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Cohen, Rosetta Marantz – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
This study considers the lives of two veteran, urban high school teachers who have persisted in the profession over several decades, and who demonstrate an investment and enthusiasm for the work that is unusual among teachers in "difficult" schools. Through ethnographic, open-ended interviews and observations, the study seeks to identify those…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Effectiveness
Eilam, Billie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
Voices of veteran junior high and high school biology teachers are seldom heard. Yet, the unique characteristics of this subject-matter may shed some light on veteran teachers' lives in school and their possible contribution to educational systems anywhere. Eight teachers were interviewed, aiming to arrive at their self-perceptions as veteran…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biology, Science Teachers, Junior High Schools
Limitations of Language: Developing Arts-Based Creative Narrative in Stories of Teachers' Identities
Leitch, Ruth – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
This paper is based on a multidimensional study employing a heuristic methodology termed "creative narrative" that combines arts-based methods with narrative inquiry. Six female teachers' narratives of identity are explored through artistic, visual images to illuminate if and how they story "unconscious". The creative narratives, illuminated…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Personal Narratives, Self Concept, Influences
Paris, Cynthia; Combs, Barbara – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
While the term "learner-centered" is invoked in many curriculum standards documents, packaged curriculum materials, mission statements and criticisms of educational practice, there is little agreement on its meaning. Shallow understandings and conflicting practices abound. And rarely do the meanings ascribed to the term take into account the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Definitions, Experienced Teachers
Bolhuis, Sanneke; Voeten, Marinus J. M. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
New learning theory, underpinning the idea of teaching for self-directed learning, provides new conceptions of learning: the self-regulation of learning, the construct-character of knowledge, the social nature of learning and a dynamic model of intelligence. What conceptions teachers hold may be related to their tolerance of uncertainty. We…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Independent Study, Teacher Response, Measures (Individuals)