Research on Teacher Education and Training

Edited by Feyza Doyran

ISBN: 978-960-9549-74-5, 356 pages

First published in 2012 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

1.

Research on Teacher Education and Training: An Introduction

Feyza Doyran

1

Part I: Improving Teacher Education and Training

2.

Job Satisfaction among Faculty: Does Gender Play a Role?

Parveen Ali

13

3.

Childhood Government and Scholar Education. The  Emergence of New Student and Teacher Identities

Fátima Pereira

27

4.

Instructor and Student Perceptions of Mathematics for Teachers Courses

 Lynn C. Hart, Susan Oesterle and Susan Swars

37

5.

A Cross-Cultural Investigation into Gender Issues for Male Teachers in Primary Schools

 Penni Cushman

49

6.

Exploring Preserves Early Childhood Education Teachers’ Views on Science, Technology and Society Issues

Ebru Ersay Cekmecelioglu

61

7.

A Reflection on the Development and Use of Exemplification Materials and Descriptors to Embed the 2007 Revised Standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for England and to Challenge Trainee Teachers to go beyond ‘Satisfactory’

Kevin Mattinson and Andrew Connell

71

8.

Analysis of Factors Affecting Pre Service Biology Teachers’ Teacher Efficacy Beliefs

Gulay Ekici, Pinar Fettahlioglu and Ayse Sert Cibik

87

9.

Design and Research on Interactive Whiteboard based Teaching Reflection DST

 Yan Yan, Zhao Guo and Yang Hui

99

10.

Like the Phoenix, We Will Rise Again: Improving Preparation of Novice Teachers

Brenda E. Logan

109

11.

Do Visual Frameworks for Professional Reflection on Planning and Lesson Delivery Impact the Range of Reflections?

Nancy Maynes and Lynn Julien-Schultz

119

Part II: Improving Teaching and Learning in Schools

12.

Addressing Diversity: What Do We Really Know about Differentiated Instruction?

Brenda E. Logan

135

13.

The Effects of Social Class on Primary School Children’s Experiences of Extra-Curricular Activities and how they spend their Free Time

Laura McClintock

147

14.

Problem Solving in Integrated Curriculum: The Results of an Action Research Project

Jasmina Milinković

165

15.

Coping with Behavioural Difficulties in the Irish Primary School Classroom: An Investigation of Teachers’ Experiences

Lynda Hyland, Sinéad McGilloway and Anne Lodge

177

16.

Increasing Opportunities for Career Education and Exploration for Students in Grades 1-12

Mark W. Slomp, Kerry B. Bernes and Lana M. Caldwell

189

17.

Determination of the Relationship between the Samples of Instructional Methods and Techniques Prepared for 4th Grade Elementary School Science and Technology Curricula and the Principles of Neuropsychological Theory in Turkey

Metin Ascı and Fatma Sasmaz Oren

217

18.

Museum Education in Turkey: A Step Closer to Children’s Museum

Ceren Karadeniz

229

19.

Using K-W-L Chart as an Alternative Assessment Tool in Science Laboratory

Baris Eroglu and Sedef Canbazoglu Bilici

241

20.

Socialization Values across Europe

Nada Turnšek

249

Part III: Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

21.

Acquiring Vocabulary at the University Level: A Comparison of Three Learning Strategies

Yaacov J. Katz and Yaacov B. Yablon

267

22.

Academic Performance in Public Higher Education Institutions: A Study on the Effects of Teacher Commitment, Teaching Methodologies and Evaluation Methodologies in Students attending Nursing and Management Courses

Isabel Fialho, José Saragoça, Hugo Rebelo, Marília Cid, Manuela Oliveira, Jorge Bonito, Adelinda Candeias and Vitor Trindade

277

23.

Inter-Subject Commonality of Cognitive and Linguistic Factors Relative to Learning Difficulties of College Students and its Implications for an Intervention Program

Sachiko Asano

291

24.

Through what Interactive Structures Teachers and Students relate to University Classrooms?

Mar Prados and Mercedes Cubero

303

25.

Measuring Perceived Learning in Higher Education

Mervyn J. Wighting and M. Gail Derrick

315

26.

Changing Pedagogy into Scholarship: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Carol G. Walker, Carol Todd and Karen A. Hahn

323

27.

The Problem of Inconsistency in Reasoning in Engineering Education – A Case Study about the Mental Model of Sound

Arcadi Pejuan, Xavier Bohigas, Xavier Jaén and Cristina Periago

331