Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies
August 2012 Volume 28, Number 6
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 13
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Practicalising theoretical knowledge in student teachers' professional learning in initial teacher education
May M.H. Cheng, Sylvia Y.F. Tang & Annie Y.N. Cheng
This paper reports the findings collected from a four year longitudinal study aiming to investigate the professional learning of student-teachers in Bachelor of Education programmes. Four case... More
pp. 781-790
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Motivations for choosing teaching as a career: An international comparison using the FIT-Choice scale
Helen M.G. Watt, Paul W. Richardson, Uta Klusmann, Mareike Kunter, Beate Beyer, Ulrich Trautwein & Jürgen Baumert
Motivations for preservice teachers' choice of teaching as a career were investigated using the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale (FIT-Choice scale; Watt & Richardson, 2007). This scale was... More
pp. 791-805
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A cross-cultural investigation into how tasks influence seatwork activities in mathematics lessons
Ana M. Serrano
This study examined how types of tasks influenced student activities/thinking and defined the role of Seatwork in mathematics lessons. It used 60 lessons from the TIMSS videotaped Study. These data... More
pp. 806-817
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Idiographic roles of cooperating teachers as mentors in pre-service distance teacher education
Ebru Melek Koç
This study aims to define the roles of cooperating teachers as mentors in the context of distance-learning teacher education. The participants included 358 cooperating teachers who mentored 4th... More
pp. 818-826
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The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale: Confirming the factor structure with beginning pre-service teachers
Lisa C. Duffin, Brian F. French & Helen Patrick
This study examined the factor structure of the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES; Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001) using the scores of pre-service teachers at the beginning stage of... More
pp. 827-834
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Observed lesson structure during the first year of secondary education: Exploration of change and link with academic engagement
Ridwan Maulana, Marie-Christine Opdenakker, Kim Stroet & Roel Bosker
This study investigates whether lesson structure (LS) matters and which components are important for academic engagement during the first grade of secondary education. Data from videoed lessons of ... More
pp. 835-850
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For children only? Effects of the KiVa antibullying program on teachers
Annarilla Ahtola, Anne Haataja, Antti Kärnä, Elisa Poskiparta & Christina Salmivalli
The effects of an antibullying program, KiVa, on Grade 1–3 teachers' perceptions of bullying were investigated. Data were gathered from 128 teachers in 33 intervention schools and 110 teachers in... More
pp. 851-859
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Teachers' attitudes and students' opposition. School misconduct as a reaction to teachers' diminished effort and affect
Jannick Demanet & Mieke Van Houtte
Recent decades have seen many studies dealing with the effects of teacher expectations. While most have focused on students' cognitive outcomes, we relate teacher expectations to student deviancy. ... More
pp. 860-869
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Excluding students from classroom: Teacher techniques that promote student responsibility
Ramon (Rom) Lewis, Shlomo Romi & Joel Roache
Students who continuously misbehave are frequently excluded from class, allowing them time to reflect on their inappropriate behavior. This paper examines students’ perceptions of the teacher’s... More
pp. 870-878
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The role of teacher and faculty trust in forming teachers' job satisfaction: Do years of experience make a difference?
Dimitri Van Maele & Mieke Van Houtte
This study relates trust at the level of both the teacher and the faculty to teachers' job satisfaction. Teaching experience is explored as a moderator of the trust–satisfaction relationship.... More
pp. 879-889
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How do teachers make judgments about ethical and unethical behaviors? Toward the development of a code of conduct for teachers
David E. Barrett, J. Elizabeth Casey, Ryan D. Visser & Kathy N. Headley
The authors examined the dimensions that underlie teachers' judgments about ethical versus unethical behaviors. 593 educators and teachers in training were administered a 41 item survey. For each... More
pp. 890-898
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Collaborative teacher learning across foci of collaboration: Perceived activities and outcomes
J.J. Doppenberg, P.J. den Brok & A.W.E.A. Bakx
This study compared teacher collaboration with differing foci, in terms of various learning activities and learning outcomes. A total of 411 teachers from 49 primary schools participated by... More
pp. 899-910
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Teacher beliefs and intentions regarding the instruction of English grammar under national curriculum reforms: A Theory of Planned Behaviour perspective
Paul R. Underwood
While numerous studies in mainstream education have drawn on the Theory of Planned Behaviour to investigate curriculum impact, in English Language Teaching contexts such research is scant. This... More
pp. 911-925