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Ioannidou, Olga; Finch, Katy; Erduran, Sibel – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2022
A significant issue in the teaching, learning and summative assessment of practical science is that the underpinning model of scientific methods is based on a fairly simplistic and linear account that does not represent how scientists actually do practical work. In this paper, we examine how science teachers in England and Wales view scientific…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Scientific Methodology, Science Teachers
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la Velle, Linda; Newman, Stephen; Montgomery, Catherine; Hyatt, David – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2020
This paper examines the impact and implications on initial teacher education (ITE) of the crisis brought about by the COVID-19 lockdown of schools and universities from the perspectives of four university providers in England. The start of the pandemic meant that, in England, schools were closed to all but vulnerable pupils and the children of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, COVID-19
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Durden, Guy – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2020
This study contributes to teacher educators' pedagogical content knowledge by drawing on phenomenography-variation theory to (i) research and describe qualitative differences in Beginner Teachers' conceptions of pupils' understandings of subject content and, (ii) provide evidence of the effectiveness of an instructional strategy that might be…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods, Knowledge Level
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Maylor, Uvanney – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
What is meant by fundamental British values? How are they constructed and can they be taught in schools? In trying to address these questions, this paper revisits a small-scale research study commissioned by the UK's previous New Labour government. The research was concerned to understand the extent to which schools delivered a diverse curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Cultural Pluralism, Teacher Attitudes
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Jones, Hanneke – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
This paper is based on my own practice as a teacher educator at a university in the north-east of England and focuses on the effectiveness of dialogue as a tool for teaching the topic of socio-economic disadvantage in initial teacher education (ITE). The research was triggered by questions which had emerged within my work, about the compatibility…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
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Cain, Tim – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
Recent policy statements have urged greater use of research to guide teaching, with some commentators calling for a "revolution" in evidence-based practice. Scholarly literature suggests that research can influence policy and practice in "instrumental," "conceptual" or "strategic" ways. This paper analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Academically Gifted, Teaching Methods
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Ovenden-Hope, Tanya; la Velle, Linda – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
In order to achieve the standard expected in the classroom, teachers benefit from continuing professional development that enables access to resources with which to inform their practice. Smith and Helfenbein's "Translational Research in Education: Collaboration and Commitment in Urban Contexts." "In The Collaborative Turn: Working…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research, Faculty Development
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Hornby, Garry – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2009
A plethora of research studies has found cooperative learning to be effective in promoting academic achievement with students of all ages. It has been suggested that key elements of cooperative learning are individual accountability and positive interdependence. Forty-four final-year teacher trainees participated in a study which compared the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Workshops, Accountability, Teaching Methods
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Winter, Christine; Firth, Roger – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2007
Considerable activity has occurred in the recent past regarding policy-making around Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the school curriculum. Teaching about sustainable development involves complex and contested ethical and political issues. This case study research investigates how four student teachers taking part in a one-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Issues, Case Studies, Student Teachers
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Menter, Ian; Smith, Ian; Brisard, Estelle – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2003
The purpose of this research is to undertake a comparative analysis of policy and practice in initial teacher education (ITE) in two parts of the United Kingdom. Although the education systems of England and Scotland have been characterised as experiencing considerable autonomy since the Act of Union in 1707, the new context of political…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Preservice Teacher Education