Exploring Primary-School EFL Teacher Expertise in Scaffolding: A Comparative Study

While much attention has been focused—in the field of teacher expertise—on expert teachers’ cognitive and behavioral characteristics, little attention has been devoted to how expert teachers reciprocally interact with the learning process. To bridge this gap in knowledge, this study seeks to explore primary-school EFL (English as a Foreign Language)—teacher expertise in the area of scaffolding. A comparison has been made among 2 expert EFL teachers, 20 experienced non-expert teachers, and 2 novice teachers in Chinese primary-school settings. By adopting a qualitative method of inquiry using interviews, classroom observations, and stimulated recalls, (yet with a quantitative aspect incorporating data analysis), the study demonstrates that expert teachers show a tendency to use scaffolding strategies more frequently and appropriately. These findings suggest that more open-ended activities be conducted to allow for scaffolding in EFL classrooms and that ESL/EFL teacher education raise scaffolding awareness in pre-service and in-service teachers.

The Competence of Islamic Religious Education Teachers Perspective K.H. Hasyim Asy'ari

A professional teacher is meets several classifications, including the individual is a teacher with recognized, has teacher expertise or what is often called expertise in certain scientific fields related to his profession as a teacher, fulfills the aspects of coaching and development. who go through formal education or non-formal coaching. This research focuses on the competence of Islamic Religious Education teachers in the perspective of Kiai H. Hasyim Asy'ari, especially referring to his book Adabu Al-Alimi Wal Muta'alim. This type of research uses a type of library research. The primary data is from Adabu Al-Alimi Wal Muta'alim The results of this study are three teacher positions according to KH. Hasyim Asy'ari, namely teachers as individual teachers regarding personal religious, teachers when teaching, and teachers to students. The pedagogic competence indicator according to KH. Hasyim Asy'ari includes the attitude of purifying himself from all things that are not blessed by Allah Almighty, visionary, and having knowledge. Personality competence covers a calm person, tawakal, tawadhu ', and an independent person ,. Professional competence according to KH. Hasyim Asy'ari is a teacher's ability in knowledge and good at managing class. Social competence, according to KH. Hasyim Asy'ari is good at choosing jobs, good at choosing communities where to gather, avoiding places that socially can reduce the degree of teachers, and able to interact well.

Guidelines, Questions, and Considerations

Chapter 13 describes the practical and logistical considerations of playing and using games in the classroom, in remote learning environments, or in other educational contexts. This includes how games are chosen for students and curricula, as well as the additional activities around and during games. A table in this chapter outlines different categories of questions to ask about incorporating games into learning experiences, including questions about technological constraints, teacher expertise, gameplay, and student needs. Finally, this chapter covers some assessment considerations, such as what types of ways learning may be assessed through and around the game.

Early childhood teachers' mathematics-specific professional competence and its relation to the quality of learning support

Teacher expertise research uses different approaches, among them competence models. The model of mathematics-specific professional competence in this study differentiates action-related and reflective competence, which pertain to different types of professional demands according to dual processing theories and should positively impact teaching quality. The cross-sectional study with early childhood teachers investigates the structure of teacher competence and its relations to the quality of learning support in line with the notion of adaptive teaching when playing board games. The findings support a differentiation of competences according to the model (structural validity evidence). Expected relations between competences and the quality of the learning support are partially supported (predictive validity evidence). The study hence adds to research on teacher expertise by developing a specific understanding of competence in line with existing theories. Affordances of using competence models, as well as difficulties and open questions with relation to the emerging approach are discussed.