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Local Contextual Influences on Teaching

Author : Esther Boucher-Yip
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144386952X
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Local Contextual Influences on Teaching by : Esther Boucher-Yip

Download or read book Local Contextual Influences on Teaching written by Esther Boucher-Yip and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of personal narratives and research findings by English language (ESL/EFL) teachers who found themselves, in one way or another, teaching in various contexts all over the world. The central theme throughout these narratives is how contextual factors played a role in their approach to language teaching in different ways. The contributors reflect on their practices and provide an engaging discussion about how they deal with curriculum and classroom organization issues within the local context. Readers can expect to learn and understand how ESL/EFL teachers in this volume exercise their agency in teaching in a language classroom. These teachers, through their own unique stories and research findings, reflect on how they responded to local contextual factors such as the learning culture, national and school policies, personal beliefs and attitudes towards pedagogy, the sociolinguistic context of teaching, the school culture, and the wider sociopolitical context in which learning and teaching takes place. Since the narrative approach has been placed center stage in teacher education as a method and an objective of inquiry, the contributors adopt the narrative form to reflect and discuss their instructional practice.

Local Contextual Influences on Teaching

Author : Patrick Ng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781443864053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Local Contextual Influences on Teaching by : Patrick Ng

Download or read book Local Contextual Influences on Teaching written by Patrick Ng and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of personal narratives and research findings by English language (ESL/EFL) teachers who found themselves, in one way or another, teaching in various contexts all over the world. The central theme throughout these narratives is how contextual factors played a role in their approach to language teaching in different ways. The contributors reflect on their practices and provide an engaging discussion about how they deal with curriculum and classroom organization issues within the local context. Readers can expect to learn and understand how ESL/EFL teachers in this volume exercise their agency in teaching in a language classroom. These teachers, through their own unique stories and research findings, reflect on how they responded to local contextual factors such as the learning culture, national and school policies, personal beliefs and attitudes towards pedagogy, the sociolinguistic context of teaching, the school culture, and the wider sociopolitical context in which learning and teaching takes place. Since the narrative approach has been placed center stage in teacher education as a method and an objective of inquiry, the contributors adopt the narrative form to reflect and discuss their instructional practice.

Investigating the Influence of Standards

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030907276X
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Investigating the Influence of Standards written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-01-27 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1989, with the publication of Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for Mathematics by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, standards have been at the forefront of the education reform movement in the United States. The mathematics standards, which were revised in 2000, have been joined by standards in many subjects, including the National Research Council's National Science Education Standards published in 1996 and the Standards for Technical Literacy issued by the International Technology Education Association in 2000. There is no doubt that standards have begun to influence the education system. The question remains, however, what the nature of that influence is and, most importantly, whether standards truly improve student learning. To answer those questions, one must begin to examine the ways in which components of the system have been influenced by the standards. Investigating the Influence of Standards provides a framework to guide the design, conduct, and interpretation of research regarding the influences of nationally promulgated standards in mathematics, science, and technology education on student learning. Researchers and consumers of research such as teachers, teacher educators, and administrators will find the framework useful as they work toward developing an understanding of the influence of standards.

Changing Expectations for the K-12 Teacher Workforce

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309499038
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Changing Expectations for the K-12 Teacher Workforce by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Download or read book Changing Expectations for the K-12 Teacher Workforce written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers play a critical role in the success of their students, both academically and in regard to long term outcomes such as higher education participation and economic attainment. Expectations for teachers are increasing due to changing learning standards and a rapidly diversifying student population. At the same time, there are perceptions that the teaching workforce may be shifting toward a younger and less experienced demographic. These actual and perceived changes raise important questions about the ways teacher education may need to evolve in order to ensure that educators are able to meet the needs of students and provide them with classroom experiences that will put them on the path to future success. Changing Expectations for the K-12 Teacher Workforce: Policies, Preservice Education, Professional Development, and the Workplace explores the impact of the changing landscape of K-12 education and the potential for expansion of effective models, programs, and practices for teacher education. This report explores factors that contribute to understanding the current teacher workforce, changing expectations for teaching and learning, trends and developments in the teacher labor market, preservice teacher education, and opportunities for learning in the workplace and in-service professional development.

Research on Urban Teacher Learning

Author : Andrea J. Stairs
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607524031
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Research on Urban Teacher Learning written by Andrea J. Stairs and published by IAP. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a range of evidence-based analyses focused on the role of contextual factors on urban teacher learning. Part I introduces the reader to the conceptual and empirical literature on urban teacher learning. Part II shares eight research studies that examine how, what, and why urban teachers learn in the form of rich longitudinal studies. Part III analyzes the ways federal, state, and local policies affect urban teacher learning and highlights the synergistic relationship between urban teacher learning and context. What makes this collection powerful is not only that it moves research front and center in discussions of urban teacher learning, but also that it recognizes the importance of learning over time and the way urban schools’ contexts and conditions enable and constrain teacher learning.

Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching

Author : Patrick C. L. Ng
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317295811
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching by : Patrick C. L. Ng

Download or read book Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching written by Patrick C. L. Ng and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of English in the global arena has prompted official language-in-education policy makers to adopt language education policies to enable its citizens to be proficient in English and to access knowledge. Local educational contexts in different countries have implemented English education in their own ways with different pedagogical goals, motivations, features and pedagogies. While much of the research cited in English language planning policy has focused on macro level language policy and planning, there is an increasing interest in micro planning, in particular teacher agency in policy response. Individual teacher agency is a multifaceted amalgam, not only of teachers’ individual histories, professional training, personal values and instructional beliefs, but also of how these interact with local interpretations and appropriations of policy. Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching examines the agency of the teacher in negotiating educational reforms and policy changes at the local and national levels. Chapters in the book include: English language teaching in China: teacher agency in response to curricular innovations Incorporating academic skills into EFL curriculum: teacher agency in response to global mobility challenge Teacher agency, the native/nonnative dichotomy, and "English Classes in English" in Japanese high Schools Teacher-designed high stakes English language testing: washback and impact This book will appeal to researcher across all sectors of education, in particular key stakeholders in curriculum and language planning. Those interested in the latest development of English language teaching will also find this book a valuable resource.

Individual and Contextual Factors in the English Language Classroom

Author : Rahma Al-Mahrooqi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030918815
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Individual and Contextual Factors in the English Language Classroom by : Rahma Al-Mahrooqi

Download or read book Individual and Contextual Factors in the English Language Classroom written by Rahma Al-Mahrooqi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume examines a number of topics related to the roles of individual and contextual factors in English as second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) settings by presenting chapters across the three sections of theoretical and pedagogical approaches, teacher and learner research, and research into the roles of technology. The book has a focus on practical actions and recommendations related to individual and contextual factors in ESL/EFL, with a specific concern with issues of cognition, metacognition, emotion, and identity, and offers perspectives from a diverse range of international education settings. For teachers of ESL/EFL, the effective recognition and integration of individual and contextual factors into the classroom may represent a significant challenge. This is often the case in those settings where native English speaking teachers work in foreign language contexts where they may have limited understanding of local cultures and languages, or where language instructors have class groups that are culturally and linguistically diverse. In these, and similar, contexts, the types and extent of individual and contextual factors impacting on language learning may challenge both learner and instructor expectations of what an effective and supportive classroom is. While such a situation offers numerous opportunities for learners and teachers to expand their knowledge of themselves and each other, it also presents the possibility for ineffective teaching and learning to occur. It is within this framework that the book presents the latest theoretical, pedagogical, and research perspectives from around the world, thereby providing a resource for all stakeholders with an interest in the roles individual and contextual factors play in the English learning process.

Handbook of Research on Teacher Education in the Digital Age

Author : Niess, Margaret L.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466684046
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Teacher Education in the Digital Age by : Niess, Margaret L.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Teacher Education in the Digital Age written by Niess, Margaret L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional classrooms are fast becoming a minority in the education field. As technologies continue to develop as a pervasive aspect of modern society, educators must be trained to meet the demands and opportunities afforded by this technology-rich landscape. The Handbook of Research on Teacher Education in the Digital Age focuses on the needs of teachers as they redesign their curricula and lessons to incorporate new technological tools. Including theoretical frameworks, empirical research, and best practices, this book serves as a guide for researchers, educators, and faculty and professional developers of distance learning tools.

Cooperative Learning in Context

Author : Evelyn Jacob
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791442418
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Cooperative Learning in Context written by Evelyn Jacob and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains why powerful educational innovations like "cooperative learning" do not always reach their full potential in everyday classrooms.

Contextual Influences on Participation in Local and School Governance

Author : David E. Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Contextual Influences on Participation in Local and School Governance written by David E. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building Teaching Capacities in Higher Education

Author : Alenoush Saroyan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000978664
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Building Teaching Capacities in Higher Education by : Alenoush Saroyan

Download or read book Building Teaching Capacities in Higher Education written by Alenoush Saroyan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the culmination of three years’ work by teams from eight institutions in five different European and North American countries. The teams included faculty developers, professors, and graduate students interested in developing and disseminating a more profound understanding of university-level pedagogy. The purpose of the project was, first, to conceptualize what an internationally-appropriate, formal academic program for faculty development in higher education might look like, taking into account differing national contexts, from national standards for faculty development (U.K. and Scandinavia), almost universal institutional support (North America) to virtually no activities (France). The intention was to create and nurture a community of practice, enriched and informed by a range of expertise and different higher education traditions, cultures, and languages. To do so, the book begins with a section of five case studies that describe current practice in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France and Switzerland.The second purpose was to define a common curriculum, or core course with common foundations, for faculty and graduate students, based on a distributed learning model. The final section of the book presents a concrete concept map used to define the curriculum, and to educational developers with useful tool for furthering their work, and explains the rationale for redefining faculty development as educational development.This book offers practitioners around the world a framework and model of educational development that can serve a number of purposes including professional development, monitoring and assessment of effectiveness, and research, as they seek to meet increasing demands for public accountability. For North American readers it offers insight into the vision and aims of the Bologna Process with which they may need to engage to maintain international competitiveness.

The Social Context of Education

Author : Beth Aronstamm Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Social Context of Education written by Beth Aronstamm Young and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment

Author : Dominic Wyse
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473952727
Total Pages : 1798 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Book Synopsis The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment by : Dominic Wyse

Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment written by Dominic Wyse and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 1798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research and debates surrounding curriculum, pedagogy and assessment are ever-growing and are of constant importance around the globe. With two volumes - containing chapters from highly respected researchers, whose work has been critical to understanding and building expertise in the field – The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment focuses on examining how curriculum is treated and developed, and its impact on pedagogy and assessment worldwide. The Handbook is organised into five thematic sections, considering: · The epistemology and methodology of curriculum · Curriculum and pedagogy · Curriculum subjects · Areas of the curriculum · Assessment and the curriculum · The curriculum and educational policy The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment’s breadth and rigour will make it essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students around the world.

English-Medium Instruction from an English as a Lingua Franca Perspective

Author : Kumiko Murata
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351184318
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book English-Medium Instruction from an English as a Lingua Franca Perspective written by Kumiko Murata and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English is increasingly used as a lingua franca (ELF) in communicative situations the world over with the acceleration of globalisation. This is in line with the increased introduction of English-medium instruction (EMI) to higher education institutions in many parts of the world to further promote both students’ and faculty’s mobility to make them competitive and employable in the globalised world, and to make their institutions more attractive and reputable. EMI and ELF, however, are rarely explicitly investigated together despite the fact that the spread of EMI cannot be separated from that of ELF. This volume tackles the issue head on by focusing on EMI in higher education from an ELF perspective. The volume includes contributions by Asian, European, Middle Eastern, South American and Anglo-American scholars. It discusses language policies, attitudes and identities, analyses of classroom EMI practices, case studies and finally, pedagogical implications from an ELF perspective, incorporating also theoretical and empirical issues in conducting EMI courses/programmes. The volume will be of great interest and use, not only to those who are conducting research on ELF, EMI, CLIL, language policy and related fields, but also to classroom teachers and policy makers who are conducting and/or planning to start EMI courses/programmes in their institutions or countries all over the world.

Evaluating and Rewarding the Quality of Teachers: International Practices

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264034358
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Evaluating and Rewarding the Quality of Teachers: International Practices written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies good practices in the design and implementation of evaluation and teacher incentive systems from various perspectives through formulation, stakeholder negotiation, implementation, monitoring and follow-up.

Methodologies for Effective Writing Instruction in EFL and ESL Classrooms

Author : Al-Mahrooqi, Rahma
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 146666620X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis Methodologies for Effective Writing Instruction in EFL and ESL Classrooms by : Al-Mahrooqi, Rahma

Download or read book Methodologies for Effective Writing Instruction in EFL and ESL Classrooms written by Al-Mahrooqi, Rahma and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educators continue to strive for advanced teaching methods to bridge the gap between native and non-native English speaking students. Lessons on written forms of communication continue to be a challenge recognized by educators who wish to improve student comprehension and overall ability to write clearly and expressively. Methodologies for Effective Writing Instruction in EFL and ESL Classrooms brings together research and practices for successful written communication teaching among students of diverse linguistic backgrounds. With technological advancements and resources, educators are able to implement new tools into their lesson plans for the benefit of their students. This publication is an essential reference source for professionals, educators, and researchers interested in techniques and practices for written communication in English language teaching geared towards non-native English speaking students.

Social Studies Teacher Education

Author : Christopher C. Martell
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1641130482
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Social Studies Teacher Education written by Christopher C. Martell and published by IAP. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the world has experienced a major economic collapse, the increasing racial inequity and high-profile police killings of unarmed Black and Brown people, the persistence of global terrorism, a large-scale refugee crisis, and the negative impacts of global warming. In reaction to social instability, there are growing populist movements in the United States and across the world, which present major challenges for democracy. Concurrently, there has been a rise of grassroots political movements focused on increasing equity in relation to race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and religion. The role of social studies teachers in preparing the next generation of democratic citizens has never been more important, and the call for more social studies teacher educators to help teachers address these critical issues only gets louder. This volume examines how teacher educators are (or are not) supporting beginning and experienced social studies teachers in such turbulent times, and it offers suggestions for moving the field forward by better educating teachers to address growing local, national, and global concerns. In their chapters, authors in social studies education present research with implications for practice related to the following topics: race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration, religion, disciplinary literacy, global civics, and social justice. This book is guided by the following overarching questions: What can the research tell us about preparing and developing social studies teachers for an increasingly complex, interconnected, and rapidly changing world? How can we educate social studies teachers to “teach against the grain” (Cochran-Smith, 1991, 2001b), centering their work on social justice, social change, and social responsibility?