Improving Teaching Through Reflective Partnerships

Reflective Teaching: Improving Library Instruction Through Self-Reflection

Teaching Space Syntax through Reflective Practice 055

At previous space syntax symposia discussions have arisen as to the best way to use space syntax methods as a teaching tool at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Using the example of the first exercise given to students on the MSc Advanced Architectural Studies at the Bartlett, UCL, we will present our experience in teaching space syntax as a tool for investigating the relationship between s...

Improving Creativity through Pictorial Teaching of Farsi

Improving Creativity through Pictorial Teaching of Farsi   B. Akbari Mobaarakeh* Z. Abaazari, Ph.D.** N. Rahmati*** Z. Mirhoseini, Ph.D.****   To show that pictorial teaching of Farsi can improve creativity, a cluster sample of 320 female 6th graders was divided into two groups one of which was taught Farsi using the pictorial approach for a semester. The two groups’ crea...

Reflective Teaching through Videotaping in an English Teaching Course in Iran

The purpose of this study was to investigate videotaping as a strategy for EFL teachers’ reflective teaching. To this end, eight participants were selected from a language institute in Iran and were under investigation for over a period of one month and a half. The data were triangulated from different sources: videotaping; self-reflection sheets; and semi-structured interviews. The analysis of...

Improving Teaching through Lesson Study