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Teacher Preparation Pathways: A Sense of Preparedness Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children
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Nicole Foster – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This qualitative study explored how teachers describe their sense of preparedness in working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. The concern is from a Kansas licensure policy change in 2007 where teachers have two options of taking the coursework or testing only to add-on the English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Student Diversity, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Differences
Teaching the Environment with Collaboration: Photo Essays across Disciplines
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Stock, Paul V.; Darby, D. Bryon; Meyer, Kate – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
Much has been written about the benefits of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity for addressing environmental issues, but how do we teach such collaboration? Here, we describe our experiences attempting to foster collaboration between undergraduate students from sociology, environmental studies, and photography. We describe and reflect on a…
Descriptors: Essays, Environmental Education, Photography, Sociology
A Status Report of PETE Faculty in the Central District
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Hetland, Kristen; Strand, Bradford – Physical Educator, 2012
In recent years, there has been extensive examination and scrutiny of the education system and teacher education programs, more specifically, physical education teacher education (PETE) programs. Lawson (1991) and Mitchell (2006) believed that PETE faculty are critical to the future of the physical education profession and play a pivotal role in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Physical Education, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Predicting Influential Factors of Secondary Career and Technical Education Teachers' Intent to Stay in the Profession
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Dainty, Julie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Retaining highly qualified career and technical education teachers is important in maintaining and growing quality secondary career and technical education programs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to teacher retention specifically in the area of career and technical education (CTE) and determine…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Influences
Exploring US Mainstream Teachers' Perspectives on Use of the Native Language in Instruction with English Language Learner Students
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Karathanos, Katya – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
In the US, public school teachers are currently experiencing an unprecedented increase in the number of English language learner (ELL) students with whom they work. Research shows the practice of incorporating ELL students' native languages (L1) into instruction to be a major factor enhancing their success in school. In this study, 327 pre-service…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Student Teacher Attitudes
State of the Nation: A Coast-to-Coast Survey of the Latest Certification Standards
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Thomas, Margie – School Library Journal, 2006
This article presents the results from a survey that investigated the latest requirements and certification standards for school librarians in each state. In the survey, 42 report they require certification for K-12 library media specialists, meaning that school library candidates must have a bachelor's degree including coursework designed to…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Certification, Media Specialists