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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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Zhu, Jiaxiong – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This paper reviews early childhood teacher education in the People's Republic of China in the past years and raises the issues about teacher's education in the future. With thinking about early childhood education reform in China, unevenness in development in different areas and regions, and disparity in resources and programming among teacher…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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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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Karagiorgi, Yiasemina; Charalambous, Kyriacos – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2006
This study set out to measure the perceptions of pre-primary and primary school teachers in Cyprus regarding the impact and efficiency of a particular ICT in-service training initiative. The research was carried out through telephone interviews with two groups of trained teachers. Teachers' responses indicated a significant impact of such training…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education
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Garcia, Alejandra; Flores, Fernando; Gallegos, Leticia – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2005
The educational system in Mexico has undergone important changes in recent decades. One of the most important took place in 1993, when the compulsory character of secondary school (ages 12-15) was established. National In-service Courses (NICs) were established as a way to bring curricular changes proposed in the reform near to the teachers. The…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education