Teacher propensities, desires and practices

ALTERNATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION Trends and Implications in Policies and Practices

Teacher Educators ' Conceptualisations and Practices towards Inquiry Based Science Teaching

Currently European teachers have to develop inquiry based science teaching [IBST] in order to enhance pupils' learning and motivation towards scientific objects. Such teaching approaches are learning-focused, and appear more complex than content-centred methods. This paper focuses on 8 science teachers who are involved both within professional networks and with part time in service teacher educ...

Teacher Profile: The Knowledge and the Identity Practices

This study aimed at finding an articulation of educational perspectives from Portuguese physical education cooperating teachers at distinctive professional stages, according to teaching and mentoring experience. Two main topics superintend the query, which was intended to answer the objectives of teacher’s education programs and teachers’ role. Data for this study were collected from open-ended...

Teacher beliefs and technology integration practices: A critical relationship

Early studies indicated that teachers’ enacted beliefs, particularly in terms of classroom technology practices, often did not align with their espoused beliefs. Researchers concluded this was due, at least in part, to a variety of external barriers that prevented teachers from using technology in ways that aligned more closely with their beliefs. However, many of these barriers (access, suppor...

Propensities and conditional probabilities

The present paper deals with the objection that Paul Humphreys raised against the propensity interpretation of probability "Humphreys' paradox". An update on existing solutions is o ered, and it is concluded that none of them is completely satisfactory in view of Humphreys' 2004 rejoinder. Positively, an original solution is formulated and discussed.