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Ruys, Ilse; Van Keer, Hilde; Aelterman, Antonia – Educational Studies, 2010
In this study, the actual position of collaborative learning (CL) in teacher education is examined. One hundred and twenty teacher educators and 369 student teachers are surveyed on general educational beliefs, mental models and conceptions related to CL. The self-efficacy and the implementation of CL are also taken under scrutiny. The results…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Self Efficacy, Teacher Educators, Beliefs
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Palandra, Maria – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2010
This article represents an example of how supervision of instruction can be an integral part of a coherent plan for district-wide reform. The author argues that instructional changes can be most effective if introduced in a system that has first put in place the personnel and structures needed to support them. The article highlights the role of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Alignment (Education), Curriculum Development
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Batt, Ellen G. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This documentary account describes professional development for teachers in the USA serving culturally and linguistically diverse students. The purpose of the project was to monitor effectiveness of training in Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) and to assess the value of cognitive coaching. Quantitative and qualitative data sources…
Descriptors: Time Management, Professional Development, Student Diversity, Workshops
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Myers, Brian E.; Barrick, R. Kirby; Samy, Mohamed M. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess Egyptian Agricultural Technical School (ATS) teachers' implementation of active learning strategies in their classrooms. Methods: The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was administered to 230 participants in active learning workshops. After eliminating headmasters, supervisors and people no longer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Schools, Learning Strategies, Innovation
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Dallas, T.; Berg, J. M.; Gale, R. O. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
This paper describes the goals, pedagogical system, and educational outcomes of a three-semester curriculum in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The sequence takes engineering students with no formal MEMS training and gives them the skills to participate in cutting-edge MEMS research and development. The evolution of the curriculum from…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Competition, Curriculum Development, Manufacturing
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Lillieskold, J.; Ostlund, S. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2008
Being a modern electrical engineer does not only require state of the art skills in areas such as transfer and processing of information, electronics, systems engineering, and biomedical electrical engineering; it also requires generic engineering skills such as oral and written communication, team building, interpersonal skills, and the ability…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Team Training, Engineering, Communication Skills
Bellah, Kimberly A.; Dyer, James E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to describe elementary teachers' attitudes and perceptions toward agriculture and its use as a context for teaching across the grade level content area standards. Further, this study sought to probe more deeply the stages of concern possessed by kindergarten through eighth grade teachers with respect to their use of…
Descriptors: State Standards, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Alignment (Education)
Klein, Emily J.; Riordan, Megan – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
The current small schools reform movement has increased the number of organizations seeking to change education with designs that require educators to rethink their understandings of curriculum, teaching, and learning. The key to the success of these schools is how well the teachers can learn and implement the design, laying a heavy burden on the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Professional Development, Educational Practices, Curriculum Implementation
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Pritchard, Tony; McCollum, Starla – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
Two popular instructional models in middle and high school are the sport education model (SEM) and the tactical games model (TGM). The SEM prepares students to become competent, literate, and enthusiastic sportspersons. The TGM prepares students to be able to play games using a tactical approach. Combining the models to form a sport education…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Middle Schools, High Schools
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Turpen, Chandra; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2009
While educational reforms in introductory physics are becoming more widespread, how these reforms are implemented is less well understood. This paper examines the variation in faculty practices surrounding the implementation of educational reform in introductory physics courses. Through observations of classroom practice, we find that professors'…
Descriptors: Physics, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Curriculum Implementation
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Elias, Maurice J. – Educational Policy, 2009
There is a missing piece to America's education agenda, and children will continue to be left behind until that piece is addressed. Furthermore, children are not being systematically prepared for their complex roles as citizens in our democracy. A growing body of evidence from research and practice suggests reconceptualizing education as an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Personality Development, Emotional Development
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Looi, Chee-Kit; Wong, Lung-Hsiang; So, Hyo-Jeong; Seow, Peter; Toh, Yancy; Chen, Wenli; Zhang, Baohui; Norris, Cathie; Soloway, Elliot – Computers & Education, 2009
With the mass adoption of mobile computing devices by the current school generation, significant opportunities have emerged for genuinely supporting differentiated and personalized learning experiences through mobile devices. In our school-based research work in introducing mobilized curricula to a class, we observe one compelling mobilized lesson…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Elementary School Students, Curriculum Implementation
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Price, Christine G.; McGee, Christy D. – Teacher Educator, 2009
This article summarizes the literature concerning the use of visual and textual metaphors and describes outcomes of a project designed to help teacher education candidates begin integrating their personal beliefs about teaching with their growing professional knowledge and emergent practice. By using metaphors, teacher educators have the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Figurative Language, Teacher Educators, Literature Reviews
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Hamra, Arifuddin; Syatriana, Eny – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2010
This study aimed at designing a model of teaching reading comprehension based on the objectives of teaching reading at the senior high school and the teachers' understanding of the school curriculum and to describe the implementation of the model. The subject consisted of 24 teachers, 167 students of five SMAs (senior high schools) in South…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, English (Second Language)
Ricca, Joseph L., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This descriptive case study examined the problem of how to implement an academically infused character education (CE) program in the middle grades and how students acted out the lessons of character taught by their teachers. This study addressed the problem of a lack of understanding regarding the strengths and weaknesses associated with the…
Descriptors: Values Education, Academic Education, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
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