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Johnson, Susan Moore – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
This important and much-needed book is based on a longitudinal study of fifty new teachers during their first years in the classroom. It highlights the cases of ten, whose stories vividly illustrate the joys and disappointments of new teachers in today's schools. The book documents why they entered teaching, what they encountered in their schools,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Educators, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Day, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The International Handbook of Teacher and School Development brings together a collection of research and evidence-based authoritative writings which focus on international teacher and school development. Drawing on research from 18 countries across 7 continents, the 40 chapters are grouped into 10 themes which represent key aspects of teacher and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Expectation, Teaching (Occupation), Accountability
Brooks, Jeffrey S. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
This book directly engages some of the more difficult aspects of working as an educator in a public school. This book investigates what it means to teach, lead, and live during times of ongoing and intense change and offers insights which might help committed professionals better serve the needs of students as they seek to implement their own…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Schools, Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)
Danielson, Charlotte – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007
This acclaimed framework for successful teaching practice--a benchmark for thousands of school systems and educators around the world--is now fortified with new applications for state standards, formative assessments, and school specialists. Use the book's 22 components of successful teaching practice to support novice teachers who are concerned…
Descriptors: State Standards, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness
Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2006
The author forthrightly declares in this book of essays on school reform that teachers are no more saintly than anyone else, that poor schools should be closed and lousy teachers should be fired, that philanthropy may sometimes do more harm than good, that teaching experience is not essential to being a school principal, that schools should be…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teaching Experience, Essays, Competition
Hill, Anne – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
There is no end to the material available to teachers and teacher educators on topics related to the techniques of teaching. However, there is very little that connects the theories of education and the challenges of daily teaching practice in the classroom. These facts lead to the following questions: "What are the basics of teaching?" and "How…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instruction, Theory Practice Relationship, Teaching Experience
Ochoa, Gilda – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
This book is based on author interviews with Latino teachers who have a range of teaching experience, in schools with significant Latino immigrant populations, offering an insider's perspective on the educational challenges facing Latinos. Teacher stories offer insights gained from experiences coming up through the K-12 system as students, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, High Stakes Tests
Gish, Steven C. – 1994
This book presents the narrative of one educator's first year as a high school teacher. The teacher was a former lawyer who returned to college to get his teaching certification. The book uses the teacher's reflections from the journal that he kept throughout the school year. It is divided into weeks. It begins with a chapter about the day before…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, High Schools, Journal Writing, Personal Narratives
Jackson, Philip W. – 1986
The common theme uniting this collection of six essays is the deceiving simplicity of teaching. Their underlying purpose is to uncover the complexity of the craft as embodied in the two dominant outlooks on educational thought and practice: the "mimetic" and the "transformative." Discussions are presented on five crucial issues: (1) on knowing how…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Instructional Development, Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness
Baer, G. Thomas
The role of the cooperating teacher is one of the most crucial factors in determining the success or failure of the student teaching experience. There are seven major factors to be considered in the development of an effective cooperating teacher-student professional relationship. First, the student teacher must be given a sincere sense of…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Relationship, Student Teacher Relationship, Student Teachers
Jalongo, Mary Renck; Isenberg, Joan P.; Gerbracht, Gloria – 1995
This book for teachers, administrators, and teacher educators suggests that teachers' stories are central to the type of inquiry and reflection that lead to professional development and personal insight. The book contends that it is through careful examination of real-life classroom experiences that teachers explore the complexities of what it…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Personal Narratives, Story Telling
Ewens, Bill – 1976
Twenty suggestions are given to help university sociology departments develop procedures for hiring good teachers in the field. The first five ideas are about publicizing the position and initial screening of applications. Jobs should be announced in professional journals and at graduate departments with good reputations. Standardized forms should…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Credentials, Employment Interviews, Higher Education
Williams, Kerry Curtiss; Veomett, George E. – Corwin Press, 2006
Teaching science means doing science and involves three elements: knowing content, knowing children, and teachers knowing themselves as teachers and learners. The authors describe principles and requirements that reflect National Science Education Standards for the active learning of science. They identify key ingredients for primary students and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Experience, Workshops, Academic Standards
Cassara, Shirley, Ed.; Bernard, Jean M., Ed. – 2000
The articles in this book were written by faculty and staff at Bunker Hill Community College (MA), each author addressing the issue of learning by incorporating their experiences as educational leaders. In this second volume of Teaching for Our Times, the focus is on what makes and shapes learning. The 16 chapters cover topics such as learning…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Discovery Learning, Higher Education
Garcia, Rica, Ed. – 2000
This monograph describes the reflections of the first pilot group of teachers in the Fetzer Institute's Courage to Teach Program. A group of scholars at Richland College were the first to apply the institute's program to higher education. The essays in this collection were written by teachers and administrators who have worked together, and in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education