earlier self efficacy studies have been blamed for their methodological weakness and their mere reliance on self-report, survey, and correlational techniques for data collection. the purpose of this study; therefore, was to assess the impact of feuerstein’s theory of mediation on efl teachers’ sense of efficacy through direct observation rather than self reports and to use experimental techniqu...

This study investigated the nature of EFL teacher education programs with respect to implementation, practicality, and approach to teacher learning. The data were collected through observation of two teacher education programs and interviews with 8 teacher trainers. The results attested to the transmission orientation of the programs. It was found that a pre-specified body of teachi...

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...

Since mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, have become ubiquitous in our daily lives, their use in the modern public classrooms is an ever increasing occurrence. In order to meet the demands of the rising technology needs, teachers must be well versed in the pedagogical and curriculum uses of mobile devices. However, general and special education pre-service teacher education progra...

According to even the most conservative estimates, at least a quarter of deaf children have additional disabilities. Most teacher preparation programs do not sufficiently prepare teacher candidates for the challenges posed by these children. This article describes a professional development effort to prepare in-service educators of the deaf to work with students with additional disabilities. Ov...

This study investigated how information and communication technologies are beingappliedinteachereducationprogramsinthreeuniversities including Tay Nguyen University, Ha Tinh University Vinh UniversityinVietnam.Aquestionnaire handfacultybrochureswereusedtocollectdatafromfinalyearpre-service hteachers hinthose institutions hin hVietnam, hwhich hwere hpurposefullyselected.Thefindings hrevealed hth...

We report research and development work with STEP (Secondary Teacher Education Project) Web, an innovative and complex web site designed to support learning through facilitated video case discussions in secondary teacher education programs. The goal of instruction with STEP is to help pre-service teachers acquire useful scientific knowledge about cognitive psychology and other learning sciences...

Students’ engagement in learning and schooling depends to a large extent upon how teachers can relate to the students, their communities and their worlds. The focus and direction of teacher education has been upon competency and skills, registration and accreditation. In contrast to the external requirements of teacher registration and teacher educators the realities, for many students, of scho...