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...

Abstract Past research has continuously shown that motivation in school declines across adolescence. To counteract potential educational practice, the present study examines motivational development of early and middle adolescent students within one year two distinctive learning environments: a conventional teacher-directed environment an individualized student-directed based on competency matr...

BACKGROUND A tailored implementation programme to improve cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) in general practice had little impact on outcomes. The questions in this process evaluation concerned (1) impact on counselling skills and CVRM knowledge of practice nurses, (2) their use of the various components of the intervention programme and adoption of recommended practices and (3) patients' p...

This 3-wave longitudinal study explored the complex ways in which students’ motivation (motivational attitudes and beliefs), relationships with teachers (closeness, conflict, dependency), academic achievement (reading comprehension math performance) inform one another from kindergarten through 6th grade. The sample included students (N = 1,267; 49.3% boys) 207 participating Dutch triennial COOL...

Currently, educational trends show how cognitive and affective-motivational integration are presented as key factors in the students’ learning process. Therefore, social supportiveness that students receive from teachers can play an important role motivation towards learning, developing intrinsic motivations which favor their commitment. This study presents validation of a measuring instrument ...

Collaborative Online International Learning experiences have gained popularity and presence in the last years, but motivational impact they on future Primary Education teachers field of teacher training education is to be researched. We present a quantitative study that tries estimate level motivation students are trilingual degree Basque Country. This examines confidence, attention, satisfacti...

BACKGROUND The Motivational Interviewing target Scheme (MITS) is an instrument to assess competency in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and can be used to assess MI in long and brief consultations. In this qualitative study we examined two sources of the Unified Model of Validity, the current standard of assessment validation, in the context of General Practice. We collected evidence concerning r...

We present the main features of a study that explored the learning processes of a group of preservice mathematics teachers in a methods course. We discuss the implications of using the communities of practice perspective in designing and developing teacher training programs. LEARNING IN PRESERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION Teachers neither work, nor learn alone. Teaching and learning to tea...

In recent decades two broad but distinguishable approaches to language teacher development have predominated: an informing approach based largely on the transmission of principles of new theory and method; and a responsive approach centering on teachers’ understanding of their own practice. Our study offers the notion of the Idea, as an element of input that can inspire teachers and be appropri...