MaSTech was designed to connect middle grades mathematics preservice teachers and beginning teachers with their peers as well as with university education supervisors and two graduates students experienced in teaching mathematics. Its purpose was to provide a forum for peer-mediated learning and to promote effective problem-solving among preservice teachers and beginning teachers. The study exa...

This article reports on a piece of research designed to explore students’ perceptions of what constitutes effective teaching in a modern UK university. Definitions of effectiveness, based on work in both the schools and university sectors, are explored and summarized into four domains: providing a supportive learning environment; having high expectations; scaffolding learning; and providing cle...

Practicum is a significant component of teacher education which links theory to practice and prepares student teachers for their job. The purpose of the courses, as defined within the Curriculum of Teacher Education at Farhangian University, is to prepare student teachers for their teaching career by observing and analyzing the real situation at schools and relating it to their theoretical ...

Cognitive science has made great strides in the study of human learning the past three decades, yet many have noted that these advances have not made as much of an impact on classroom teaching as might be expected (e.g., Sowder, 2000). Among the factors that could be responsible for this lack of translation of cognitive theories and research findings into classroom practices may be a split betw...

Last decade is characterized by the tendencies of the modern higher school development. This is based on the informatization of education. In this work, basing on didactics of higher school pedagogy a system of psychological and pedagogical characteristics for higher school teachers was created. Psychological, educational requirements for professional competence of university teachers are based...

This research paper presents the results of author’s survey aimed at assessing digital competence modern university teachers. The relevance competencies is becoming more and obvious due to transformations in activities educational organizations. These changes concern use technologies not only management, but also directly process. development distance learning remote interaction formats an obje...