This article reports the findings of a review of the international research literature on
mentoring beginning teachers. Research identifies a range of potential benefits and costs …

The authors describe an evolving theoretical framework that has been called one of the best
kept secrets of academia: cultural-historical activity theory, the result of proposals Lev …

Despite long-standing commitment to the notion of critical reflection across the healthcare
professions it is unusual for critical theory and practice to be taught as explicit subjects in …

In this response to Bullough and Pinnegar's “Guidelines for Quality in Autobiographical
Forms of Self-Study,” the author argues that in addition to criteria for the quality of research …

Becoming a Teacher through Action Research, Third Edition skillfully interweaves the stories
of pre-service teaching with the process of action research. This engaging text focuses …

Mentoring of novice teachers has become a prevalent component of programs that help
beginning teachers. A conceptualization of mentoring practice that rests on a shared vision …

In the student teaching triad model adopted in this study, pairs of pre-service teachers
worked collaboratively with cooperating teachers during a 12-week field experience. The …

The author takes readers on a journey of a large number of issues in designing actual
studies of knowing and learning in the classroom, exploring actual data, and putting readers …

Coteaching offers a model for the school-placement element of pre-service science teacher
education, based on its demonstrated positive impacts on lessening classroom anxiety …

Background The implementation of the nine-year integrated curriculum in the primary and
secondary schools of Taiwan represented, in practice, a great change to the nature of school …