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Minaya-Rowe, Liliana, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers includes nine chapters in three parts. Part 1, "Effective Practices in Teacher Training," offers: (1) "Research-Based Teaching Practices that Improve the Education of English Language Learners" (Hersh C. Waxman and Yolanda N. Padron); (2) "Relationship between Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs About…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Teachers, Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Differences
Knowles, Gianna – David Fulton Publishers, 2006
Written to support all teaching and learning staff in developing good inclusive practice, this book provides knowledge and understanding about a range of inclusion issues, such as what an inclusive school might look like and practical guidance on supporting the development of such a school. It also explores issues surrounding: (1) Ethnicity; (2)…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, English (Second Language), Academically Gifted, Preschool Children
McEwin, C. Kenneth; Dickinson, Thomas S. – 1995
This publication focuses on 14 colleges and universities that are successfully meeting the challenge of preparing middle level teachers. After the Foreword (John H. Swaim), the 16 chapters are: (1) "Middle Level Teacher Preparation in Perspective"; (2) "Elizabeth City State University" (Eloise B. Roberts); (3) "Georgia Southwestern College" (Lynn…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Kobrin, David – 1996
This book highlights case studies from Providence, Rhode Island, of history and social studies classes in grades 7 through 12. Rather than use textbooks to study history, the students used documents and primary sources to construct history, acting as historians and drawing their own conclusions from the past. Accounts of classroom lessons,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, History Instruction, History Textbooks, Humanities
Burks, Mary Paxton – 1986
This publication presents an update of the pertinent information on certification requirements for teachers in each of the states and the District of Columbia. This information is intended for use by teachers, administrators, librarians, counselors, and other school personnel. It is suggested that students wishing more detailed information on…
Descriptors: Administrators, Certification, Counselor Certification, Degree Requirements
Balch, Pamela M.; Balch, Patrick E. – 1987
This book, addressed to college instructors of education and to cooperating teachers supervising student teachers, presents information describing methods and strategies for providing effective student teaching experiences. The chapters address: (1) decision making regarding the choice and responsibility of having a student teacher; (2) clinical…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
DiTosto, Evelyn – 1974
The public has a major financial investment in the education of teachers but has failed to give this problem the attention it deserves. Preservice education prepares the teacher only to the readiness for teaching stage, and on-the-job experience occupies only a minor proportion of the teacher education program. In the first years of teaching,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Inservice Teacher Education
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
The Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 issues of "UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education," in one print volume, presents hard facts and statistical data in a style that can be easily understood and appreciated by music researchers, teachers, graduates, and undergraduates alike. Includes advice to first-year music teachers, instrument…
Descriptors: Music Techniques, Musicians, Educational Research, Young Children
Miller, Paul Chamness, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2004
In order for pre-service teachers to fully understand what it means to choose teaching as a career, it is important for them to connect with experienced teachers who can share their experiences of what occurs within the walls of schools. Narrative accounts of teachers' experiences with students, parents, administrators and colleagues are an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Labor Market, Foreign Countries
Turner, Thomas N. – 1994
This textbook provides an overview of social studies content and teaching for the preservice elementary teacher. The 10 chapters include: (1) "Today's Elementary Social Studies Classrooms"; (2) "Making Plans To Teach"; (3) "The Social Studies Program"; (4) "Textbook Units and Their Uses"; (5) "Organizing to Teach, Assess, and Evaluate in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Clark, Christopher M., Ed. – 2001
This book presents a set of stories that focus on what teachers learn from talking to one another about their practice, presenting a case for how the ordinary talk among teachers is a potent medium for teacher learning and professional development. Drawing from the work of eight groups of teachers in the United States and Israel who met in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Goetz, Susan Gibbs – Scarecrow Press, 2007
"Science for Girls: Successful Classroom Strategies" looks at how girls learn, beginning with the time they are born through both the informal and formal education process. In the author's current role as professor of science education, Dr. Goetz has surveyed hundreds of female elementary education majors in their junior and senior year of…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Single Sex Schools, Elementary Education, Females
Ruddell, Robert B.; Ruddell, Martha Rapp – 1995
Designed to include a broad base of information about how children acquire and develop literacy, this book discusses the knowledge that is necessary to be an influential teacher of reading and writing. Each chapter in the book begins and ends with a "Double Entry Journal" (DEJ)--an interactive strategy designed to stimulate thinking and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Learning Strategies, Literacy
Institute of Catholic Education, Ascot Vale, Victoria (Australia). – 1984
A selective history of Mercy Teachers' College (Australia) is divided into six chapters. Following an introduction, the first chapter, "We Shall Find a Place," describes events leading up to the establishment of the college. The second chapter, "And Build," is an account of the major building projects undertaken to provide…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, College Buildings, College Curriculum, College Programs
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Rowe, Mary Budd, Ed.; DeTure, Linda, Ed. – Science Education, 1975
The editors of this review have focused on four purposes: (1) to portray the state of knowledge in science education, (2) to describe any existing trends, (3) to identify areas which need to be researched, and (4) to provide tentative answers to pertinent problems, if any seem to emerge from the research. Research studies reviewed have been…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Educational Research, Instruction
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