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Koenig, Alan J., Ed.; Holbrook, M. Cay, Ed. – 2000
This text, one of two on the instruction of students with visual impairments, focuses on instructional strategies. The following 21 chapters are included: (1) "Creating and Nurturing Effective Educational Teams" (Irene Topor and others); (2) "Comprehensive Assessment" (Toni Heinze); (3) "Ongoing Assessments: Informal Techniques" (Carol Layton);…
Descriptors: Blindness, Educational Policy, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Goss, John R., III – 1999
This manual is intended for use as part of a 3-day orientation training for new faculty at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) in Pennsylvania, a facility which trains tactical and operational leaders for policy and strategy roles in the military and related agencies. The orientation focuses on five factors which determine the value of an…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Educational Objectives

Emery, Lee – Australian Art Education, 1996
Recommends using a number of qualitative research techniques, specifically for research regarding art education teaching techniques and teachers. Argues that the process of teaching and the subject of art are so subjective that researchers should embrace unabashedly qualitative approaches to research. Briefly describes these approaches. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Art Teachers, Educational Philosophy

Mather, Nancy; Bos, Candace; Babur, Nalan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
A study examined the perceptions and knowledge of preservice general educators (n=293) and 131 inservice teachers toward early literacy instruction for students at risk for reading failure. Results found many general education teachers, at both preservice and inservice levels, are not prepared adequately for this challenging task. (Contains…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Early Identification, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Wasburn-Moses, Leah – Action in Teacher Education, 2005
The field of special education has been consistently plagued with serious personnel shortages, high rates of teacher attrition, criticisms of inadequate teacher preparation, and questionable student outcomes. The recent focus on increased standards and improved student outcomes adds complexity to this situation. Of paramount concern are the need…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence, Special Education, Legal Problems
Stein, Mary Kay; Nelson, Barbara S. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2003
Drawing inspiration from Shulman's (1986) construct of pedagogical content knowledge, we propose that leadership content knowledge is a missing paradigm in the analysis of school and district leadership. After defining leadership content knowledge as that knowledge of academic subjects that is used by administrators when they function as…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities
Burns, Janet Z.; Schaefer, Karen; Hayden, Jessie M. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2005
Trade and industrial (T&I) teachers enter the classroom as content level experts who may have acquired their content expertise through a combination of formal industry training and informal on-the-job experiences. When they make the career transition from industry to teaching, they must acquire professional teaching competencies. Like the content…
Descriptors: Trade and Industrial Teachers, Career Change, Informal Education, Trade and Industrial Education
Scott, Jerrie Cobb, Ed.; Straker, Dolores Y., Ed.; Katz, Laurie, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008
How can teachers make sound pedagogical decisions and advocate for educational policies that best serve the needs of students in today's diverse classrooms? What is the pedagogical value of providing culturally and linguistically diverse students greater access to their own language and cultural orientations? This landmark volume responds to the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Language Planning, Language of Instruction
Schmidt, Patricia A. – 1997
This book is an autobiographical effort to understand life as a person and as a high school English teacher, and how those two lives have intertwined. The text examines how the author, trained in certain ways, thinks of herself as a professional person. In addition to the subject of the teaching of reading and writing, the author explores how her…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, English Instruction, English Teachers, Feminism
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1996
This booklet summarizes the science chapter from the "Handbook of Research on Improving Student Achievement," a report sponsored by the Alliance for Curriculum Reform and also published by the Educational Research Service. The handbook is based on the idea that efforts to improve instruction must focus on the existing knowledge base on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Gau, Shin-Jiann – 1997
The focus of this paper is to further understanding of the distribution and the effects of an expanded conception of opportunity to learn on student mathematics achievement. In addition to descriptive statistics, a set of two-level hierarchical linear models was employed to analyze a subset of the restricted-use National Education Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Algebra, Catholic Schools, Educational Opportunities, Educational Resources

Richards, Patricia O. – 1996
This paper describes the development of a course that would improve instruction for preservice teachers and for elementary school students through "real world" integration of reading and the related processes of listening, speaking, and writing. "Integrated Language Arts Instruction in the Elementary School" is presented as a model for field-based…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs
Torkington, Kate – 1995
Intended as a resource for both trainers and trainees in early childhood development and education, and based on the principles of active learning and participatory training, this five-part training pack encourages the incorporation of active learning materials in training and invites cooperation in adapting participatory training materials to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Caregiver Training, Cultural Awareness
Renfrow, Donata D.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D. – 1990
After a brief review of recent research concerning teacher testing, this paper presents concrete examples of multiple-choice test items that assess more than teachers' minimal, basic knowledge. Specifically, multiple-choice test items used for the assessment of pedagogical content knowledge (C-P items) are contrasted with items used for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Cheng, Liying; Wang, Hong – TESL-EJ, 2004
Drawing on work in general education, second/foreign language teacher education has begun to recognize that within its knowledge base, teachers, apart from the methods and materials they may use, are central to improving English language teaching. To understand the professional development of teachers in the English as a foreign language context,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Performance Factors, College Faculty