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Vaughan-Marra, Jessica C.; Marra, Christopher M. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2017
Authors and scholars published within "Arts Education Policy Review" have been diligent to investigate various topics surrounding music educator preparation, mentoring, retention, as well as avenues for continued professional development and growth. Linda Darling-Hammond and Robert Rothman, along with various chapter authors, address…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Reflection, Music Teachers
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Izadinia, Mahsa – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
Research suggests that the development of a teacher educator identity is a central process in becoming a teacher educator. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the concept of teacher identity. However, teacher educator identity seems to be still under-researched. In this article, a review of literature on teacher educator identity is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Professional Identity
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Brown, Jennifer L. – College Student Journal, 2012
With growing concerns over higher education accountability and diminishing resources, student retention rates and the reasons why students remain at a post-secondary institution continue to persist. Since the 1960s, researchers have examined cognitive and non-cognitive factors that impact whether or not students stay at a particular post-secondary…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Health Occupations, Psychometrics, College Freshmen
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Shimpi, Priya M.; Paik, Jae H.; Wanerman, Todd; Johnson, Rebecca; Li, Hui; Duh, Shinchieh – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
The current English-language research and educational program was driven by an initiative to create a more interactive, theme-based bilingual language education model for preschools in Chengdu, China. During a 2-week teacher education program centered at the Experimental Kindergarten of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Chengdu, China, a team of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries
Renshaw, Rebecca L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The goal of this study was to create an evaluation tool that would be the new standard for evaluating clinical competencies of interns in the field of orientation and mobility (O&M). Using results from previous research in this area, specific competency skills were identified and the O&M Clinical Competency Evaluation Matrix (CCEM) was…
Descriptors: Orientation, Visually Impaired Mobility, Internship Programs, Clinical Experience
Duncan, Arne – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
In this paper, the Arne Duncan, the United States Secretary of Education, discusses the need for a sea change in America's schools of education, and focuses on the need to improve teacher preparation programs. Many schools of education have provided high-quality preparation programs for aspiring teachers for years. In the last decade, many…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Schools of Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change
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Eckert, Sarah Anne – Urban Education, 2011
This article investigates the lasting legacy of the National Teacher Corps (NTC), which was created in 1965 by the U.S. federal government with two crucial assumptions: that teaching poor urban children required a very specific skill set and that teacher preparation programs were not providing adequate training in these skills. Analysis reveals…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Programs, Urban Schools, Alternative Teacher Certification
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Collinson, Vivienne; Kozina, Ekaterina; Lin, Yu-Hao Kate; Ling, Lorraine; Matheson, Ian; Newcombe, Liz; Zogla, Irena – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
As the industrialised world shifted to an interdependent and global society, formal schooling was quickly recognised as a major factor in achieving a knowledge society of lifelong learners capable of transforming and revitalising organisations. Teachers were encouraged to engage in learning together to improve teaching and, by extension, improve…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Ngwudike, Benjamin C. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this paper was to examine the cross-national performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students in mathematics on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003. The TIMSS assessment data were used to identify nations that have a competitive edge in the critical area of mathematics. The Trends in International…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Persistence
Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1969
The present report on courses in English for speakers of other languages lists 301 academic-year offerings at 299 institutions and 125 summer offerings including separate orientation programs at 114 institutions. Also listed are degree and certificate programs in English for speakers of other languages offered at 44 institutions and 29 other…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Language Programs
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2009
The 2009 edition of the "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) third annual review of state laws, rules and regulations that govern the teaching profession. This year's report is a comprehensive analysis of the full range of each state's teacher policies, measured against a realistic…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
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Hammerness, Karen; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Issues in Teacher Education, 2002
Teacher education in the United States has been the subject of persistent and abiding concerns. Teacher educators have struggled for years to connect theory and practice, to place student teachers in classrooms that reflect state-of-the-art practice, and to construct program coursework that illuminates research on effective teaching in ways that…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness