... four categories of methods by which beginning - level teachers acquire professional competencies were examined : ( a ) In the work ( teaching ) setting as part of a degree program , ( b ) in the school ( teacher education ) setting ...
Report of a Study Performed by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Under Contract AID/afe-56 with the Agency for International Development, Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Furthermore , time allocations vary from year to year depending on the amount of professional education injected into the program . The preceding discussion does serve , however , to paint a reasonably accurate picture of present status ...
WHAT ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF TEACHERS ? Alan R. Tom Washington University Alan R. Tom is chair of the education department at Washington University in St. Louis , Missouri and was president of the ...
This edited volume brings together diverse thinkers and practitioners from the field of teaching and teacher education as it pertains to educational development in South Asia. In this volume, authors draw from their research, practice, and field experiences, showcasing how teaching and teacher education are currently being carried out, understood, theorized, debated, and implemented for the education of children and teachers alike in South Asia. The volume also includes practitioner voices, which are often marginalized in academic discourse. This book acts as a key reference text for academics and practitioners interested in the intersection of education and development in the region, and in particular what it takes to pull off ambitious teaching and teacher education in South Asia.
This edited volume brings together diverse thinkers and practitioners from the field of teaching and teacher education as it pertains to educational development in South Asia.
This book explores major factors impacting on teacher education in recent times. It uses examples from a broad range of international contributors who compare larger countries such as the USA, England and Australia with their smaller partners: Canada, Scotland and New Zealand, demonstrating the substantial differences existent in all three cases. They also contrast the approaches of the countries that are members of the European Union with those that are not and discuss the special circumstances of developing countries, using Malawi as a case study. The international dimension of the book allows it to address the impact of globalisation on teacher education, with attention given to subjects such as the implications of rapid technological change, the movement of teachers and students on a global level and the drive to improve standards in various parts of the world. The book asks key questions, such as whether teaching is a craft or a profession and whether teacher educators view themselves as practitioners or researchers. The question of how the profession is viewed from outside is also addressed, highlighting the lack of trust displayed by politicians and communities towards both teachers and teacher educators. The final chapter looks to the future, and considers strategies for dealing with it. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Education for Teaching.
What Works and What's Wasted in Teacher Training Programs : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, July 8, 1997
The aims of this study were to establish how lecturers, mentors and student teachers- the key players in the mentoring process- perceived the benefits of mentoring to students, the problems they met in implementing the programme and ...
This volume addresses issues related to English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching practices as well as ESP teacher education as they arise in today’s constantly changing and developing world. ESP Teaching and Teacher Education: current theories and practices, supported by the Language Centre of the Cyprus University of Technology, puts together a selection of ten chapters concentrating on ESP teacher education and ESP teaching methodology, including the integration of new technologies in both fields. The volume may be of interest to ESP teacher trainers or language teacher trainers in general, ESP practitioners, ESP researchers, policymakers, material developers, students, as well as any other ESP specialist who may be interested in being updated about the latest developments in the ESP field.
This volume addresses issues related to English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching practices as well as ESP teacher education as they arise in today’s constantly changing and developing world.
Challenges for Teacher Educators, Teachers and Student Teachers
Educational quality is at the center of debates worldwide. In all these debates, teachers are considered as the critical actors determining to a large extent the quality of our educational systems. At the same time, doubts are expressed related to teachers' quality as well as to the education or training of teachers. In this context, policy debates underline the need for "excellent" teachers and "excellent" teacher education. This book presents a model for teachers' professional development together with the three central themes: (1) professionalism of teacher educators, (2) professional development of (student) teachers, and (3) (student) teacher practices. The different chapters in this book discuss these themes in detail. Urgent issues that address practitioners, teacher educators, and researchers are discussed throughout the chapters and general research challenges for teacher education researchers are put forward in the epilogue of this book.
This book presents a model for teachers' professional development together with the three central themes: (1) professionalism of teacher educators, (2) professional development of (student) teachers, and (3) (student) teacher practices.
Increasing pre-service teachers' responsibility during practice
School adoption is an ambitious and innovative partnership model in teacher education which offers unique opportunities for in-service and pre-service teachers. At its core, teachers leave their school to be adopted by teacher students for one week. While the teachers engage in a professional development course outside the school, they are fully substituted by teacher students, who thus have an increased responsibility for the pupils’ learning, for the organizational matters of the school and for their own professional development. In this volume, we present different international concepts of school adoption, lessons learned, and first theoretical considerations. With it, we invite teacher educators in schools, universities, and other institutions to engage into a dialogue about the perspectives school adoption offers for teacher education and teacher education research.
