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Kansanen, Pertti, Ed. – 1999
This book contains six papers: "Studying the Teachers Life and Work" (Ivor F. Goodson); "Mindful Orientation in Teachers' Pedagogical Thinking" (Jukka Husu); "The Way Thinking is Once Again" (Pertti Kansanen); "Preparing Prospective Elementary Teachers to Teach Mathematics: A Problem-Solving Approach" (Frank…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Chi-chung, Lam; Yun-peng, Ma; Ngai-ying, Wong – 1999
Chinese researchers investigated how mathematics teachers in two elementary schools in northeast China adapted the national curriculum. One school was in a very poor, mountainous area, and the other school was in a very large city. Both used the national curriculum and the same set of teaching materials. Researchers used ethnographic methods to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Bampton, Matthew; French, Robert – Journal of Geography, 1996
Argues that geography often is relegated to a negligible role in social studies curricula and that geography instruction suffers from a lack of standards and educational research. Recommends establishing intensive cooperative programs developing a thorough knowledge base for geography teachers and encouraging instructional research. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Geography
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Eckmier, Janice; Ericson, Bonnie; Huetinck, Linda; Sato, Kyoko – Issues in Teacher Education, 2003
Makes a case for using the tenets of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in redesigning the Mathematics and English Subject Specialist Master's Programs at California State University, Northridge, by going through the constructed cohort program semester by semester, discussing coursework and portfolio activities, highlighting the…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Faculty Development
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Graber, Kim C. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1995
A study of the impact of teacher education programs on 20 student teachers found that the degree to which students incorporated general pedagogical knowledge into teaching was contingent on placement, setting, support of the cooperating teacher, influence of pupils, and level the student teacher was teaching. Participants had greater difficulty…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Greenman, Jim – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Cites examples of the difficulties of parent partnerships for child care teachers and presents suggestions for creating successful relationships between parent and child care worker. Suggests that an understanding of parental roles and insecurities, teacher insecurities, and predictably difficult issues can assist new teachers in creating…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
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Zentall, Sydney S.; Javorsky, James – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1997
Compares factors in the literature associated with successful outcomes in distance education with the experience of providing an inservice teacher-education program on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). Presents the method of a satellite- and telephone-based course and evaluation of this graduate level inservice course. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Course Evaluation, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Mokhtar, Intan Azura – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2005
With the global information boom, and rapid developments in electronic media and the World Wide Web (Web) within the last two decades, the Singapore government envisioned a need for Singapore to be Information Technology (IT) equipped and competent in every industry, beginning most importantly with the education sector. Taking its cue, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Teacher Role, Educational Change
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Segrave, Stephen; Holt, Dale; Farmer, James – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
To gain the full educational benefits of the major new investments in corporate technologies supporting online teaching and learning it is argued that a strategic, systems based approach to academic professional development (APD) is required. Such an approach requires a clear view of the key areas of potential and enduring teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Systems Approach, Teacher Role, Higher Education
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Kenreich, Todd W. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2002
In the 1980s, the National Geographic Society launched a multi-million dollar campaign to improve teachers' knowledge of geography through the establishment of geographic alliances--networks of geography professors, teacher educators, and elementary and secondary teachers. To coordinate reform efforts in geographic education, the Society provides…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Lobbying, Geography, Educational Change
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Prange, Klaus – European Education, 2004
No one would dispute the claim that teacher training in the university and training colleges has long been in urgent need of reform. Even so, nothing is getting done. However, there are some efforts made in North-Rhine/Westphalia, where a committee of experts has recommended a double package consisting of six semesters of specialized studies…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change
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Mathews, Susann; Basista, Beth; Farrell, Ann; Tomlin, Jim – Teacher Education and Practice, 2003
In 1993, at Wright State University (WSU), the College of Science and Mathematics (COSM), and the College of Education and Human Services (CEHS) began hiring faculty with joint appointments in both COSM and CEHS. That began the process of reforming the undergraduate education of preservice elementary teachers. Then, when the state called for a…
Descriptors: National Standards, Educational Change, Science Teachers, Mathematics Education
Fuller, Roberta Ann – 1996
The purpose of this study was to characterize and compare novice and experienced elementary teachers' pedagogical knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of three major topics in mathematics: whole number operation, fractions, and geometry. The study participants were 26 preservice elementary teachers and 28 experienced kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Fractions
Holmes Group, Inc., East Lansing, MI. – 1995
This report contains nine chapters: "A New Beginning"; "The Heart of the Matter: Three Kinds of Development"; "Special Knowledge for Educators"; "Participating in Policy Development"; "Commitment to Diversity"; "Human Resources: Making People Matter"; "The Core of Learning: What All…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Rubba, Peter A. Ed.; And Others – 1996
These conference proceedings include papers presented and summaries of presentations made at the 1996 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS). Topics include: English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) Strategies in science methods courses; writing strategies; action research and equity issues;…
Descriptors: Action Research, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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