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Tan, Fujuan – Adult Learning, 2009
Being an international English as a Second Language (ESL) graduate student from China studying in the U.S., the author has undergone various types of transformation. Taking her first online course is one poignant example in which multiple layers of transformation occurred. In hopes of easing the transformation of other international ESL students…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Online Courses, Adult Students
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Cunniff, Dan – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2011
As schools and school districts find their funds being cut or eliminated, they are turning to various organizations for assistance to help in the teaching/learning process. One such organization is the university. Quite often these schools or districts not only lack the funds, but also lack the technical and resource capacities to implement the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, School Districts, Educational Change, Partnerships in Education
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Fayne, Harriet R. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
In this article, the author describes how she used integrated course design to design a course that would help special education teachers satisfy the "Highly Qualified Teacher" (HQT) requirement established by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in the area of English/language arts. The approach she chose was based on principles advanced by Fink…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Methods, Communities of Practice
Benken, Babette M.; Brown, Nancy – Issues in Teacher Education, 2008
The combination of federal exigency for Highly Qualified Teachers in every classroom (No Child Left Behind, 2001) and focus on teacher accountability has created a plethora of routes to teacher certification and continuing education. This urgent situation has placed a burden on schools of education to approach teacher education in creative and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Professional Development, Alternative Teacher Certification, Mathematics Curriculum