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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53178#.VLcX0cnQrzE Author(s)   Joakim Caspersen Affiliation(s) NIFU—Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Oslo, Norway . ABSTRACT The ability of teachers to learn and develop at work is important for the quality of their performance and their well-being. However, research has been ambiguous about what factors can improve it. Two reasons for this ambiguity are discussed in this paper: The links between workplace learning and professional education have often not been included in research studies, and teaching may have special characteristics that make workplace learning difficult. The paper examines new empirical connections between teachers’ learning activities at work and the outcome of teacher education, using longitudinal Norwegian survey data. The results show that an active and independent study strategy increases the li...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47328#.VFslEmfHRK0 Author(s)   Gustavo Daniel Constantino Affiliation(s) ICT Department, CIAFIC, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina . ABSTRACT Historically, Educational Technology (EdTech) and Teacher Education (TE) have shared a conflicted relationship, particularly where practicing teachers have not been trained in ET in a manner so that they are able to coherently and efficiently incorporate the new educational technology into their classrooms and schools. In Latin America’s diverse scenario, our analysis is focused on a scenario consisting of Argentina and Uruguay. In this scenario, we identify the social and cultural context wh...