Systematic reflective enquiry methods in teacher education

REVIEW OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN CALL Teacher Education in CALL

The use of technology has become increasingly important in language teaching and learning. The successful use of technology, however, requires that language teachers have the necessary technical competence and pedagogical knowledge. The volume Teacher Education in CALL, edited by Philip Hubbard and Mike Levy, appears at a critical time when the issue of how to prepare current and future languag...

Mathematics teacher education advanced methods: an example in dynamic geometry

We present a research work about an innovative national teacher training program in France: the Pairform@nce program, designed to sustain ICT integration. The Pairform@nce trainings are grounded in a principle of collective lesson design by teams of trainees; they associate face-to-face and distant training. We study here a training for secondary school teachers, whose objective is to foster th...

Scholarly Behaviors of Physical Education Methods Teacher Educators in Ohio

OVIDE-project: Methods of using Online Video in Teacher Education

In the Ovide project, a Socrates/Minerva project granted by the European Union, ten universities from eight European countries work together to examine current pedagogy of online video use in teacher education. Within the OVIDE project the members have created some 20 case studies which all exemplify different approaches to the use of online videos. Each case study provides information for teac...

Digital Portfolios in Teacher Education: Blending Professional Standards, Assessment, Technology, and Reflective Practice

Digital portfolios can be powerful tools for facilitating reflective practice when based on sound developmental principles and adequately supported by mentoring, peer review, and other effective practices. This article explores the use of the digital portfolio to promote reflection by practitioners and suggests strategies that can be employed by teacher educators to maximize the benefits of the...