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Hamilton, Stephen F. – Urban Institute, 2021
Registered Apprenticeship for young people is an earn-and-learn program for women and men in their late teens and early twenties. It combines academics with paid work experience across many sectors. An essential part of the apprenticeship experience is to be paired with a mentor, who supports, advises, and instructs an apprentice(s) on the job.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Apprenticeships, Youth Programs, Late Adolescents
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Gerhardt, Trevor, Ed.; Annon, Paulette J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
It has become evident within higher education and within (or in partnership with) the workplace that there is a growing demand for an integration of learning within the workplace. Formal and intentional models and processes utilizing experiential learning methods and pedagogy are often referred to as work integrated learning. However, there is a…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Experiential Learning, Apprenticeships
Kryza, Kathleen; Brittingham, MaryAnn; Duncan, Alicia – Solution Tree, 2015
This book helps teachers support and engage the many different kinds of learners in schools. It examines the most effective strategies for leading diverse students in developing the skills they need inside and outside the classroom. By understanding and exploring students emotional, cultural, and academic needs, educators will be better prepared…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Teaching Methods, Student Characteristics, Transformative Learning
Schoenbach, Ruth; Greenleaf, Cynthia; Murphy, Lynn – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2016
"Leading for Literacy" provides tools and real-life examples to expand the benefits of a literacy approach that sparks students' engaged reading and thinking across disciplines, from middle school through community college. A companion to the landmark "Reading for Understanding," this book guides teachers, leaders, and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Reading Skills, Thinking Skills
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Resner, Andre – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2010
M.Div. programs sequence curriculum in order to cumulatively build competencies for wise, faithful, reflective, appropriate and effective ministerial practices. That is why the introductory preaching course typically is positioned somewhere near the middle of the program. The author of this article discovered that students who, in the semester…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Anxiety, Apprenticeships, Clergy
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Brown, Daniel S. – Communication Teacher, 2010
Objective: Students will develop positive attitudes toward communication research by linking new values and principles with the familiar values and principles contained in children's literature. Course: Communication Research Methods.
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Communication Research, Research Methodology, Research Design
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Miller, Leslie; Chang, Ching-I; Hoyt, Daniel – Science Scope, 2010
CSI: The Experience, a traveling museum exhibit and a companion web adventure, was created through a grant from the National Science Foundation as a potential model for informal learning. The website was designed to enrich and complement the exhibit by modeling the forensic process. Substantive science, real-world lab techniques, and higher-level…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Informal Education, Apprenticeships, Exhibits
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Andrzejewski, Carey E. – Journal of Dance Education, 2009
A model for the holistic preparation of dance teachers is presented. The model includes four tenets: focus on the whole person, integrated curriculum, explicit identity development, and apprenticeships in relevant communities of practice. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Models, Teacher Education, Dance Education
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Glazer, Evan M.; Hannafin, Michael J.; Polly, Drew; Rich, Peter – Computers in the Schools, 2009
This study examined factors that influence K-5 teachers' technology integration efforts during a semester-long Collaborative Apprenticeship. Results suggest that shared planning time, shared curriculum, connection to an individual, expertise, physical proximity, and comfort level influenced interactions across the community of practice. Posing and…
Descriptors: Proximity, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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Koballa, Thomas R., Jr.; Bradbury, Leslie Upson; Glynn, Shawn M.; Deaton, Cynthia Minchew – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
Conceptions of mentoring held by six mentors and six beginning science teachers in an alternative certification program were explored qualitatively by means of case studies and phenomenography. Interviews with the six mentors and six beginning teachers produced 379 statements that were grouped into six conceptual categories. The categories of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Apprenticeships, Science Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification
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Seezink, Audrey; Poell, Rob F.; Kirschner, Paul A. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
Dutch prevocational secondary schools are reforming their educational programmes to make them more competence-based. This reform has substantial implications for the roles played by teachers. Yet, little empirical research has been conducted on teachers' processes of competence development in vocational settings. This study explores teachers'…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Secondary Education, Apprenticeships, Educational Change
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Hannah, David R.; Venkatachary, Ranga – Journal of Management Education, 2010
In this article, the authors present a retrospective analysis of an instructor's multiyear redesign of a course on organization theory into what is called a hybrid Classroom-as-Organization model. It is suggested that this new course design served to apprentice students to function in quasi-real organizational structures. The authors further argue…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Class Activities, Learning Activities
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Prather, Edward E.; Brissenden, Gina – Astronomy Education Review, 2008
Professional development for astronomy instructors largely focuses on enhancing their understanding of the limitations of professor-centered lectures while also increasing awareness and better implementation of learning strategies that promote a learner-centered classroom environment. Given how difficult it is to get instructors to implement…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies, Apprenticeships, Astronomy
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Kozleski, Elizabeth B.; Waitoller, Federico R. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
In this article, we describe a model of teacher learning which is grounded in an apprenticeship approach to developing both practical knowledge and a critical understanding of the everyday practices that result in marginalisation. Beginning with an exploration of self and the lenses that teachers use to understand, assess and predict the…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Apprenticeships, Teaching Methods, Inclusion
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Howe, Edward R. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This paper compares and evaluates teacher induction in Canada and Japan, following an overview of each educational system and an assessment of higher education in each region. Based on the author's personal teaching experience and research, suggestions for educational reforms are made to enhance the role of teachers. Teachers need opportunities to…
Descriptors: Teacher Orientation, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Experience
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