The critical role and effect of teacher assessment in ELT has been ratified by researchers among whom are Darling-Hammond (2000); Knox (2002); Bailey (2006); Davison & Cummins (2007); and Blum (2009).Taking this issue into account, this exploratory study seeks to investigate the underlying criteria of both recruiting and assessing in-service EFL teachers in private language institutes of Iran. ...

Knowledge representation, defined as the way individuals structure their knowledge and cognitive processing of events and the associated sense-making processes, is believed to influence teachers’ reasoning/thinking skills. While extensively researched in mainstream teacher education, this line of inquiry is essentially lacking in the L2 teacher education literature. To fill some of the void, th...

As Congress begins its process to reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB), there is still much work to be done to determine what defines a “highly qualified teacher”. As the Nation faces an impending teacher shortage, it is our hope that Congress will also consider the impact that this shortage is having in school districts across the country. They should consider how that definition may help a...

In Australia, growth in the demand of early childhood services for young children aged birth to three years has placed increased pressure on the early childhood education sector as new policy stipulates the need for qualified teachers. The new policy has resulted in a growth in Master of Early Childhood Education programs in Australian universities. These programs are designed as initial teache...

Recent attention has focused on the development of reflective teachers. Teacher educators have developed and used several reflective strategies, programs, and models to enhance preservice and in-service teachers' reflective abilities. The purpose of this article is to describe and comment on the different perspectives regarding theory and research on reflective teaching. This paper focused on t...

Improvement in the quality of teacher education programs, especially in higher education, is an important issue. Failure to have an efficient teacher education program could lead to the training of graduates who are not prepared for the realities of the classroom. Accordingly, in an attempt to help improve the present situa- tion of teacher education programs especially at the graduate le...

The global pandemic significantly affected teacher training programs, specifically professional experience in schools. past two years of education have necessitated the innovation and adaption traditional programs to ensure pre-service teachers’ preparation readiness enter schools as graduates Australia. This case report explores creation implementation three innovations that were used support ...

Raising the quality of initial teacher education can make an important contribution to raising overall school system. In Australia, National Framework for Professional Standards Teaching is used as a common framework set standards accreditation programs. However, institution-wise assessments need be carried out regularly explore preparation pre-service teachers receive and what extent they feel...

Not all graduates of teacher education programs become great teachers. Critiques of teaching quality consistently point a finger at teacher education, implying that if only teacher preparation was improved then better teaching would be more common. Teacher educators quite rightly identify all kinds of external factors that undermine their best efforts such as the poor funding of teacher educati...