Subject Teaching and Teacher Education in the New Century: Research and Innovation

by Cheong Cheng, Yin; Tsui, Kwok Tung; Chow, King Wai; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching

• ISBN13: 9789629490607
• ISBN10: 9629490609
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
PART I Introduction
Searching for Paradigm Shift in Subject Teaching and Teacher Education	3	(30)
PART II Information Technology, Science, and Mathematics
Technology and Design Education: Are We Developing Professionals or Technicians?	33	(14)
Marilyn Fleer
Integration of Information Technology into Teaching: The Complexity and Challenges of Implementation of Curricular Changes in Singapore	47	(22)
Zongyi DENG
Saravanan Gopinathan
Information Technology in Education: The Challenge of Adopting World Wide Web as Learning Resources	69	(24)
Eugenia Mee Wah Ng
Raymond Min Wing Leung
IT Training for Science Teachers Through a Subject-based Approach: Framework and Needs Analysis	93	(30)
Yau Yuen Yeung
Yeung Chung Lee
Pun Hon Ng
Teachers' Attitudes on the Use of Information Technology in Primary Science Education	123	(18)
Winnie Wing Mui So
Introducing IT in Mathematics Education: Prospects for Curriculum Revision and Teacher Training	141	(26)
Giuliana Dettori
A Framework to Facilitate Professional Growth in Mathematics Teaching Through Action Research	167	(26)
Margaret Taplin
In-service Training of Mathematics Teachers in Ashram Schools	193	(16)
Sudhakar Chandrayya Agarkar
Hemachandra Chintamani Pradhan
Pre-service Primary Teachers' Affective Characteristics Towards Mathematics and Mathematics Education	209	(24)
Hing Keung Leung
PART III Social Sciences and General Studies
Preparing Teachers for the New Civics Education	233	(16)
Kerry John Kennedy
Preparing Future Secondary Teachers for Citizenship Educator Roles: A Possible Direction for Pre-service Education in the New Century	249	(24)
Patricia Kristine Kubow
An Inclusive Curriculum Proposal for Teacher Education in the 21st Century	273	(22)
Celeste Yuet Mui Yuen
Implementation of Sex Education in Secondary Schools and Implications for Teacher Education and Development	295	(22)
Shui Che Fok
Interdisciplinary Curriculum: A Case Study of General Studies Teaching	317	(32)
Nga Yee Cheng
Yin Wah Lo-Fu
Teaching Through a Lens: The Role of Subject Expertise in the Teaching of Geography	349	(26)
David Lambert
Marginal Subjects: Towards a Site of Possibility in the Teaching of Home Economics	375	(34)
Donna Pendergast
PART IV Languages
``Why Does She Call Me `Darling'?'' -- Culture and Affect in Overseas Language Immersion Programs	409	(30)
Vernon Crew
Peter Bodycott
Teacher Education for TESOL in Malaysia: The Pursuance of Conformity in the Context of Cultural Diversity	439	(18)
Mildred Nalliah
Rosy Thiyagarajah
An Alternative Team Teaching Model for Content-based Instruction	457	(32)
Timothy Stewart
Michael Sagliano
Julie Sagliano
The Native-speaking English Teacher Scheme in Hong Kong	489	(26)
Dan Huai Lu
Bik Fun Wong
The Effectiveness of Developing Pre-service Foreign Language Teachers Through a School-University Partnership	515
Deborah Wilburn Robinson