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...

With foundations in scientific argumentation/discourse literature and transfer literature, this study describes the potential of a new ritualized and repeated classroom activity, the Rules of Thumb practice, in developing the conceptual understanding, scientific reasoning, and transfer ability of physical science students in project-based inquiry classrooms (e.g., Learning By Design). Teachers ...

The focus of research into the use of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) in the classroom has been largely in relation to teacher–pupil interaction, with very little consideration of its possible use as a tool for pupils’ collaborative endeavour. This paper is based upon an ESRC-funded project, which considers how pupils use the interactive whiteboard when working together on science-related acti...

We present an empirically based model for modeling the quality of pre-service teacher reflection. Conversations from twelve groups a total 47 teachers were video recorded and transcribed verbatim. First, we analyzed their conversations through practical epistemology analysis operationalization Dewey’s definition reflection to identify moments that appeared in teachers’ talk. Thereafter, employe...

This research is aimed to find out the teachers’ talk in teaching English on virtual class at MTs Muhammadiyah Tolitoli. study uses a qualitative descriptive. The researcher using theory FLINT (Foreign Language Interaction) by Brown H.D (2007) which leads Indirect Influence and Direct Influence. sample were two (2) teachers who teach techniques for collecting data Interview Documentation analyz...