Different aspects of identity have been investigated across various educational fields. Although many studies have been done to investigate different aspects of EFL teachers’ identity development, there is a paucity of research on identity-oriented EFL teacher education programs. Hence, the purpose of the current study was to investigate EFL teacher educators’ and EFL teachers’ perspectives abo...

Teacher education is the environment for the learning and instruction of prospective teachers. Its structure, components, and contents shape the development of relevant competences which enable prospective teachers to be effective in the classroom. But its relevance is questioned because respective research, characterised by inconclusive results, does not offer explanations about the reasons wh...

Most of the reforms, which have been undertaken in the last 30 years in the Turkish educational system, are about teacher education. Teacher education has a history of more than 150 years in Turkey. The first teacher education school was established in 1848 and all teacher education institutions, whose curriculum was based on the professional approach, were governed by the Ministry of National ...

objective: trauma is a major health problem worldwide regardless of regional socioeconomic and healthcare status. as a leading cause of death, trauma results in severe socioeconomic damages, which could be highly prevented by optimal care. as nurses are the major professional groups involved in patient care, improvement of their knowledge and practical skill leads to more qualified healthcare s...

This research scrutinized the diffusion of a medical education pedagogy to the context of teacher education. Specifically, it focused on the use of standardized parents as an emerging pedagogy in teacher education. Preservice teachers taking part in a six case, fifteen-week intervention showed advances in multicultural awareness and ethical sensitivity as they engaged in multiple simulated pare...

introduction: consultation and guidance is a process of learning which is done through the relationship between two individuals. in this mutual relationship, the counselor, through his scientific and occupational skills and qualification, tries to help the students using the methods corresponding to their needs. the main objective of this study was to provide a framework for the management of t...

Teacher educators need to have a clear picture of student teachers’ attitudes towards diversity, disability, learning and teaching, because this knowledge can be helpful in designing teacher education programmes which can prepare future teachers better for work in inclusive settings. Therefore, the study presented in this paper was designed to explore the attitudes of student teachers enrolled ...

The Ministry of Education needs to exercise long-term planning and control over teacher human resources. Teacher education policies determine teacher quality and affect the quality of education, which in turn weakens the national competitive edge. If teacher education policies change, a series of dynamic effects takes place. The supply and demand for Taiwan elementary school teachers in particu...

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....

These three journals, plus the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, constitute the primary publication outlets for work in the area of technology and teacher education. Many other journals, of course, publish papers on the topic, but these four publications are the only ones dedicated solely to the topic of technology and teacher edu...