The objective of this project is to study an alternative Block Practice (BP) design that aims to increase opportunities for student learning and school partnerships. The current design , an 8-week BP that comes in the middle of the school term, limits opportunities for critical engagement, reflective learning, and formative assessment of students’ teaching practice.Continue reading “Improving the Learning Outcomes of Block Practice: Investigating a Pilot Field Experience Semester for BEd(EL) Students”
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Enhancing the Relationship of Teaching and Learning: What is the Knowledge Base of Teaching and How Can It Facilitate Learning?
The relation of teaching and learning rests on how theories can be linked to practice. Very often, teaching theories emerge and vary in quite a number of ways and they do not readily respond to what students need to know. With this in mind, Shulman and his associates at Stanford University have worked on aContinue reading “Enhancing the Relationship of Teaching and Learning: What is the Knowledge Base of Teaching and How Can It Facilitate Learning?”
Developing a Framework of Procedural Knowledge Development for Classroom Teaching and Proposing its Application to Teacher Education
This project aimed to develop a framework of procedural knowledge of teaching of school teachers. An in-depth qualitative study on four experienced and expert secondary school teachers who specialized in teaching four different subjects (i.e. Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and Liberal Studies) was conducted, through simulated-recall interviews and classroom observation, to identify (1) aContinue reading “Developing a Framework of Procedural Knowledge Development for Classroom Teaching and Proposing its Application to Teacher Education”