This study aims to understand teachers’ perspectives on their roles in higher education, their views about the adoption of a social-constructivist approach to teaching and learning and the integration of online collaborative learning in blended learning environments in higher education from a cross cultural perspective. We interviewed 60 Chinese teachers from Beijing Normal University and Capit...

introduction. in educational centers, evaluation of educational activities of teachers is done in different ways. one of the most common ways » nearly in all important universities « is student evaluation of teaching (set), which is done by questionnaires. scientific evidences have showed that in spite of frequent usage of this kind of evaluation, opinions of students about teacher’s performanc...

Lesson plan is a written description of education process in which it is shown what, when, where and with which method learners should learn and how they should be assessed. Lesson plan is one of the key factors in the educational process. According to the literature available, unfortunately few studies have been conducted on this issue in the context of Iran. Therefo...

the purpose of this study was to review and compare the views of two experts in the field of basic teaching knowledge and teachers knowledge, lee shulman and gary fenstermacher. shulman forms of teaching knowledge include: propositional knowledge (subject), strategic knowledge and strategic knowledge. shulman basic knowledge of teaching and teachers knowledge, including classes, such as: conten...

This study reports a mixed methods design investigation into language teachers’ conception of research. The study drew on various sources of data, including teachers’ responses to questionnaires items, qualitative comments in follow-up interviews, and contributions to e-mail inquiries. Results showed that the teachers’ understanding of research is mainly associated with a standard view of resea...

How to cite this article: Gierdien, F. (2012). Preservice teachers’ views about their mathematics teacher education modules. Pythagoras, 33(1), Art. #134, 10 pages. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/pythagoras. v33i1.134 This article reports on the views of intermediate and senior phase pre-service teachers (PSTs) enrolled in mathematics education modules that attempt to teach both content and pedagog...

Teaching practicum is a vital and challenging phase of English Language (ELT) teacher education in which student teachers experience their first teaching practices In line with the global pandemic status quo, official regulations that leaded educational activities at state primary schools universities to be carried out online, have also changed modes means experiences in-service pre-service ELT...

Verschueren’s Linguistic Adaptation Theory (1999) provides the theoretical framework for the study on codeswitching in EFL classroom. It views code-switching as an adaptive phenomenon in the interaction between people and their conditions of life. Based on Verschueren’s Linguistic Adaptation Theory, the present paper gave a qualitative analysis of the adaptability that teachers’ code-switching ...

This dissertation is concerned with the design and study of an evidencebased approach to the professional development of high-school physics teachers responding to the need to develop effective continuing professional development programs (CPD) in domains that require genuine changes in teachers' views, knowledge, and practice. This approach was developed within the context of a CPD program for...

Lesson plan is a written description of education process in which it is shown what, when, where and with which method learners should learn and how they should be assessed. Lesson plan is one of the key factors in the educational process. According to the literature available, unfortunately few studies have been conducted on this issue in the context of Iran. Therefo...