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Willerman, Marvin; And Others – 1991
This book, a research-based text, describes peer observation and assistance (POA), a method designed to isolate behaviors and skills shown to raise student achievement levels and the process by which teachers can help their peers improve performance in these areas. The volume is organized into 10 chapters: (1) Teachers Helping Teachers: The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Teachers
Zehm, Stanley J.; Kottler, Jeffrey A. – 1993
This volume lays out the human factors involved in effective teaching and encourages both future teachers and current practitioners to cultivate the personal and professional qualities found in the kind of teachers they want to be. The single most important factor in a teacher's effectiveness is described as his or her unique style of interaction…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teachers
Ryan, Kevin, Ed. – 1975
This book is written for the large number of people who are either interested or actively engaged in teacher education. In chapter one, the preparation of teachers in this country is set in an historical perspective, identifying the major patterns of training and institutional arrangements. In the second chapter, a summary is provided of research…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Dyer, C. James – 1976
Criteria that emphasize humanistic competencies directly related to the accepted role objectives of the student teaching participants--student teachers, college supervisors, cooperating teachers--are developed and stated. First, the clinical student teaching experience in general is discussed including role perceptions of the cooperating teacher…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Cooperating Teachers, Human Relations
Locke, Lawrence F.; Lambdin, Dolly – 2003
This book provides teachers with insights for using research to improve their teaching, offering a career-long conversation between a world-renowned researcher and an excellent teacher with considerable professional physical education (PE) experience. It includes 30 summaries of studies on elementary PE instruction, class management, program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Classroom Techniques, Educational Equipment, Educational Research
King, James R. – 1998
Kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade teachers spend most of their days with young children during what are, some would argue, the most important and formative years of schooling. In this challenging and rewarding effort, men are almost nonexistent. This book evolved from a study of a group of men who teach primary school. Organized in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Males, Nontraditional Occupations
Graveline, Fyre Jean – 1998
This book documents an effort to interrupt current Aboriginal/European power relations and transform "business as usual" by altering prevailing social relations in a Canadian college classroom. The foundations of currently dominant Western educational models emphasize individual adaptation and skill development in response to the demands…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Canada Natives, College Students, Consciousness Raising
Horwood, Bert, Ed. – 1995
In this book's essays, teachers describe and reflect on the practice of experiential education in elementary, secondary, college, and outdoor settings. Major themes of these narratives include the insider's view of the teaching experience; active learning that requires student autonomy, imagination, and responsibility; and the view of experience…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Duling, Gretchen A. – 1997
This book examines Gallia County (Ohio) one-room schools through the oral life histories of 14 retired female teachers. Interviews with the teachers focused on conditions and practices in one-room schoolhouses in the early to mid-20th century in rural southeastern Ohio, and on the common characteristics of one-room school teachers who became rural…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Hart, J. R. – 2002
Nine chapters address current issues in teaching, focusing on: (1) "Teacher Quality and Quantity" (James B. Stedman); (2) "Progress Through the Teacher Pipeline" (Robin R. Henke, Xianglei Chen, Sonya Geis, and Paula Knepper); (3) "Raising the Achievement of Low-Performing Students: What High Schools Can Do" (Gene Bottoms); (4) "Knowledge and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Teachers, Career Development, Educational Change
Podsen, India J. – 2002
This book is intended to help teacher preparation educators, building level leaders, staff developers, and teacher mentors address school-work patterns in five critical areas that may impact teacher attrition and retention. It supports a view of professional development that fosters the active involvement of teachers in customizing their own…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Brookfield, Stephen D. – 1995
This book is a practical guide for teachers at the postsecondary level to improve their teaching by utilizing the principles of adult learning and becoming critically reflective teachers. Chapter 1 lays out the concept of reflection in general terms and then focuses on explaining what is distinctive about critical reflection. Chapter 2 explains…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Autobiographies, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
McLaughlin, Daniel, Ed.; Tierney, William G., Ed. – 1993
This book presents a series of autobiographical profiles that demonstrate how educational organizations often marginalize and silence different groups. The book suggests that the development and critical analysis of personal histories of those who have been silenced and denied access in schools and in society represent ways of attaching meaning,…
Descriptors: Activism, Autobiographies, Change Strategies, Critical Theory
Manning, Diane – 1990
This book presents the oral histories of one male and seven female retired teachers who began their careers during the 1920s and 1930s in one-room schools in the Texas hill country. These teachers continued to teach until after the desegregation of public schools in the 1960s. The married black couple included began teaching in rural Texas in 1931…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary School Teachers
Klug, Beverly J.; Whitfield, Patricia T. – 2003
This book provides non-Native teachers with information about Native American cultures and offers a pedagogical model that blends Native and non-Native worldviews and methodologies. The book aims to describe the process of becoming bicultural as it relates to success in teaching Native students; provide a short history of American Indian nations,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Biculturalism, Consciousness Raising