This paper puts forward the implementation feasibility as the fourth dimension parameter to balance 3 d parameters of training quality, cost and time aiming at the selection of rural in-service teacher training scheme. It designs the implementation feasibility and the hierarchical structure model of implementation feasibility index. It puts forward implementation feasibility probability of ever...

I welcome the inquiry into teacher training. I am an IT professional of 20 years standing, with the appropriate academic and professional qualifications. I have no involvement with or vested interest in the academic establishment, although I have had some exposure to this through the attainment of a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, my current candidature for a Master of Computing Studies, some year...

Circle dance, which derives from the tradition of folk dances, is practised worldwide. This article explores the meanings participants attribute to it. In-depth interviews with 39 participants, teachers and coordinators of teacher training programmes from the circle dance network in the United Kingdom were undertaken. Applying a constructivist grounded theory approach, major categories, represe...

The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate how well initial teacher training in ICT prepare pre-service teachers to teaching profession. Eight pre-service teachers attending to the “School Experience” course from the Computer Education and Instructional Technology Department at the Middle East Technical University took part in this case study. Observation and interview methods were...