International Journal of Educational Research
2004 Volume 41, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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Understanding the awakening spirit of a professional teaching force
Ora W.Y. Kwo
Social, economic and technological changes on a global scale are challenging traditional forms of knowledge and educational practice. In response, educators worldwide are finding ways to forge new ... More
pp. 292-306
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Being, understanding and naming: Teachers’ life and work in harmony
Zongjie Wu
This paper views teacher learning as the nourishment of life rather than the mastery of expertise, and curriculum innovation as the reclaiming of authentic language rather than rational... More
pp. 307-323
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Ten lives in mine: Creating portraits of influential Chinese educators
Ruth Hayhoe
This is an essay about research methodology, particularly the use of narrative method, in a project which depicts portraits of 10 influential educators of China. The essay begins with reflections... More
pp. 324-338
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Articulating contrasts in kindergarten teachers’ implicit knowledge on play-based learning
Doris Cheng Pui-Wah & Philip Stimpson
In Hong Kong, early-years teachers face professional challenges in adopting a creative and child-oriented pedagogy in which play-based learning is central. The paper illuminates teachers’... More
pp. 339-352
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Obstacles as opportunities in the promotion of teachers’ learning
Gary James Harfitt & Nicole Judith Tavares
This paper describes the professional growth of two teacher educators. It notes obstacles to teachers’ professional development, and investigates the factors which make some teachers less... More
pp. 353-366
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Teacher leadership and autonomous student learning: Adjusting to the new realities
Kokila Roy Katyal & Colin W. Evers
This paper focuses on a most significant domain of inner power of teachers’ lives—their leadership of student learning. Traditional conceptions of teacher leadership owe much to the presumption of ... More
pp. 367-382
