In 1998, the Hong Kong government introduced a new policy to use information technology (IT) as a “catalyst” for change in classroom practices. The desired effect was to create a shift from a predominantly teacher-centred approach to more learner-centred teaching. This investigation explores the impact of IT on teaching practices in Hong Kong schools from the perspective of teachers, through th...

Considering that organizational climate corresponds to what organizational actors mostly represent and with regard to their organization and taking into account that the most intense student experiences occur within the classroom, we wanted to know whether student views on teachers’ leadership and practices are related to what they perceive as school climate. The students came from schools all ...

Reading groups can be spaces of resistance, both from the competitive performances of some classroom seminars and from the calculative fields of neoliberalizing departments and universities. As graduate students, we offer this intervention as a consideration of the bodily politics of academic reproductions. In discussing the embodiment of textual practices in seminar and in reading groups, we p...

This study compared middle and high school teachers’ perceptions toward existing classroom observation practices. Teachers’ attitudes regarding classroom observation practices were analyzed on four dimensions: instructional improvement, purpose, professional trust, and reflective thinking. The participants were from five school districts in Long Island, New York. A survey instrument that includ...

2 Summary The purpose of the study was to investigate the role and characteristics of virtual learning objects in advanced pedagogical settings in selected classroom cases. The four Finnish cases studied represented pedagogical approaches such as student-centeredness, process orientation, and collaborative inquiry. Through the case studies, it was possible to investigate the teachers' and the s...

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) help students learn but often are not designed to support teachers and their practices. A dashboard with analytics about students’ learning processes might help in this regard. However, little research has investigated how dashboards influence teacher practices in the classroom and whether they can help improve student learning. In this paper, we explore how ...

This study adopts a multidialectal and multilingual translanguaging perspective to explore the relationship between beliefs actual linguistic practices concerning among L2 Arabic teachers in Islamic independent schools Sydney, NSW, Australia. To this end, draws on class observations individual interviews. The findings show clear mismatch teachers’ about use of English their employment it classr...

To gain a better understanding of teachers’ beliefs about, perceptions of, and classroom practices using STEM integration, a multi-case case study was conducted with three middle school teachers. These teachers were purposefully selected from a pool of teachers involved in a year-long professional development module on STEM integration to represent science, mathematics and engineering teachers....

The paper reports on an exploratory, longitudinal study, which examined six teachers’ views on the factors explaining teachers' technology use and productivity in a technology-enriched classroom environment in grades 4 to 6. Three case studies were selected for analysis for exploring the relation between these views, and the changes that occurred in the teachers’ educational beliefs and practic...

Written corrective feedback (WCF) has long been debated in language learning, with questions raised about its efficacy the classroom. The use of WCF is important process learning since it benefits both educators and learners. This study aims to investigate types implemented an English primary classroom Selangor, Malaysia, explore beliefs practices 6 teachers 30 students towards WCF. Data was co...