Controversies on Teacher Education and In-service Training

Service Learning as Scholarship in Teacher Education

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EI training and pre-service teacher wellbeing

Curriculum Evaluation of Teacher Training Courses in Education

Curriculum Evaluation of Teacher Training Courses in Education G. Ahmadi, Ph. D. The two year teacher training programs in Iran include courses in education that form the very foundation of the professional performance of the future teachers. As such, the curricula of these courses need to be evaluated in order to determine their probable shortcomings and take the necessary remedial steps...

The Microscience Project and Its Impact on Pre- Service and In-service Teacher Education

This paper was originally prepared for the workshop, the Secondary Science Education for Development (http://www1.worldbank.org/education/scied/Training/training.htm), which was organized by the World Bank, Human Development, Education Group in April 2000. The workshop aimed to explore some of the issues involved in science education reform within a larger context of social and economic develop...

Computer Mediated Communication and Online Teacher Training in Environmental Education

This paper describes how certain aspects of on-line education can benefit teacher training in Environmental Education (EE) subjects. On-line education differs from first and second-generation Distance Education systems in that participants glean new knowledge from interaction with one another, and this factor offers enormous potential in EE. In fact, EE aims include the development of problem s...