Physical Education has been described as a subject with unique characteristics that can contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. However, an analysis of PE teachers’ (PETs) sustainability consciousness not yet conducted. For this purpose, total 203 PETs completed the validated SCQ-S instrument measure three dimensions sustainable development in components (attitudes, knowledge and...

In the past decade, language functions have attracted increasing attention of Chinese secondary school English teachers. However, students seem not to have explicit knowledge in this aspect. This study investigated Chinese students’ awareness of functions and explored the causes of the status quo. Based on the results achieved through a questionnaire survey, textbooks analyses and teaching anal...

from paper presented at BAAL IC SIG Annual Seminar:Language Teaching and Language Learning, University of Edinburgh, March 2014. The main aim of the talk is to explore the role of (critical) cultural awareness in teachertraining pedagogies. Based on the assumption that language teachers want to develop theirstudents’ intercultural communicative competence (ICC), it behoves the teach...

Contents Acknowledgements i Executive Summary ii 1 About this study ii 2 Mentoring and coaching: definitions, approaches and models iii 3 Mentoring and coaching: impacts for teachers, schools, other professionals and organisations iv 4 Mentoring and coaching: challenges and effective features v 5 Mentoring and coaching: promotion and support for teachers and activity and awareness in schools vi...

Early-grade teachers’ ability to incorporate high-quality explicit phonological awareness (PA) instruction into the classroom helps children succeed in early reading endeavors and significantly reduces difficulties among at risk for problems. Teachers’ deep knowledge of teaching PA is expected affect their instructional practices inside classrooms. This study aims gain perspective on grade perc...