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Meza, Douglas Renato – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The objective of this study was to document teachers' and administrators' perceptions of how, if at all, LAUSD's new Teacher Growth and Development Cycle (TGDC) changed their practice in ways that can be expected to lead to improved student learning. Specific emphasis was placed on how the TGDC, the comprehensive observational system (teacher…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, School Districts, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Weinberg, Paul J.; Weinberg, Carl – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008
The book tracks co-author Paul Weinberg during his first year of teaching as he is introduced to the daily tribulations of an urban Los Angeles high school. Paul's father Carl Weinberg, who fifty years earlier himself began his career in education an urban secondary school teacher, shares his experiences side-by-side with those of his son.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Beginning Teachers
Saltmarsh, David – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
In 2004 the Australia Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) released a report entitled "New teaching, new learning: A vision for Australian education". This report was prepared on behalf of the ACDE by Mary Kalantzis and Andrew Harvey, respectively the President and Executive Officer of the ACDE. The argument put forward in the report is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caring, Urban Schools, Popular Culture
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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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach