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Bush, Betty – 1994
Six communication instructors redesigned the curriculum of two courses to make integration part of teacher training both in course content and in the way trainees were taught and prepared. Having conducted a literature search, the six teachers developed a language arts interdisciplinary team to plan, pilot, and implement a new integrated approach.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Education Courses, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Vacc, Nancy Nesbitt; Bright, George W.; Bowman, Anita H. – 1998
This study examined changes in 19 teachers' beliefs across the first 2 years of a professional development program in cognitively guided instruction (CGI). The study involved five teams of mathematics teachers and teacher educators. Teams attended professional development workshops on several occasions. Each team met monthly to discuss their…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
Guo, Chorng-Jee, Ed. – Republic of China. National Science Council. Proceedings. Part D: Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, 1998
This proceedings covers the domain and content areas of learning and learners; curriculum and materials; instruction (including computer-assisted instruction); assessment and evaluation; history and philosophy of science; teacher preparation and professional development; and related areas of interest including environmental, special, health,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Regents. – 1998
This report culminates a 2-year effort of the Regents Task Force on Teaching. During the 2 years, the Task Force met many times, conducted eight public forums around the state, conferred with various constituents and public officials, consulted with national experts, and surveyed the literature and experiences of other states. This report presents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Fernandez, Roy Ceferino – 1999
This presentation on the preparation of early childhood teachers addresses implication of multiculturalism and bilingual education in early childhood programs. The purpose of the presentation was threefold: (1) to increase understanding of bilingualism and multiculturalism; (2) to compare and contrast bilingualism and multiculturalism; and (3) to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Watson, Sandy White – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast Professional Development School (PDS) and non-Professional Development School intern/student teachers' views at the end of their student teaching experiences in terms of their (a) perceptions of the knowledge and skills they perceived the Teacher Education Program (TEP) at the University of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Student Teaching, Educational Opportunities
Paul, James L., Ed.; Lavely, Carolyn D., Ed.; ranston-Gingras, Ann, Ed.; Taylor, Ella L., Ed. – 2002
Sixteen papers, developed as part of a 10-year study of substantive and methodological aspects of teacher education in special education at the University of South Florida, address professional issues in special education. The papers are: (1) "To Improve or Reconstruct Special Education: Issues Facing the Field" (James L. Paul and Ann…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
2002
In 2001, Missouri's K-16 project launched the K-12 Task Force on Achievement Gap Elimination, which believes that improving teacher quality is the single most important factor in eliminating the achievement gap among Missouri students. This report describes the significance of teacher quality on student achievement, emphasizing the uneven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
Crowther, David T.; Cannon, John R. – 1998
Science education and the preparation of science teachers have been of great concern over the past two decades. This research investigated the influence of an extended elementary science teaching practicum upon preservice elementary teachers' (N=19) science self-efficacy. It explored both quantitatively and qualitatively the progression of teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Shymansky, James A.; Yore, Larry D.; Dunkhase, John A.; Hand, Brian M. – 1998
This paper describes a major reform effort of an elementary science curriculum called the Science: Parents, Activities, and Literature (Science PALs) Project. The goal of the project was to move teachers towards an interactive-constructivist model of teaching and learning that assumes a middle-of-the-road interpretation of constructivism where…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Innovation
Peck, Alec F.; Keenan, Sandy; Cheney, Douglas; Neel, Richard S. – 2004
This monograph examines current standards in personnel preparation for teachers of students with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) and offers several teacher education models that incorporate collaboration with parents and community schools and agencies as key features. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 explains the standards…
Descriptors: Agencies, Behavior Disorders, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Runyan, Charles Kent; Sparks, Rozanne – 1999
This paper presents the process, synthesized research, and teacher training outcomes derived from a year-long process of establishing a research-based teacher education knowledge base. A broad-based committee at Pittsburg State University, Kansas, was appointed to review best practice literature, various national standards, and teacher education…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Rennert-Ariev, Peter L.; Valli, Linda – 1999
This study offers a framework for identifying areas of agreement and disagreement across eight recent teacher education reform documents. Researchers analyzed each document in relation to the reform principles proposed by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF). They developed a rubric to assess whether the documents…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
Capraro, Robert M.; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Parker, Dawn; Kulm, Gerald; Raulerson, Tammy – 2002
This paper outlines the nexus between developing pedagogical content knowledge and the pressures for preparing pre-service teachers to be successful on high stakes testing. Increasing expectations about what students should know and be able to do, breakthroughs in research on how children learn, and the increasing diversity of the student…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1999
This book describes results of the work by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Section 1, "Introduction," introduces the work of the National Board and discusses educational change and teacher improvement in general. Section 2, "Standard Setting in Teaching," explains that in order to appreciate the effects…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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