A goal of IT education is to enable students to acquire the ability of using information in order to live in a modern information-oriented society. Such meta-ability cannot be learned in the traditional Japanese instructional way of knowledge being transmitted by teachers. When a teacher designs a lesson plan for IT education, it is necessary to include not only the target goal of the unit but ...

Teachers should be received specialized training, have higher education workers of professional quality. In order to develop the high quality teacher, teacher training curriculum should focus on professional skills. Our school has to strengthen the professional skills of teachers as a breakthrough in curriculum mode innovation, by enhancing practice teaching in the curriculum, strengthen the et...

In the present study, we designed a model of self-regulated inquiry that connects theory to practice for teachers to deepen their understanding of the core beliefs, commitment, and the experiences shaping their professional identity. The rationale of this model was grounded in motivational and identity theories related to self-regulation, self-efficacy, and goal setting. We posed three question...

This study reports on factors that limit the participation of blind and partially sighted learners in mathematics and science education. Since the teacher, still remains one of the most crucial factors in any education system, the researcher deemed it important to investigate the role of the teacher as understood by a blind technician in promoting the participation of blind and partially sighte...

In this paper it is our intention to discuss a Teacher Education proposal that uses an on line asynchronous learning environment to develop collaborative practices and to enhance a professional identity. Using an integrated multi-method approach for analysing the on line discussions of 47 student-teachers, a research group of the University of Padua has explored: a) how different groups of stud...

This article analyses the trajectories into teacher education of a group of child minders who are studying to become pre-school teachers. The specific focus is on what prior experiences and learning from pre-school mean for their trajectories, and how these experiences and learning are recognised in the first year of teacher education. A situated learning perspective is applied, with a focus on...

School nurses are often called on teach sexual health without being given any formal teacher training or support. This article describes a study of the experiences of 50 school nurses. The author suggests ways in which schools and their nurses could create supportive and complementary teaching partnerships for effective sex education.