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Wilcox, Dawn Renee; Samaras, Anastasia P. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
This study explores the impact of an alternative teacher preparation program development from the "inside out" or through the voices of second career teachers, known as "Career Switchers," at a mid-size state university. The major objective of this study was to probe into their perceptions to inform program development with reporting framed in…
Descriptors: Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Case Studies, Alternative Teacher Certification
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Schultz, Jeffrey; Yinger, Robert J. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1984
The experiences of two social scientists in developing and implementing a teacher inservice program on inquiry skills of teachers are discussed. Problems and successes of the workshop are analyzed. (DF)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Inquiry, Inservice Teacher Education
Wong, Pia Lindquist; Glass, Ronald David – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2005
Some colleges of education and urban school districts have established collaborative Professional Development Schools (PDSs) to prepare teachers across the learning-to-teach continuum (pre-service to in-service to instructional leaders) to address the particular needs of low-income, culturally and linguistically diverse (LI/CLD) students.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Schools of Education, Professional Development Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Antonek, Janis L.; Matthews, Catherine E.; Levin, Barbara B. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2005
One of the goals of Professional Development School (PDS) programs is to provide preservice teachers with opportunities for developing in-depth knowledge and experience as they learn to teach (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2001). A theme-based PDS adds value to the PDS program model because it allows faculty members to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators