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Duckenfield, Marty, Ed. – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N), 2008
The "National Dropout Prevention Newsletter" is published quarterly by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Education in the Urban Context (Ed Lambert); (2) An Interview with Paul Reville, Massachusetts Secretary of Education; (3) Communities In Schools of Chicago (Jane…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Book Reviews, Dropout Prevention, Newsletters
Howey, Kenneth – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
The Urban Educator Corps, comprised of urban education school deans and faculty members from thirty-nine public urban research universities, is committed to advancing the quality of urban education, specifically addressing the key issues of teacher quality, student retention and success, and the creation of systemic partnerships. This article…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Dropouts, Urban Education, School Holding Power
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Weiner, Lois – Educational Leadership, 2006
The deficit paradigm--the assumption that poor student performance or behavior stems from problems with the students or their families that must be "fixed"--has long been deeply embedded in the culture of urban schools, writes Weiner, an expert in urban education. Now deficit thinking is becoming more pervasive in suburban schools, as these…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Urban Schools, School Culture, Urban Teaching
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Domine, Vanessa – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2009
This article explores the literature in the intersecting fields of media, technology and schooling in the United States across the past two centuries. It organizes the research from a social-historical perspective through a fictionalized interview with an archetypal third-generation urban public school teacher. This topography illustrates the…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational History, Social History, Media Literacy
Gupta, Preeti – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation investigates how teaching in a hands-on science center contributes to re/shaping one's teaching identity. Situated at the New York Hall of Science (NYHS) in Queens, New York, my research approach is to conduct a critical ethnography where the focus is on improving the teaching and learning of science for all involved. In…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Ethnography, Hands on Science, Museums
DiVito, Monica – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examines the reasons that influence six secondary English teachers' decisions to remain in the teaching profession. A concern of parents, administrators, and policymakers is that secondary English teachers, often early in their careers, leave the profession at alarming rates, especially in California. This problem exacts a high monetary…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Role Conflict
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Tsui, Amy B. M. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
This paper attempts to identify the distinctive qualities of successful veteran teachers, referred to as "expert teachers", which separates them not only from novice teachers but more importantly from experienced non-expert teachers. Based on earlier case studies, this paper maintains that the critical differences between expert and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Case Studies, Expertise, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Conaway, Betty J.; Browning, Larry J.; Purdum-Cassidy, Barbara – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
This study investigated changes in teacher candidates' perceptions of teaching in urban schools as they completed a 4-year teacher education program. Candidates were asked to respond in writing to two questions: "What are your concerns about teaching in an urban school?" and "What are the advantages of teaching in an urban…
Descriptors: School Safety, Academic Ability, Tutoring, Teacher Education Programs
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Duggleby, Patricia; Badali, Sal – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2007
This article explores the expectations of support for and the experiences of substitute teachers in an urban school division in Saskatchewan. Data were collected in semistructured interviews with seven substitute teachers. The purpose of the study was to explore how substitute teachers frame their professional experiences and construct their roles…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Teacher Associations, Substitute Teachers
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Hatch, J. Amos – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2007
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of preservice teachers' beliefs about the contexts of urban teaching. Participants were in their first semester of a K-6 licensure program designed to prepare them for urban teaching. Interviews and email reflective journal exchanges with the researcher were the data of the study, and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Urban Teaching, Beliefs, Context Effect
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Walker, Erica N. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2007
This article reports findings from a study of preservice mathematics teacher education students and their beliefs about and experiences with students in an urban high school. The preservice teacher education students participated as mentors to a group of peer tutors in a mathematics tutoring program. Data collected from questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Urban Schools, Mathematics Education
Waddell, Jennifer; Edwards, Linda; Underwood, Edward – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
The School of Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is addressing the urban teacher retention challenge through its Institute for Urban Education (IUE). IUE focuses on recruiting individuals from underrepresented populations who have a commitment to their urban communities. Its curriculum is distinguished by five features: (1) an…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Urban Schools, Mentors, Cultural Pluralism
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Wilkinson, Gayle A. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
The revolving door appropriately describes the attrition among beginning teachers. Especially high attrition plagues our urban schools where highly qualified teachers are most crucial. Even though research over 3 decades has provided the basis for intricate induction programs, not all new teachers experience them. Effective mentoring has provided…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Persistence, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers
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Andrews, Dorinda J. Carter – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2009
In this article, the author describes her use of service-learning as a pedagogical strategy for developing preservice students' dispositions for urban teaching. Twenty-one students were enrolled in a multicultural education course with a service-learning requirement. This was the students' first teacher education course in a two-year,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Teaching, Education Courses
Pinder, Patrice Juliet – Online Submission, 2008
Historically, very little research that meets the scientifically based standards as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act has been conducted on the effectiveness of educational technology on student achievement. The purpose of this study was to explore and seek to understand urban city teachers' perspectives on the benefits or effects of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
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