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Ryan, Patricia M. – 1999
This paper reviews current literature about three tools used by teacher education programs and school districts to assess teacher candidate quality. It presents a matrix which aligns the underlying dimensions of teacher knowledge, dispositions, and skills for the STAR Teacher Interview, the Teacher Perceiver Interview, and the Praxis III Teacher…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Song, Kim H.; Christiansen, Faith – 2001
The preparation of preservice teachers plays a major role in closing the achievement gap in the education of urban children. Urban teachers often do not understand how their low expectations and deficit assumptions influence their instructional practices and contribute to a widening achievement gap between urban and non-urban students. Many…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education