Dichotomous and Multifaceted: Teacher Educators’ Understanding of Professional Knowledge in Research-based Teacher Education

EFL Teacher Educators and EFL teachers’ Perspectives on Identity-Oriented Teacher Education Programs

Different aspects of identity have been investigated across various educational fields. Although many studies have been done to investigate different aspects of EFL teachers’ identity development, there is a paucity of research on identity-oriented EFL teacher education programs. Hence, the purpose of the current study was to investigate EFL teacher educators’ and EFL teachers’ perspectives abo...

Research Genres in Teacher Education

Almost since its inception, teacher education has suffered from doubts about its value to teachers. Outside observers have asked, usually skeptically, whether teacher education makes a difference, and teacher educators themselves have wondered what they have been able to accomplish and how they could accomplish more. Presumably, research could help both teacher educators and teacher education p...

Scholarly Behaviors of Physical Education Methods Teacher Educators in Ohio

Investigating the Professional Learning and Development of Mathematics Teacher Educators: A Theoretical Discussion and Research Agenda

This paper presents a theoretical framework for guiding inquiry in an emerging field of research concerned with the learning and development of mathematics teacher educators. Such research is needed for two reasons: to open up the practices of mathematics teacher educators to critical scrutiny in order to better understand the nature of their impact on mathematics teaching in schools, and to sy...

Using Technology for Geography Teacher Education: Web-based Professional Development

This qualitative study explores the perceived value of a video-based online workshop in Geography, “Watershed Management,” part of the Geography: Teaching with the Stars series, a 22 program professional development series for teachers of geography, social studies, and environmental science. Results indicated that teachers reported satisfaction with the online professional development approach ...