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Delany-Barmann, Gloria; Minner, Sam – 1995
In the spring of 1995 Northern Arizona University initiated a pilot program for a new content emphasis for elementary education majors. This new emphasis, "Diversity in Educational Contexts," is designed to prepare teachers to instruct the diverse children they will encounter in their public and private classrooms. The new program…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Education Courses
McEwin, C. Kenneth; And Others – 1995
This publication focuses on the knowledge base of middle school teacher preparation emphasizing organizing principles that define an excellent middle grades teacher education program. It is designed to complement the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Principles, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Bunch, Gary; Lupart, Judy; Brown, Margaret – 1997
This report presents findings of a Canadian national study of 1,492 regular classroom teachers, administrators, resource teachers, special class teachers, and university students on the inclusion of students with disabilities into general education classrooms. Three data sources were used in the research: an Educator Opinion Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Development, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Wesley, Scott – 1996
A job analysis was conducted to define the content domain in which newly licensed (certified) biology teachers must be knowledgeable in order to perform their jobs competently. Results of the job analysis will be used to develop test specifications for the Subject Assessment in Biology of the Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, Biology, College Faculty
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1997
This brochure presents the teacher education standards adopted by Alaska's State Board of Education. The standards are as follows: (1) a teacher can describe the teacher's philosophy of education and demonstrate its relationship to the teacher's practice; (2) a teacher understands how students learn and develop and applies that knowledge in the…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Ramey, Linda; Tomlin, James; Basista, Beth; Slattery, William – 1998
The traditional differences in philosophy and approaches to teaching and learning between colleges of education and sciences have been repeatedly cited as one of the major obstacles in providing appropriate teacher training programs. In an effort to alleviate this problem, Wright State University (Ohio) has fostered a unique environment through a…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Faculty Development
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
While more research needs to be done in the area of adolescent literacy, there is growing agreement about some of the characteristics successful literacy intervention programs share. The purpose of this brief is to provide information to help policymakers, educators, parents, and others concerned with adolescent literacy make informed decisions…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Adolescents, Literacy, Intervention
Ragland, Rachel G. – 2003
Middle and high school American history teachers in Lake County, Illinois, use an innovative model of professional development created through collaboration between higher education institutions and public school districts. Goals of McRAH (Model Collaboration: Rethinking American History) are to (1) raise student achievement and engagement by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Faculty Development
Mahoney, Carolyn R. – 2003
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) serves the 21 counties of rural northeastern North Carolina. In Fall 2000 ECSU administrators met with educators in area school districts to discuss their professional development needs. This paper reports on those expressed needs relevant to mathematics education and discusses ways to help achieve excellence…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
Fickel, Letitia Hochstrasser; Jones, Ken – 2002
In summer 2000, the University of Alaska Anchorage and cooperating professional development schools organized four summer institutes to enhance teachers' cultural and subject matter knowledge. This dual focus was prompted by the new Alaska Content Standards and by guidelines for preparing culturally responsive teachers, developed by Alaska Native…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cross Cultural Training, Culturally Relevant Education
Ingersoll, Richard M. – 1996
This report discusses evaluation and measurement of the quality of school teachers, emphasizing the problem of assessing competence, performance, and effectiveness through large-scale national sample surveys. Part 1 outlines types of issues and questions surrounding teacher quality that must be addressed, highlighting conventional and new…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Angus, David L. – 2001
This report describes the development of teacher certification in America, arguing that changes in and debates about teacher certification have revolved around four clusters of questions: who should control teacher licensing; the proper basis for making decisions about assuring teacher competence in individual cases; elements of teacher training…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrators, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. – 1999
The National Science Board (NSB), charged with advising the President and Congress on national science policy, urges a nationwide consensus on a core of knowledge and competency in mathematics and science. The Board believes it is both possible and imperative to develop national strategies that serve the national interest while respecting local…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Admission, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Bullock, Lyndal M., Ed.; Gable, Robert A., Ed.; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr., Ed. – 1998
The third in a series, this collection of previously published monographs examines the challenges of preparing teachers to work with students who have emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Monographs include: (1) "Issues in Training Teachers for the Seriously Emotionally Disturbed" (Frank H. Wood), which discusses preparing regular and special…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Pelton, Robert P. – 1998
This study was designed to improve teachers' abilities to respond effectively to 8 students with emotional and behavior disorders (EBD) in a self-contained class in a public middle school through the implementation of individualized treatment plans (ITPs), a form of individualized behavior plans. ITPs are intended to stimulate staff to think…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Individualized Education Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
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