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This study investigates mentor teachers’ and student teachers’ perceptions of the components of a positive mentoring relationship and its impact on the identity formation of student teachers. The findings revealed that emotional and academic support, an open line of communication and feedback were regarded as key elements of a positive mentoring relationship by both parties. However, a key difference was shown in the participants’ perceptions toward the impact of the mentoring relationship on student teachers’ identity. The research found that student teachers considered the impact of the mentoring relationship on their identity development to be highly significant, whereas only three mentor teachers held this view.
Published: 2016
Updated: Jan. 11, 2017
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In this study, the authors analyse the contribution of a teacher education setting based on ICT (email and forum) in developing professional knowledge of one prospective mathematics teacher, looking especially at tasks and forms of communication. The results show that, in addition to exercises, the prospective teacher began to suggest more open and challenging tasks, and to promote contributive communication in his classroom. In planning his lessons, the prospective mathematics teacher’s professional knowledge showed improvement in the diversity of tasks that he adopted, in the attention he gave to student activity, in the adequacy of instructional materials that he used, and in the forms of communication that he promoted, which involved more students in the classroom activities.
Published: 2013
Updated: Jul. 28, 2016
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This study, which grounded in a sociocultural view of teacher learning, explores how non-native English as a Second Language (ESL) student teachers developed their understanding of professional learning in the light of their experiences of engaging with their significant others during an eight-week practicum. The study reveals rich interactions between these student teachers and their significant others in the school settings. The findings reveal that the process of learning to teach was described as experiencing, which is connected to engagement in activities in personal social context that is counted as doing. This study suggests a pressing need to develop university–school partnership to facilitate the development of collegial relationships among student teachers and their significant others.
Published: 2014
Updated: Jun. 13, 2016
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This article draws on Margaret Somerville's ideas, who has suggested that a new methodology of postmodern emergence might allow researchers to disrupt the taken-for-granted and provide fresh insight into familiar problems. They argue that the research reminds them of the regenerative potency of relationships and conversations in which doubts and disillusion can be expressed and heard.
Published: 2014
Updated: Nov. 24, 2014
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This paper aims to identify teacher characteristics which could describe excellent teachers in Scotland. The concept described as ‘teachers for excellence’. Eighty-eight teachers responded to a questionnaire which asked them to rate in importance 44 characteristics of excellent teachers. The findings of this study reveal that teachers saw teaching as an interaction between practitioners and pupils. The findings of this study reveal that teachers saw teaching as an interaction between practitioners and pupils. The teachers consistently described excellence in terms of personal qualities and interpersonal skills.
Published: 2010
Updated: Dec. 03, 2012
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This article presents findings from a questionnaire which was developed to explore students’ perceptions of career guidance by teachers during career conversations. Data were collected from 579 students from vocational schools in the Netherlands. Four different guidance profiles of teachers were identified. It was also found that during career conversations, teachers and students hardly talk about career subjects and mostly about school subjects.
Published: 2011
Updated: Dec. 19, 2011
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The aim of the project was to explore the impact of a small-scale, personalized professional learning project on the opportunities that teachers provided for students to communicate and on their responsiveness to potentially communicative behavior. The project activity was based on the principles described by Gersten and colleagues. It was found that there was an increase in the opportunities teachers offered, with larger effects in two of the classes.
Published: 2011
Updated: Aug. 29, 2011
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This article discusses factors that enhance induction experiences for beginning teachers. The paper reports the findings from case studies that explore the impact of new entrants to the teaching profession in Scotland. The data suggest that the most supportive induction processes mix both formal and informal elements. However, the data indicate that the informal elements such as collegiality, good communication and a welcoming workplace environment should not be underestimated. The study also highlights the potential benefits of a more collegiate environment for teachers across the career phases.
Published: 2010
Updated: Dec. 26, 2010
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In this article, the authors describe four primary needs, articulated as cornerstones, comprising effective mentoring programs for educational leadership adjuncts.
Four cornerstones or vitally important elements for the successful online teaching experience of adjuncts faculty members are professional development, effective communication, fostering balance and forming relationships.
Published: 2010
Updated: Oct. 19, 2010
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This paper argues that the Socratic Dialogue in the Nelson and Heckmann tradition will prove a considerable contribution in training teachers. A review of the literature and empirical research supports the claim that the Socratic Dialogue promotes student teachers' interpersonal sensitivity while stimulating conceptual understanding. Finally, the authors suggest a manner of integrating Socratic Dialogue in teacher education and propose a line of further research.
Published: 2010
Updated: Sep. 05, 2010