Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies
Volume 12, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 8
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Subversives in the staffroom: Resolution of knowledge conflicts among teaching colleagues
L. Corrie
This paper explores the resolution of conflicting knowledge by a staff committed to the philosophy of working together as a collaborative team. The study was conducted in one primary school in... More
pp. 235-247
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In search of autonomy: Teachers' aspirations and expectations from a school-university collaborative
James Howard Powell & Thomas M. McGowan
Expectations of teacher participants appear to receive little, if any, attention in conceptualizing and actualizing a school/university collaborative such as a Professional Development School (PDS)... More
pp. 249-260
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Creating data in practitioner research
Tony Brown
This paper examines how writing produced within school-based practitioner research can function in framing and guiding both classroom practice and the research process itself. It outlines a model... More
pp. 261-270
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Alternatives to field-based experiences: The comparative effects of on-campus laboratories
Kim K. Metcalf, M.A. Ronen Hammer & Pamela A. Kahlich
This quasi-experimental study compared the effects of a sequence of on-campus laboratory experiences with an intensive early field experience in the preparation of preservice secondary teachers.... More
pp. 271-283
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Who is to retrain the teacher trainers?: A Papua New Guinea case study
Denis McLaughlin
The single most important factor to improve the quality of education in a developing country appears to be increased general and professional education of teachers. Initially, it seems that this... More
pp. 285-301
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Drawing ourselves into teaching: Studying the images that shape and distort teacher education
Sandra Weber & Claudia Mitchell
How do childhood memories and social stereotypes colour emerging teacher identities? What images of “teacher” silently direct the ways in which we teach and think? Is our teaching practice... More
pp. 303-313
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A theory-based measure of coping strategies used by teachers: The problems in teaching scale
Samuel B. Green & Margaret E. Ross
The Problems in Teaching Scale (PITS) was developed to assess the strategies used by teachers to cope with school stressors. The measure was developed based on the theory of Lazarus and Folkman ... More
pp. 315-325
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The “Best and the brightest” as teachers
James M. Cooper
pp. 327-333