Spillane (2002) found that district leaders «approaches to facilitating implementation of state curriculum policy are shaped in part by
their conceptions of teacher learning: quasi-behaviorist, situated, and quasicognitive.
This is very much like Cochran - Smith and Lytle's knowledge - for - practice
conception of teacher learning.
Not exact matches
Research has recently brought attention to the
conceptions teachers have
of pupils
learning processes.
With these authentic experiences, for both students and
teachers, it is our hope that
conceptions of learning, as broader than classroom teaching and
learning, increase kindness both on an individual and global level.
What emerged from the data collection and analysis was that exemplary
teachers conceived their knowledge
of technology integration around five
conceptions: theory, creativity, public
learning, life preparation, and contextual accommodations.
What emerged from the data collection and analysis was that exemplary
teachers conceived their knowledge
of technology around five
conceptions: theory, creativity, public
learning, life preparation and contextual accommodations.
I built on her
conception of Equity Literacy to include the skills and consciousness with which
teachers ought to be equipped in order to create equitable
learning environments for students and families in poverty.
Schools that are most successful in engaging parents and other family members in support
of their children's
learning look beyond traditional definitions
of parent involvement - participating in a parent
teacher organization or signing quarterly report cards - to a broader
conception of parents as full partners in the education
of their children.
Our faculty are leading impactful investigations, such as how to measure effective teaching for students with disabilities, how to improve school capacity to implement quality health programs and activities, and how pre-service
teachers»
conceptions of equity affect the teaching and
learning of mathematics.
Woodhead was eclectic in his
conception of the term «standards» and over time used it to advance his views on educational performance,
learning, curriculum and above all
teacher quality.
But for technology to become an integral component or tool for
learning the subject,
teachers must also develop «an overarching
conception of their subject matter with respect to technology and what it means to teach with technology — technology pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK)» (Niess, 2005, p. 510).