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McNally, Thomas – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This article examines innovative approaches to augmenting science lessons taught in middle and high school, with special emphasis on the importance of the early teen years, when experiences both in and out of school have significant impact on career decisions. This is a reflective essay on the recent work of science educators and educational…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Scientific Literacy, Educational Researchers, STEM Education
Morettini, Brie Walsh – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As the "No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001" and high-stakes accountability have come to define the work of teachers, one wonders if "teaching" is becoming more or less attractive. Teaching in today's classrooms is arguably very different from teaching in classrooms from previous decades and generations. Moreover, the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Accountability, Career Choice
Hoover, Howard C., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
There is an ever-increasing pressure from the government for institutions of higher education to show accountability in regards to student outcomes. More specifically, it has been suggested there needs to be a standard of measure that allows for the direct comparison of colleges and universities in regards to student outcomes. Under No Child Left…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Outcomes of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Thomas Kyle Wallace – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation in 2001 brought about a multitude of education reform policies for education institutions that made the future of Career and Technical Education's (CTE) role in secondary educations unclear. These mandates forced educational leaders to emphasize student enrollment in tracks that prepare them…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Educational Change
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Slone, Mary Beth; Hancock, Mary D. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2008
The present study investigates, through path analytic techniques, the influence of teacher efficacy on the career indecision of pre-service teachers. The sample consists of 305 students enrolled in Teacher Education programs at two southeastern universities. Results indicate that general teacher efficacy and career self-efficacy have significant…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Self Efficacy
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Watanabe, Sundy – Journal of American Indian Education, 2008
Standardized testing, mandated by NCLB, can act as a barrier to prevent Indigenous students from entering teacher training programs and achieving "highly-qualified" certification upon exiting. Such regulations work against the nation-to-nation trust agreements that would place Indigenous teachers within Native school systems. Although…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Federal Legislation, Indigenous Populations, American Indians
Wolman, Paul, Ed. – National Education Association Research Department, 2010
A continuing need for comprehensive and timely information about the public school teachers of the United States led the National Education Association (NEA) Research Division in 1956 to develop the first of a series of surveys and subsequent reports covering various aspects of teachers' professional, family, and civic lives. The NEA has conducted…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Federal Legislation, Public School Teachers
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Scherff, Lisa; Kaplan, Jeff – Studying Teacher Education, 2006
This collaborative self-study, told through email excerpts and reflections, explores a teacher educator's return to high school teaching. In this study, we juxtapose our voices and alternate between past and present to develop insights that reveal how going back can lead to moving forward with respect to educating prospective teachers. While the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods, Career Development
Education Sector, 2006
"ES Review" brings together in one publication recent Education Sector work that reflects both the reach of its policy projects and its commitment to translating the complexities of education policymaking for a wide range of audiences. Articles in this first edition of "ES Review" are: (1) Community College Confidential…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Change Strategies, Student Needs, Preschool Education