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Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. Center for Literacy Studies. – 2002
This guide contains material that has been piloted in Tennessee ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Regional Training Sessions over 2 years. It contains resources for teachers, student learning plans, student portfolio check sheets, information to help new teachers, and Internet sites where training videos and curriculum resources can…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Beginning Teachers, English (Second Language), Faculty Development
Stigler, James W.; Hiebert, James – 1999
This book is an action plan for improving education in the U.S, focusing on the key role of teachers in this improvement. It offers a detailed comparison of the educational methods of Germany, Japan, and the United States. The analysis begins with an international study of mathematics teaching in the three countries that was conducted as part of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Rhode Island State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Providence. – 1999
This document describes Rhode Island's School Accountability for Learning and Teaching (SALT) process. It defines SALT's vision, outlines Article 31 (which requires schools to engage in self-study and goal setting and sets rigorous requirements for schools), and explains how SALT concepts mirror and respond to Article 31 demands. SALT's vision is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Improvement
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Luckey, Sue Young – Business Education Forum, 1979
The author presents teacher preparation guidelines for successful implementation of simulated office occupations experience programs. After listing 20 needed skills, she suggests observation of simulations and the business world, work experience, methods courses, and workshops. (MF)
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Guidelines, Inservice Teacher Education, Laboratory Training
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LeCroy, Nancy Armes; McClenney, Kay – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1992
Describes challenges facing community college faculty as a result of increasing diversity, presence of part-time faculty and students, enrollment interruptions, and large classes. Argues that, to meet challenges, faculty must build community through programs emphasizing assessment, diversity, learning, and skills. Describes a discipline-based,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Excellence in Education
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Strube, Michael J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Presents 2 lists of 10 rules each summarizing considerations for effective and ineffective teaching. Recommends lists of rules as manageable amounts of information that provide retrieval cues for the information on which the lists are based. Suggests that the generation of lists can be an educational exercise. (DK)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Kauffman, James M.; Wong, Kathleen L. H. – Behavioral Disorders, 1991
Research is reviewed on classroom behavior, demandingness, and beliefs of effective teachers of nonhandicapped students with behavior problems, and the need for different attitudes and additional skills for teaching students with behavioral disorders is discussed. Teacher characteristics analyzed include instructional and management strategies,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Behavior Standards
Bledsoe, Gerie B. – 1991
The National Education Association (NEA) believes that faculty development programs, if designed by the faculty, implemented on a voluntary and equitable basis, and adequately funded, can contribute to improving teaching and learning on college and university campuses. The ideal of continuing self-improvement by college and university faculty is a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Trends
MacDonald, Robert E. – 1991
This handbook is designed to be a practical field-experience guide and methods text for beginning teachers, K-12. It presents basic skills and strategies that will enable beginning teachers to deal creatively and responsibly with the significant new challenges they face. This handbook is also applicable as a resource for teacher candidates during…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith-Davis, Judy; Cohen, Mary – 1989
The paper examines issues in special education teacher attrition and reviews a variety of induction and mentorship programs to lessen the common isolation of beginning teachers. Statistics indicating the high attrition rate among beginning teachers, especially special education teachers are cited and related to lack of training and ongoing…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Rice, Diana C.; Gabel, Dorothy L. – 1990
This study explored the impact of cooperative learning in a college level laboratory science course by comparing classes taught by a conventional lab-lecture technique. Students in a basic science skills course for preservice elementary teachers participated over a 14-week period. Instruments used were the Science Attitude Survey, Test of Logical…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Science, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Teachers
Clariana, Roy B. – 1988
The Peace Corps (PC) has provided teachers for Nepal's schools for 25 years. The increasing population and especially the increased demand for educational opportunities is exceeding the supply of available trained teachers. In response to this need, PC/Nepal has shifted its emphasis in the education sector from providing teachers to providing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Analysis, Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1983
The manual is intended to help Florida teachers of homebound or hospitalized children cope with the unusual demands of the position. Difficulties faced by such teachers are noted, including low student motivation, parents' need for support, and a setting not conducive to learning. A brief history of homebound educational services is followed by an…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Homebound, Hospitalized Children
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1986
The Beginning Teacher Assistance Program was adopted by the Virginia Board of Education to ensure that teachers certified by the state demonstrate the minimum competencies necessary to perform satisfactorily. The first section of this booklet describes the program's assessment component and lists the 14 competencies teachers are expected to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Minimum Competencies
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Chavez, Janice A.; And Others – Rural Educator, 1987
Special education teachers in rural and urban areas in California were asked to rate their present skill level and desired skill level for 13 bilingual special education teaching competencies. Both groups desired higher skills in all competencies, and both selected parent training skills as competencies they most desired to gain. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
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