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Machin, Lynn; Richardson, Tina; Ryan, Matt – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2020
This paper has two purposes. First, to explore ways in which a western-centric in-service teacher education programme has transformed the teaching of 14 teacher participants who hitherto used a more Chinese-centric approach to teaching. Second, to investigate if any changes that have occurred have diffused beyond the teacher participants'…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Transformative Learning, Asian Culture, Foreign Countries
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Bai, Barry; Song, Huan; Zhang, Qian – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2019
Opportunities for high quality teachers' continuing professional development (CPD) are considered scarce in Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. In addition, there seem to be few sustainable outcomes of teachers' CPD. The present study aimed to address English teachers' dissatisfaction with their own CPD in China. With some…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teaching Styles, Foreign Countries, Professional Continuing Education
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Zhou, Jun – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
The Chinese Government has conducted a series of top-down reforms of teacher education over the past several decades. The reforms have established a relatively stable teacher education system, regulated teacher education programmes and curricula, and provided opportunities for in-service teachers to be trained and to upgrade their educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change
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Lee, Kar-Tin; Chalmers, Christina; Chandra, Vinesh; Yeh, Andy; Nason, Rod – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
This paper reports on a Professional Learning Programme undertaken by primary school teachers in China that aimed to facilitate the development of "adaptive expertise" in using technology to facilitate innovative science teaching and learning such as that envisaged by the Chinese Ministry of Education's (2010--2020) education reforms.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Science Instruction
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Wong, Jocelyn L. N.; Tsui, Amy B. M. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2007
Recent educational changes in China such as the decentralization policy and the marketization of education have introduced concepts such as performativity, competition and effectiveness to the education sector and they have become part of the educational lexicon. Such policy shifts force more local participation in teacher education programmes and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Educational Change
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Forrester, Gillian; Motteram, Gary; Bangxiang, Liu – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2006
The Developing E-learning for Teachers (DEfT) project, a collaborative venture between UK and Chinese universities, has produced e-learning modules for master's level programmes for in-service high school teachers in China. E-learning offers Chinese teachers new and innovative forms of professional development and provides for transformative…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Instructional Materials