Learning with their peers: Using a virtual learning community to improve an in-service Biology teacher education program in Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 44-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro Rolando ◽  
Daniel Fábio Salvador ◽  
André Henrique Silva Souza ◽  
Mauricio R.M.P. Luz
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Biology Teacher ◽  
Virtual Learning Community

scholarly journals The digital video database: A virtual learning community for teacher education

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Wing-mui So ◽  
Vincent Hing-keung Hung ◽  
Walker Yee-wing Yip
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Digital Video ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Peer Evaluation ◽  
Video Database ◽  
Virtual Learning Community

<span>This research started with the design and implementation of an online digital video database, followed by a study of how three student teachers used it in building a virtual learning community that enabled the sharing of teaching practices during their first teaching practicum in the teacher education program. The student teachers made use of teaching practice videos that were edited into 'learning objects' ready for peer evaluation. The peer evaluation was conducted by an online discussion forum among community members, which provided the data for analysis. The findings give insight into how comments and feedback flowed within the learning community, and how the videos in the form of learning objects helped to generate various categories of teaching practices. Finally, a follow up focus group discussion provided useful data regarding the possibilities and limitations of creating a learning community centred on sharing constructed learning objects in an online digital video database.</span>

scholarly journals THE READINESS OF INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTO BIOLOGY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-315
Author(s):  
Shakinaz Desa ◽  
Mai Shihah Abdullah ◽  
Nurul Huda Ab Mutalib ◽  
Rosnidar Mansor
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Biology Teacher ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
The Sustainable Development

The idea of sustainability has long become a regulatory concept applied in national and international policies worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the understanding, attitude, and behavior levels towards education and sustainable development among key players in teacher education program, particularly in Biology, including learners, educators, administrators, and supporting personnel from the Biology Department of a public university in Malaysia. A set of validated questionnaires was administered online to 61 participants. A semi-structured interview was carried out with 9 randomly selected participants. An expert in the curriculum was referred to in search of integration of sustainable development in the current pro forma. Readiness was found highest in behavior, followed by both understanding and attitude. Courses in the Biology Teacher Education program need a well-planned integration to meet the sustainable development concept. Thus, we recommend readiness analysis as a part of the requirement in sustainable development-integrated curriculum design. The implication of this study is, a strategic action plan to interconnect the players' readiness and curriculum design is a new imperative element in the teacher education program.

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