This study explores Turkish primary mathematics trainee teachers’ attitudes to computer and technology. A survey was conducted with a self constructed questionnaire. Piloting, factor and reliability ( = 0.94) analyses were performed. The final version of the questionnaire has three parts with a total of 48 questions including a Likert type attitude scale which contains 39 statements. The sample...

This chapter presents seven unifying themes of tasks used in mathematics teacher education. These themes reflect broad goals for mathematics teacher education, and are closely related to the knowledge required for teaching mathematics. The challenges that teacher-educators face in having to design and implement productive tasks for teachers are discussed and illustrated through a specific task....

The current study explored the role of teacher-child relationship plays on the relationship between preschooler’s shyness level and externalizing problem. The sample consisted of 463 children from 6 preschools of Shandong province in northern China. Mothers reported the shyness level, aggressive behavior, and attention problem of their children, whereas teachers rated the teacher-child relation...

Teacher-child relationships were examined as predictors of cortisol change in preschool children. Saliva for assays was collected from one hundred and ninety-one 4-year-olds (101 boys) in the mornings and afternoons on 2 days at child care, and before and after a series of challenging tasks and a teacher-child interaction session outside the classroom. Parents reported on children's temperament...

Young children’s relationships with teachers predict social and academic success. This study examines contributions of child temperament (shyness, effortful control) and gender to teacher–child relationship quality both directly and indirectly through the frequency of teacher–child interactions in the classroom. Using an NICHD SECCYD sample of 819 first grade children, four findings emerged: (a...

Teacher knowledge for teaching statistics through investigations at the primary school level can be analyzed using a framework based on a combination of statistical thinking components and teacher knowledge. This paper focuses on the question of whether growth of teacher knowledge occurs through teaching, and if so, what types of teacher knowledge. In this research, classroom video and stimulat...

The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting teachers’ integration of laptops into classroom instruction. A research-based pathmodelwas tested based on data gathered from379 K-12 school teachers to examine direct and indirect contributions of relevant institutional factors (overall support for school technology, technical support, and professional development) and teacher level fa...

Airong Wang, Mid-Sweden University This paper reports on a task-based language teaching course in Second Life. The data set consists of transcribed recordings and a teacher interview. Focusing on how the teacher facilitated student participation, this paper aims to explore the discourse functions in the teacher language output and then to address the teacher roles in three different task phases...

the role of teachers in the educational context could go beyond simply teaching the subject matter. it is not uncommon for some students to be greatly influenced by certain teachers and even consider them as their role models. an interesting and novel way of inferring the impact a teacher has on the students is through revealing the status of the teacher as perceived by the students. the presen...

In this work we highlight the role of constructivist pedagogy and consequent educational methodologies either while using robotics in school education (Robotics in Education) or while training teachers to use robotics for teaching purposes (Education in Robotics). In this framework, constructivist methodologies for integrating robotics in school physics and informatics education and in professi...