors, Supervisory Training, Inservice Teacher Education, Supervisory Methods
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Tigchelaar, Anke; Brouwer, Niels; Korthagen, Fred – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
Findings are reported from two studies examining from which specific backgrounds and in which ways second-career teachers make the transition to teaching. The transfer of existing competencies to teaching is shown to involve a challenging interplay between experiences of continuity and change. Continuity was found at the level of beliefs. Change…
Descriptors: Career Change, Work Environment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beliefs
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Crasborn, Frank; Hennissen, Paul; Brouwer, Niels; Korthagen, Fred; Bergen, Theo – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
Mentor teachers need a versatile supervisory skills repertoire. Besides taking the prevalent role of daily advisor and instructor, mentor teachers should also be able to stimulate reflection in student teachers. Video recordings of 60 mentoring dialogues were analysed, both before and after a mentor teacher training aimed at developing the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mentors, Teacher Supervision, Supervisory Training