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Ferraro, Joan M. – 2000
Reflective practice can be beneficial to preservice and inservice teacher professional development. This digest reviews the concept, levels, techniques for, and benefits of reflective practice. Donald Schon introduced the concept in 1987, and since then, many schools, colleges, and departments of education have begun designing teacher education…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Podmore, Valerie N.; Meade, Anne – 2000
Noting that research demonstrates that high quality early childhood education (ECE) has long-term benefits for children, this review outlines definitions of quality early childhood education within the context of New Zealand. The focus is mainly on two specific aspects of quality: staff qualifications and indicators of quality. The review notes…
Descriptors: Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Western Illinois Univ., Macomb. Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education. – 1998
Documentation is a process of observing, collecting, and organizing evidence of children's knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Noting that documentation can be used as an effective method for assessing children's growth and development over time, this 20 minute videotape discusses characteristics of documentation in the early childhood classroom.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Documentation
Landt, Susan Mary – 2002
This study examined connections between being a cooperating teacher and professional development, demonstrating that veteran teachers who desire to transform their teaching practices can use their work with student teachers as professional growth opportunities. It discusses how the role of cooperating teacher can affect veteran teachers'…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperating Teachers, Faculty Development, High Schools
Talsma, Valerie L. – 1996
This paper reports on a study that examined the effects of formative experiences on the attitudes of preservice elementary teachers towards science and science teaching. Students in the science sequence of an elementary teacher preparation program wrote autobiographical essays about their experiences in science. These essays (n=56) were analyzed…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Elementary Education, Hands on Science, Higher Education
Carr, Janine Chappell – 1999
Aiming to disprove the media's insistence that American schools are typically ill-equipped to teach children from low-income neighborhoods, this book describes a primary school teacher's use of a blend of meaningful and interesting reading material, early writing practice, speaking, and explicit instruction. It describes teaching methods in great…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, Journal Writing, Low Income Groups
Fetters, Marcia K. – 1999
Preservice teachers have pre-existing conceptions of teaching that develop throughout many years of being students in the presence of teachers. Teacher educators are faced with the challenge of making the invisible parts of being a teacher visible to their students. This paper presents some of the activities, especially related to videotaped case…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Preservice Teachers
Christiansen, Helen, Ed.; Goulet, Linda, Ed.; Krentz, Caroline, Ed.; Maeers, Mhairi, Ed. – 1997
This collection of papers focuses on collaboration in two interconnected themes: the improvement of teaching practice through collaborative research and reflection on the role of collaboration in educational change. The 19 papers are: (1) "The Collaborative Lens: A New Look at an Old Research Study" (Phyllis Kapuscinski); (2)…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Usuki, Miyuki – 2002
Generally, in Japanese as a Second Language (JSL) teacher education, various teaching approaches are introduced to trainee teachers by highly experienced teachers or specialists. This training helps trainees acquire a particular body of knowledge about JSL, and hopefully through this approach, teaching methods that are commonly perceived to be…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Kamhi-Stein, Lia D.; Galvan, Jose L. – TESOL Journal, 1997
Discusses an innovation second-language teacher education project for teachers of English as a foreign language from Egypt. The model program used was based on the premise that teacher education programs must provide trainees with opportunities to reflect critically upon their own teaching practices and beliefs in a context of collaboration with…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Context Effect, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design
Westberg, Karen L.; Archambault, Francis X, Jr.; Brown, Scott W. – Gifted Education International, 1997
The Classroom Practices Survey, a national survey of nearly 4,000 third- and fourth-grade teachers, found little differentiation in teachers' instructional and curricular practices to meet the needs of gifted students. An individualized approach to staff development and encouragement of reflective teaching practices are urged. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Gifted
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Udvari-Solner, Alice – Remedial and Special Education, 1996
This description of a curricular adaptation decision-making process focuses on tenets of reflective practice as teachers design instruction for students in heterogeneous classrooms. A case example illustrates how an elementary teaching team transformed lessons to accommodate a wide range of learners in a multiage first- and second-grade classroom.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
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Hamilton, Debbie; Hitz, Randy – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1996
Describes the design, delivery, and impact of an undergraduate early childhood education course consistent with constructivist principles. Cites results from the Teachers' Belief Questionnaire and examination of student journals indicating students' knowledge and beliefs about teaching had changed. Suggests that helping students recognize…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beliefs, Cognitive Dissonance, Constructivism (Learning)
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Berg, Margaret Haefner; Smith, Janice P. – Music Educators Journal, 1996
Recommends school music departments forming video clubs where teachers can view and constructively criticize videotapes of their classroom performance. Provides a thoughtful and thorough discussion of what to include in a video portfolio and how to conduct viewing sessions. Addresses possible limitations and advantages to this system. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Instructional Improvement, Lesson Observation Criteria, Music Education
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Leahy, Robert; Corcoran, Carol A. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1996
This paper describes the idea of connecting a reflective practitioner theme in a teacher education program to developing students' educational philosophy, presenting an inventory to assess preservice teachers' educational philosophy, and offering a rationale, for how it can guide field experience. (SM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Education Courses, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
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