Yin Cheong Cheng

Subject Teaching and Teacher Education in the New Century

Research and Innovation
Herausgegeben:Yin Cheong Cheng; Kwok Tung Tsui; King Wai Chow; Mo Ching Mok, Magdalena

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 544-page book has 22 chapters prepared by experienced and renowned scholars and researchers from different parts of the world. Grouped into three sections- "Information Technology, Science and Mathematics", "Social Sciences and General Studies", and "Languages" - the chapters represent an important collection of international endeavours committed to facilitate the much needed paradigm shift in subject curriculum and pedagogy and reinforce the quest for a new knowledge base that can support the search for new conceptions, models, perspectives, innovations, and practices for teaching effectiveness and teacher development in different parts of the world. The target audiences are teacher educators, educators, graduate students, researchers, policy makers and those interested to reform education and teacher education in the new century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands / The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-962-949-060-7
• 2002
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9789629490607
• ISBN-10: 9629490609
• Artikelnr.: 22220362

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Searching for Paradigm Shift in Subject Teaching and Teacher
Education. 2. Technology and Design Education: Are We Developing
Professionals or Technicians? M. Fleer. 3. Integration of Information
Technology into Teaching: The Complexity and Challenges of Implementation
of Curricular Changes in Singapore; Z. Deng, S. Gopinathan. 4. Information
Technology in Education: The Challenge of Adopting World Wide Web as
Learning Resources; E.M.W. Ng, R.M.W. Leung. 5. IT Training for Science
Teachers Through a Subject-based Approach: Framework and Needs Analysis;
Y.Y. Yeung, et al. 6. Teacher's Attitudes on the Use of Information
Technology in Primary Science Education; W.W.M. So. 7. Introducing IT in
Mathematics Education: Prospects for Curriculum Revision and Teacher
Training; G. Dettori. 8. A Framework to Facilitate Professional Growth in
Mathematics Teaching Through Action Research; M. Taplin. 9. In-service
Training of Mathematics Teachers in Ashram Schools; S.C. Agarkar, H.C.
Pradhan. 10. Pre-service Primary Teacher's Affective Characteristics
Towards Mathematics and Mathematics Education; H.K. Leung. 11. Preparing
Teachers for the New Civics Education; K.J. Kennedy. 12. Preparing Future
Secondary Teachers for Citizenship Educator Roles: A Possible Direction for
Pre-service Education in the New Century; P.K. Kubow. 13. An Inclusive
Curriculum Proposal for Teacher Education in the 21st Century; C.Y.M. Yuen.
14. Implementation of Sex Education in Secondary Schools and Implications
for Teacher Education and Development; S.C. Fok. 15. Interdisciplinary
Curriculum: A Case Study of General Studies Teaching; N.Y. Cheng, Y.W.
Lo-Fu. 16. Teaching Through a Lens: The Role of Subject Expertise in the
Teaching of Geography; D. Lambert. 17. Marginal Subjects: Towards a Site of
Possibility in the Teaching of Home Economics; D. Pendergast. 18. `Why Does
She Call Me `Darling'?' &endash; and Affect in Overseas Language Immersion
Programs; V. Crew, P. Bodycott. 19. Teacher Education for TESOL in
Malaysia: The Pursuance of Conformity in the Context of Cultural Diversity;
M. Nalliah, R. Thiyagarajah. 20. An Alternative Team Teaching Model for
Content-based Instruction; T. Stewart, et al. 21. The Native-speaking
English Teacher Scheme in Hong Kong; D.H. Lu, B.F. Wong. 22. The
Effectiveness of Developing Pre-service Foreign Language Teachers Through a
School-University Partnership; D.W. Robinson.