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Weinberg, Stuart – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2010
The purpose of this article is to summarize the methodology and findings in the case studies of three student teachers in secondary school mathematics. The broad area of interest is the relationship between beliefs and practice. In the study, "beliefs" refers to expectations teachers have that students will be successful in learning with…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Communication, Success
Scott, Julia Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Orff Schulwerk is defined by its practitioners as an approach to teaching music to children through the Orff media: speech, singing, movement, and playing instruments. The approach is often best known for use of the "Orff instruments," and some music educators criticize Orff-based instruction, claiming that singing is overlooked or…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Music Teachers, Teacher Education
Myers, Susan D.; Price, Margaret A. – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The authors' conception of a Professional Development School has been in the making for six years; they have nurtured their high school/university partnership over that period of time with little involvement from other university personnel. Through a self-study approach, they investigated the intricacies of how professional relationships, both in…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, College School Cooperation, Institutional Mission, Partnerships in Education
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Deggs, David; Grover, Kenda; Kacirek, Kit – College Student Journal, 2010
This study was conducted to examine the expectations of adult graduate students enrolled in an online degree program at a research university in the mid-South United States. Students who were pursuing their master of education degree were invited to participate in an e-Focus group regarding their expectations of the degree program. Focus groups…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Universities, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups
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Richards, Janet C. – Qualitative Report, 2010
Few inquiries have investigated master's students in education as they mentor preservice teachers. In this embedded case study I explored the professional development of 15 master's students as they mentored 35 preservice teachers for eight weeks in a summer literacy camp. Data sources were e-mail exchanges, written reports, and transcriptions…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mentors, Focus Groups, Professional Development
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Passonneau, Sarah; Coffey, Dan – College & Research Libraries, 2011
Electronic communication technologies continue to change the landscape of reference services. For many users, virtual communication is the preferred means of conversing. Synchronous virtual reference, similar to other synchronous means of communication, is an important method for reaching students and for providing teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Online Systems, Reference Services, Grounded Theory
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Zhou, George; Kim, Jinyoung; Kerekes, Judit – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
With an increasing diversity in American schools, teachers need to be able to collaborate in teaching. University courses are widely considered as a stage to demonstrate or model the ways of collaboration. To respond to this call, three authors team taught an integrated methods course at an urban public university in the city of New York.…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Integrated Curriculum, Team Teaching, Cooperative Learning
Werner, Polly D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine what effects synchronous instruction has on students in an asynchronous online art course. Action research was selected as the research method as it allows the researcher to study his or her own classroom in order to improve their own instruction. Data was collected for a period of one month from five…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Online Courses, Art Education, Action Research
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Harris, Sarah; Hannah, Andrew; Stones, Dave; Morley, Robert – College and University, 2011
Electronic transcripts are no longer a concept awaiting definition. They are here to stay. Although paper transcripts remain the standard--at least in terms of volume--an ever-increasing number and eventual majority of students and alumni will expect if not require electronic transcripts. College registrars and admissions officers' obligation to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Administration, Registrars (School), Admissions Officers
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Kan, Koon Hwee – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2011
Based on a series of videoconferences held between two universities, one located in China and another in the United States, this pilot curriculum study illustrates how successful interglobal communication via synchronized educational technology requires detailed planning and the use of a substantial number of pedagogical strategies. Achieving the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Videoconferencing, Computer Mediated Communication
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Chieu, Vu Minh; Herbst, Patricio; Weiss, Michael – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
Rich-media representations of teaching using animated cartoons can be effective at stimulating teachers' discussion about practice and hence help them learn productively from one another about their profession. Our research aims to design web-based interactive rich-media virtual settings for teachers to learn to do the practice of teaching. For…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Cartoons, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods
van Es, Elizabeth A. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2012
This article investigates how the goals of participants in a video club evolved and became more shared over time. A video club brings groups of teachers together to analyze video from one another's classrooms (Sherin, 2004). The purpose of the video club the author investigates was to bring teachers together to analyze student thinking, an…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Educational Change, Clubs, Mathematics Education
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Priestley, M.; Miller, K. – Curriculum Journal, 2012
The poor success rate of policy for curriculum change has been widely noted in the educational change literature. Part of the problem lies in the complexity of schools, as policy-makers have proven unable to micro-manage the multifarious range of factors that impact upon the implementation of policy. This article draws upon empirical data from a…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Realism, Educational Change
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Wright, Susannah – History of Education, 2012
Researchers have identified a civilising mission in elementary schools in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, particularly in poor urban areas. School log books from the 14 schools in Birmingham and Leicester, supplemented by other primary and secondary sources, are examined for insights into how headteachers perceived, and acted…
Descriptors: Evidence, Economically Disadvantaged, Urban Areas, Principals
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Sneddon, Raymonde – Language and Education, 2012
The paper offers a case study of two bilingual girls aged 10, born in London, of Albanian-speaking families who arrived in the UK as refugees. An earlier study, when the girls were aged six, explored the strategies they used as they learned to read with their mothers in Albanian using dual language books. Four years on, supported by a primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Children, Females
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