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Information and communication technology has affected language instruction in Taiwanese higher education. Varieties of assorted Internet tools are incorporated in educational settings to engage students in learning. To facilitate the improvement of teacher preparation for Internet use, it is important to study the factors influencing teachers in integrating the Internet into their instruction. A concurrent mixed-method approach is employed in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative results show that teacher training is crucial for Internet-integration instruction by the teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Northern Taiwanese higher education institutions. Continuous professional development focused on technology application in language instruction is imperative. 相似文献
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Annie Duguay Dorry Kenyon Erin Haynes Diane August Tiffany Yanosky 《Reading and writing》2016,29(2):321-347
This article describes the development of an instrument to measure teachers’ knowledge of vocabulary development and instruction, the Teacher Knowledge of Vocabulary Survey (TKVS). This type of knowledge has become increasingly important as all classroom teachers are expected to help students meet language and literacy standards that include vocabulary acquisition. While a few studies have measured teacher knowledge of reading, there are no known instruments for measuring teachers’ knowledge of vocabulary development and instruction. However, vocabulary is a crucial determinant of reading comprehension and content area knowledge, particularly for English learners (Graves, August, & Mancilla-Martinez, 2013). Statements about vocabulary development and instruction were gathered from foundational texts, reviewed by subject matter experts, and researched in cognitive labs for possible inclusion as items in the TKVS. The survey’s 52 statements comprise 6 categories, including one section on vocabulary development, four sections on instruction, and one section on instruction specifically for English learners. Ratings of item difficulty by subject matter experts were then used to distinguish three levels of teacher knowledge of vocabulary: emergent, intermediate, and expert. Fifty teachers completed the TKVS, and their performance was found to correlate with the experts’ predicted difficulties of the items. Initial analyses provide evidence for the content and construct validity of the TKVS as a measure of teacher knowledge of vocabulary development and effective instruction. The discussion considers implications for the use of the instrument, including as a needs assessment or guide for professional development for both preservice and inservice teachers. 相似文献
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《Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties》2013,18(2):75-91
This article discusses the lingering problem of poor and inappropriate preparation of professional teachers of reading and learning disabilities – why it exists and what we can do about it. Because most students classified as having learning disabilities experience primary difficulties with language-based learning, teachers must know how to teach the forms and processes of language on which literacy depends, but most teacher preparation programs fail to teach this content at a level that supports teachers' implementation of effective instruction. The evidence suggests that teachers may cling to unproductive philosophies of teaching not only because science-based instruction is neglected in many teacher training programs, but also because the requisite insights are elusive and the content is difficult for many to grasp, even with some exposure. While ideologies can be blamed for much resistance to explicit, systematic methodologies, we must ask why they develop in the first place. Although there is a substantial body of research on the relationship between teacher knowledge, practice, and student outcomes in reading on which to build reform in teacher training and mentoring, more thought should be given to how prospective teachers are taught. First, the disciplinary knowledge base required to teach students with reading and related difficulties must be unambiguously explained in the standards by which teachers are educated and evaluated, and then programs must be set up to build teachers' insight as well as their knowledge of basic reading psychology, language structure, and pedagogy. Those who teach teachers in university settings or who provide professional development must be included in a supportive educational process, as wars of ideology are having only limited positive effects. 相似文献
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Sarah J. Shin 《Teachers and Teaching》2013,19(3):325-345
Structured reflection on practical teaching experiences may help pre‐service teachers to integrate their learning and analyze their actions to become more effective learners and teachers. This study reports on 12 pre‐service English as a second language (ESL) teachers’ individual tutoring of learners of English language writing. The data of the study are the writing journal entries that the pre‐service ESL teachers maintained during their tutoring experience. These journals had common elements: all were used by the pre‐service teachers to consider what funds of knowledge they bring to their teaching of ESL learners, to evaluate their roles as writers, learners and teachers and to reflect on the educational, social and cultural implications of teaching writing in English to speakers of other languages. This article describes ways in which both native and non‐native English speaking pre‐service teachers adapted their instruction to meet the particular needs of individual ESL writers and what they learned in the process. It provides insight regarding the value of using tutoring and reflection generally in teacher education and specifically in the preparation of teachers of ESL. 相似文献
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Geoffrey Phelps 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2009,21(2):137-154
Debates persist over the knowledge needed to teach elementary reading effectively. In one commonly held view verbal ability
is what matters most and the best approach to improving teacher quality is to recruit teachers who themselves are good readers.
Others argue that teachers need special forms of professional knowledge that differ substantially from common adult reading
and verbal ability. These different assumptions about what teachers need to know are directly relevant to whether teaching
reading demands specialized professional knowledge and they have lead to radically different policy recommendations for both
teacher preparation and induction. This study presents preliminary evidence that elementary reading teachers can hold a special
knowledge of language, text, and reading process that differs substantially from common reading and verbal ability. Implications
for the measurement and study of teacher quality and related implications for teacher evaluation and teacher development are
discussed.
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Mehmet Sercan Uztosun 《欧洲师范教育杂志》2018,41(4):549-565
This research aimed to uncover the teacher competences that are necessary to provide age-appropriate English language teaching to primary school students in Turkey. The Delphi technique was implemented to propose a list of competences created through consensus among a panel of experts that consisted of 15 teachers and 16 teacher educators. The data were collected by administering three questionnaires in three rounds. Central tendency and consensus were measured through median and inter-quartile range, respectively. The findings led to a list of 29 teacher competences which were categorised into five groups: ‘theoretical and practical knowledge’, ‘knowing the young learner’, ‘planning and organising teaching’, ‘managing teaching’, and ‘competence in English’. Implications were made for improving the effectiveness of English language teaching to young learners: these included the design of pre-service and in-service teacher education programmes to equip teachers with the necessary skills and knowledge to teach English to young learners. 相似文献
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Teachers’ acquisition of knowledge about English word structure 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Previous research suggests that teachers’ knowledge about English word structure (e.g., the phonological structure of words
and common orthographic patterns in English) may be limited, although this knowledge is important for effective teaching of
word decoding. This study examined teacher education students’ knowledge about word structure, and improvements in their knowledge
as a result of instruction, using three tasks: graphophonemic segmentation, classification of pseudowords by syllable type,
and classification of real words as phonetically regular or irregular. Participants came from a special education certification
program and included both preservice and inservice teachers. Results indicated that prior preparation to teach reading influenced
participants’ initial performance on two of the three word-structure tasks (all but graphophonemic segmentation); however,
prior experience in teaching reading did not influence word-structure knowledge. A subset of participants who received specific
instruction about word structure improved their knowledge relative to a comparison group of teacher education students who
did not receive word-structure instruction. Prior preparation did not influence participants’ responsiveness to instruction.
Conclusions support the viewpoint that teacher education must include information about English word structure for educators
who will teach reading and suggest that sufficiently intensive instruction may be important in developing word-structure knowledge. 相似文献
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Louisa Cook Moats 《Annals of dyslexia》1994,44(1):81-102
Reading research supports the necessity for directly teaching concepts about linguistic structure to beginning readers and
to students with reading and spelling difficulties. In this study, experienced teachers of reading, language arts, and special
education were tested to determine if they have the requisite awareness of language elements (e.g., phonemes, morphemes) and
of how these elements are represented in writing (e.g., knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences). The results were surprisingly
poor, indicating that even motivated and experienced teachers typically understand too little about spoken and written language
structure to be able to provide sufficient instruction in these areas. The utility of language structure knowledge for instructional
planning, for assessment of student progress, and for remediation of literacy problems is discussed.
The teachers participating in the study subsequently took a course focusing on phonemic awareness training, spoken-written
language relationships, and careful analysis of spelling and reading behavior in children. At the end of the course, the teachers
judged this information to be essential for teaching and advised that it become a prerequisite for certification. Recommendations
for requirements and content of teacher education programs are presented. 相似文献
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《Learning disabilities research & practice》2017,32(4):270-283
This study explored the extent to which kindergarten and first grade teachers provided individualized reading instruction to struggling readers during a unique one‐on‐one reading instruction task. Three outcomes of teachers’ instructional strategies were captured: code‐focused strategies, meaning‐focused strategies, and level of challenge. Child skills in decoding and vocabulary/oral language as well as teacher qualifications of education, experience, and knowledge of reading were examined in relation to the three instructional strategies. Multilevel analyses showed relationships between child skills and reading instructional strategies, with teachers generally using code‐focused and meaning‐focused strategies, as well as an appropriate level of challenge, with children who struggled less with early reading. Although teacher education was not associated with any of the reading instructional strategies, teacher experience and knowledge of reading was associated with meaning‐based instruction and the level of challenge provided to struggling readers. 相似文献
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高中英语新课程改革背景下阅读教学策略探微 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
刘丽平 《成都教育学院学报》2010,24(6):91-95,100
高中英语阅读在英语教学中起着重要的作用,是英语学习过程中极为重要的组成部分。在高中英语阅读教学中,教师存在对阅读教学理论研究不足、缺乏语篇分析意识、缺失背景知识的介绍、缺乏必要的阅读技巧指导的现状;学生存在阅读习惯不良、有效阅读量不够、阅读品质欠佳的现状。通过对图式理论、语篇分析理论和建构主义理论与英语阅读的相关性研究后认为：教师在阅读教学中应注重语篇模式教学,构建课文整体教学观;运用阅读策略指导学生提高分析问题、解决问题的能力;增加课外阅读量,增强语言的输入量,形成良好的英语语感,拓宽英语知识面和间接生活经验;借助于多媒体现代教育技术再现相关英语文化背景知识,丰富学生的内容图式,激发学生的阅读兴趣,增强其理解、分析、推理和鉴赏力,提高其综合语言运用能力。 相似文献
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Otaiba SA Connor CM Folsom JS Greulich L Meadows J Li Z 《The Elementary school journal》2011,111(4):535-560
The purpose of this cluster-randomized control field trial was to was to examine the extent to which kindergarten teachers could learn a promising instructional strategy, wherein kindergarten reading instruction was differentiated based upon students' ongoing assessments of language and literacy skills and documented child characteristic by instruction (CXI) interactions; and to test the efficacy of this differentiated reading instruction on the reading outcomes of students from culturally diverse backgrounds. The study involved 14 schools and included 23 treatment (n = 305 students) and 21 contrast teacher (n = 251 students). Teachers in the contrast condition received only a baseline professional development that included a researcher-delivered summer day-long workshop on individualized instruction. Data sources included parent surveys, individually administered child assessments of language, cognitive, and reading skills and videotapes of classroom instruction. Using Hierarchical Multivariate Linear Modeling (HMLM), we found students in treatment classrooms outperformed students in the contrast classrooms on a latent measure of reading skills, comprised of letter-word reading, decoding, alphabetic knowledge, and phonological awareness (ES = .52). Teachers in both conditions provided small group instruction, but teachers in the treatment condition provided significantly more individualized instruction. Our findings extend research on the efficacy of teachers using Individualized Student Instruction to individualize instruction based upon students' language and literacy skills in first through third grade. Findings are discussed regarding the value of professional development related to differentiating core reading instruction and the challenges of using Response to Intervention approaches to address students' needs in the areas of reading in general education contexts. 相似文献
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Sarah Capitelli Paula Hooper Lynn Rankin Marilyn Austin Gennifer Caven 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2016,27(3):283-302
This qualitative case study looks closely at an elementary teacher who participated in professional development experiences that helped her develop a hybrid practice of using inquiry-based science to teach both science content and English language development (ELD) to her students, many of whom are English language learners (ELLs). This case study examines the teacher’s reflections on her teaching and her students’ learning as she engaged her students in science learning and supported their developing language skills. It explicates the professional learning experiences that supported the development of this hybrid practice. Closely examining the pedagogical practice and reflections of a teacher who is developing an inquiry-based approach to both science learning and language development can provide insights into how teachers come to integrate their professional development experiences with their classroom expertise in order to create a hybrid inquiry-based science ELD practice. This qualitative case study contributes to the emerging scholarship on the development of teacher practice of inquiry-based science instruction as a vehicle for both science instruction and ELD for ELLs. This study demonstrates how an effective teaching practice that supports both the science and language learning of students can develop from ongoing professional learning experiences that are grounded in current perspectives about language development and that immerse teachers in an inquiry-based approach to learning and instruction. Additionally, this case study also underscores the important role that professional learning opportunities can play in supporting teachers in developing a deeper understanding of the affordances that inquiry-based science can provide for language development. 相似文献
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研究目的在于应用成人学习理论指导教师教育的实践,促进教师专业发展。首先,通过诺尔斯的成人教育学理论分析了成人学习理论对教师教育的适用性,探究各个成人学习论对教师教育的指导作用和对教师发展的促进作用,构建了较为完整的指导框架。然后,分别阐述了自我导向学习理论指导下教师教育生成内生动力,促进教师知识发展;转化学习理论对于教师教育提供新途径,促进教师伦理发展;熟练理论指导教师教育产生外部动力,帮助提升教师专业能力;情境学习理论指导下创设多元的教师教育环境,丰富教师实践经验。最后,成人学习理论于教师教育领域具有很强的适用性,应充分尊重教师成人身份和主体地位。 相似文献
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l Daloglu 《International Journal of Educational Development》2004,24(6):677-690
This paper presents and discusses an in-service teacher development program that focussed on establishing a materials bank for English language teachers at a private primary school in Ankara, Turkey, and teachers’ evaluations of the program. The program aimed to lead to teacher change as growth and learning, to address school-based needs, and to provide overall quality improvement. Feedback obtained during the professional development program and after its completion demonstrates that teachers improved their knowledge and skills on materials design and curriculum related issues as well as improving the overall quality of instruction and developing a positive attitude towards professional development. 相似文献
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Alexis Patterson Diego Roman Michelle Friend Jonathan Osborne Brian Donovan 《International Journal of Science Education》2018,40(3):291-307
Reading is fundamental to science and not an adjunct to its practice. In other words, understanding the meaning of the various forms of written discourse employed in the creation, discussion, and communication of scientific knowledge is inherent to how science works. The language used in science, however, sets up a barrier, that in order to be overcome requires all students to have a clear understanding of the features of the multimodal informational texts employed in science and the strategies they can use to decode the scientific concepts communicated in informational texts. We argue that all teachers of science must develop a functional understanding of reading comprehension as part of their professional knowledge and skill. After describing our rationale for including knowledge about reading as a professional knowledge base every teacher of science should have, we outline the knowledge about language teachers must develop, the knowledge about the challenges that reading comprehension of science texts poses for students, and the knowledge about instructional strategies science teachers should know to support their students’ reading comprehension of science texts. Implications regarding the essential role that knowledge about reading should play in the preparation of science teachers are also discussed here. 相似文献
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"三位一体"的ESP教师专业发展合作模式研究 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
ESP师资一直以来是制约我国ESP教学发展的瓶颈。ESP教师应来源于英语语言教师群体。基于此,提出以项目为载体,英语语言教师为主体,专业教师、ESP教师专业共同体和企业＂三位一体＂,共同推动英语语言教师向ESP教师成功转型的教师专业发展合作模式,为ESP教师专业发展和教师教育提供了有效途径。 相似文献
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Paula R. Golombek 《Teachers and Teaching》2013,19(3):307-327
In the practice of teacher education, most would agree that critical reflection in and on the process of learning to teach and the activities of teaching play a central role in teachers' professional development. Using Vygotskian sociocultural theory, we examine how narrative inquiry functions as a culturally developed tool that mediates teachers' professional development. We analyzed narratives written by three teachers of English as a second/foreign language set in three different instructional contexts. Our analysis suggests an interwoven connection between emotion and cognition, which drove these teachers to search for mediational tools to help them externalize their experiences. The activity of engaging in narrative inquiry created a mediational space where teachers were able to draw upon various resources, such as private journals, peers and ‘expert’ or theoretical knowledge, that allow them to reconceptualize and reinternalize new understandings of themselves as teachers and their teaching activities. The intersection of experiential and ‘expert’ knowledge provided a discourse through which these teachers named experiences and constructed a basis upon which they grounded their transformed understandings of themselves as teachers and their teaching. Depending on where these teachers were in their professional development when they wrote their narratives, we uncovered evidence of idealized conceptions of teaching with commitment to action as well as the transformation of teachers' material activities. Implications for the role teachers' narrative inquiry may play in teacher education programs are provided. 相似文献
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Much attention has been given to the impact of cooperative teachers on the pedagogical behaviour of student teachers. In many cases, however, cooperating teachers gain as much from the student teacher as the student teacher acquires from them. This study was designed to elicit answers to the following two questions: (1) What are the perspectives of early childhood cooperating teachers regarding early reading instruction in the Jordanian context? and (2) Does the perspectives of early childhood cooperating teachers engaging in early reading instruction change as a result of working with student teachers? The study targeted a sample of 25 cooperating teachers and 28 student teachers who participated in the study by completing a questionnaire, and follow-up interviews were also conducted with 13 cooperating teachers. Results of this study indicate that cooperating teachers endorse the phonics method more than the whole language (WL) approach. Unlike past research, the results of this study revealed that (1) the student teaching experience had no effect on the perspective of cooperating teachers regarding early reading instruction and (b) the perspectives of cooperating teachers do not become similar to those of their student teachers who were WL-oriented. The results have implications for early childhood teacher education programmes and professional development for kindergarten teachers. 相似文献
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杨守彬 《伊犁教育学院学报》2004,17(4):85-86,89
实行素质教育的根本是提高教师的素质。当前教育改革的核心问题便是建立一支具有很高觉悟的优秀的教师队伍。教师应对教育工作持有正确的思想观念，必须要有奉献教育事业的决心和毅力。作为一名英语教师，应对英语语言比较精通，而且在给学生授课时需提供必要的英语背景知识以便于学生更好地掌握所学知识内容。 相似文献
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This article reports on a qualitative study into the discursive construction of teacher identities amongst six preservice English language teachers in Hong Kong. While teacher identity construction has been conceptualized as an evolving process of becoming a teacher, some preservice teachers regard their professional identities as rigid, resulting in criticism of teacher education programs that promote a unitary image of ‘good’ teachers and teaching. The results of this study suggest that the participants did hold rigid conceptions about mutually exclusive types of teachers and teaching approaches. These conceptions were challenged as participants reflected on their own enactment of teacher identities. 相似文献