Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is associated with a multitude of positive outcomes for teachers and students. However, the development of TSE is an under-researched area. Bandura (1997) proposed four sources of self-efficacy: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, and physiological and affective states. This study introduces a first instrument to assess the four sources for...

Subjective perception of randomness has been researched by psychologists and mathematics educators, using a variety of tasks, resulting in a number of different descriptions for the biases that characterize people's performances. Analyzing prospective teachers’ possible biases concerning randomness is highly relevant as new mathematics curricula for compulsory teaching levels are being proposed...

Though India has attained the literacy rate of 74 percent as per the 2011 Literacy Census Data, it still far behind to provide individual attention in Formal Education as well as NonFormal Education. The effort initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India strengthens the education quantitatively in the 10 & 11 Five Year Plan through inclusion of the Special Needs Children. In ...

The Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) is the first ICT tool primarily designed for whole-class interaction. It is now in regular use in most British primary schools. Research into its introduction in classrooms has revealed its distinctive potential for enabling the teacher to plan and orchestrate lessons using a wide range of multimodal resources. In this paper we explore ways in which teachers use...

The Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) is the first ICT tool primarily designed for whole-class interaction. It is now in regular use in most British primary schools. Research into its introduction in classrooms has revealed its distinctive potential for enabling the teacher to plan and orchestrate lessons using a wide range of multimodal resources. In this paper we explore ways in which teachers use...

We discuss the context, conception, implementation, and research used to refine and evaluate a systemic model for fostering technology integration in teacher education. The Learning Generation model identifies conditions where innovations for using technology emerge in small group dialogues. The model uses a multifaceted implementation with programmatic reform, enhanced infrastructure, technolo...

In this article we motivate and present a methodology based on a collaborative production as realistic way to meet teachers’ skills for an efficient production of e-learning documents. The proposed methodology points out the “Macro Design” as an independent task to be supported during the first phase of the production. This paper presents an efficient method to support the Macro Design using th...