Improving Teacher Education through Action Research

David Grossman is Dean of the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Sciences at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Dr. Ming-Fai HUI is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword, Professor Paul Morris, President, The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Teacher Educators Conducting Action Research in an Era of Accountability, Ming-Fai Hui and David Grossman Section I Assessment for Learning 1. Developing Productive Synergies between Formative and Summative Assessment Process, David Carless 2. Teaching and Learning in the Context of Mass Lecture, Amy Ah-May Chan-Yip 3. Cultivating Creativity in the Classroom: Assessment for Improving Teaching and Learning, Ming-Fai Hui 4. Enhancing Effective Learning in an Language Teaching Module, Pamela Pui-Wan Leung Section II Innovative Pedagogy 5. Adopting the Guided Discovery Method to Teach Creative Problem Solving, Ming-Fai Hui 6. Using Information Technology to Foster Cooperative Learning and Peer Assessment, Eugenia Mee-Wah Ng Section III Linking Theory to Practice 7. From Theory to Practice: Curriculum for Autonomous Learning, Rita Shuk-Yin Berry 8. Catering Individual Learning Differences through the Use of an E-learning Environment, Kai-Ming Li 9. Becoming an Agent of Change: The Application of Process Writing in a Primary Class, Ina Yuen-Mei Siu 10. Constructing a Professional Knowledge-based for Teacher Education through Action Research, John Elliott. Contributors. Index