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Peer reviewedHamann, Donald L.; Walker, Linda Miller – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1993
Reports on a study of 811 African American high school students to determine what proportion identified music teachers as role models. Finds that 36% of the subjects identified a music teacher as a role model. Suggests that the findings highlight the need to recruit more minority teachers into music education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Culture, Blacks, College Attendance
Baker, Thomas E. – 1988
Presented are the findings of a survey of students who are, or have been, participants in the King Foundation Forgivable Loan Program in Texas for preservice secondary mathematics or science teachers. Data on the number of respondents in the program and not in the program, and their reasons for staying or leaving (that is, teaching mathematics or…
Descriptors: College Students, Education Majors, Higher Education, Mathematics Teachers
Download full textDenton, Jon J. – 1988
Documented shortages of secondary mathematics and science teachers have occurred over a decade. Yet a program developed to enable individuals with academic preparation in mathematics and/or science to become teachers encountered difficulty in placing the students in paid teaching internships. Although benefits to school districts for participating…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Program Costs, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Denton, Jon J. – 1988
Documented shortages of secondary mathematics and science teachers have occurred for over a decade. Yet a program developed to enable individuals with academic preparation in mathematics and/or science to become teachers encountered difficulty in placing the students in paid teaching internships. Although benefits to school districts for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematics Teachers, Program Costs, Program Descriptions
Ingle, Yolanda R., Comp.; And Others – 1992
Little has been studied or written about promising practices and programs that seek to train, recruit, and retain Latino and other minority teachers. This bibliography aids that research by providing educational scholars and practitioners with references to articles and books that have been written in the areas of assessment; certification;…
Descriptors: Counseling, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Hoag, Lydia, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2004
A growing number of American students are nonnative English speakers. These students are vulnerable to early school exit and schools are facing more and more such students each year. Presently, about 56% of all public school teachers in the United States have at least one English language learner (ELL) student in their class, but less than 20% of…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Second Language Learning, Politics of Education, Instructional Leadership
