Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies
November 2011 Volume 27, Number 8
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 10
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Not a one-shot deal: Generative professional development among experienced teachers
Amy Seely Flint, Karla Zisook & Teresa R. Fisher
This study examines two experienced teachers’ transformations and sense of agency as they implemented a writer’s workshop curriculum with multi-lingual third grade students. Multiple lines of... More
pp. 1163-1169
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Parsing the language of racism and relief: Effects of a short-term urban field placement on teacher candidates’ perceptions of culturally diverse classrooms
Elizabeth Bleicher
This three-year study combines qualitative and quantitative analyses of effects of a one-week, intensive urban field placement on 95 suburban and rural teacher candidates’ self-reported perceptions... More
pp. 1170-1178
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Additive and disruptive pedagogies: The use of slowmation as an example of digital technology implementation
Vetta Vratulis, Tony Clarke, Garry Hoban & Gaalen Erickson
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of 35 preservice teachers as they were introduced to a new digital technology, “Slowmation” (abbreviated from Slow Animation), as a ... More
pp. 1179-1188
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Microaggressions in graduate students’ lives: How they are encountered and their consequences
Mary Louise Gomez, Ayesha Khurshid, Mel B. Freitag & Amy Johnson Lachuk
This article explores the experiences of teaching assistants from nonmainstream backgrounds in a predominantly white institution (PWI) of U.S. education. We focus on how such teaching assistants... More
pp. 1189-1199
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Situated learning in an educational technology course for pre-service teachers
Kun Huang, Ian A. Lubin & Xun Ge
This qualitative study investigated a situated learning environment implemented in an educational technology course where pre-service teachers worked collaboratively on meaningful real-world... More
pp. 1200-1212
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Preparing teacher leaders: Perceptions of the impact of a cohort-based, job embedded, blended teacher leadership program
Dorene Ross, Alyson Adams, Elizabeth Bondy, Nancy Dana, Stephanie Dodman & Colleen Swain
This qualitative study was designed to examine teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of the impact of a graduate program designed to prepare teacher leaders. Impact was investigated through... More
pp. 1213-1222
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“I speak prose and I now know it.” Personal development trajectories among teacher educators in a professional development community
David Brody & Linor Hadar
This study explores trajectories of professional growth by teacher educators participating in a professional development community on teaching thinking. Qualitative measures revealed a four stage... More
pp. 1223-1234
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Teacher learning in collaborative curriculum design
J. Voogt, H. Westbroek, A. Handelzalts, A. Walraven, S. McKenney, J. Pieters & B. de Vries
The Interconnected Model of Professional Growth ( Clarke & Hollingsworth, 2002) was used to identify processes of teacher learning during the collaborative design of curriculum materials in... More
pp. 1235-1244
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Human dignity within teacher education: A matter of individualism, competitiveness, and strategic rationality
Anna M. Tapola
Human dignity is a grand concept that is assumed to play an important role in education. However, no widely accepted universal definition of human dignity exists. The aim of this study was to... More
pp. 1245-1254
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A place for informal learning in teaching about religion: The story of an experienced non-Muslim teacher and her learning about Islam
Najwa M. Aown
Teacher learning about religion has remained an under-researched topic in spite of the professional accountability placed on teachers to teach about religion in a constitutionally permissible and... More
pp. 1255-1264
