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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH. – 1998
The papers in this volume outline a vision for teacher education based on the concept of contextual teaching, defined as teaching that enables learning in a variety of in- and out-of-school contexts to solve simulated or real-world problems. They are based on the realization that the construction of knowledge is situated within, and greatly…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Nesbit, Catherine R., Ed.; Wallace, Josephine D.,Ed.; Pugalee, David K., Ed.; Miller, Anne-Courtney, Ed.; DiBiase, Warren J., Ed. – 2001
This book approaches the subject of leadership among science and mathematics teachers during times of educational reform from the perspective of local decision making, personal action, and respect of peers. The view of leadership presented in this book elevates the profession rather than the status of individuals, and the view is supported by…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Higher Education, Leadership Training, Mathematics Teachers
Carter, Norvella, Ed. – 2003
In this report, teacher educators scrutinize the relationships between the standards and assessment movement in education and the United States' increasingly multicultural population. The papers include: "Foreword" (Jacqueline Jordan Irvine); (1) "Diversity and Standards: Defining the Issues" (Norvella P. Carter); (2) "Accountability and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Disadvantaged Youth, Diversity (Faculty)
Girod, Gerald R., Ed. – 2002
This handbook shares methodologies for guiding teacher preparation and licensing. It provides a rationale for the inclusion of teacher work sample methodology in preparation and licensing programs, describes how student learning is the central concept within teacher work samples, explains how to teach students and teachers about work samples, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Dilworth, Mary E., Ed. – 1998
This volume of essays responds to What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future, a 1996 report of the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF). The report says that every child has the right to a caring, competent, and qualified teacher. As a result, politicians and educators strove to implement its recommendations in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Clift, Renee T., Ed.; Evertson, Carolyn M., Ed. – 1992
The focus of this monograph is on the distinctions between questions addressed in research on teaching and issues of concern in teacher education and on the interplay of curricular, contextual, and pedagogical issues in both public schools and university settings. The publication is organized into seven chapters: (1) "Action Research and the Work…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Research
Irvine, Jacqueline Jordan, Ed. – 1997
This publication is an outcome of a conference sponsored by Emory University's Center for Urban Learning/Teaching and Urban Research in Education and Schools. The essays included in the volume address how to build schools and educate youth in ways which honor, build on, and involve all students and citizens, and the importance of preparing…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
Guy, Marilyn J., Ed. – 1993
Six national education goals to be achieved by the year 2000 were established by the federal government and the nation's governors in 1990. The five essays in this monograph examine some of the changes taking place in society and in schools and colleges that are related to the six goals. The "Introduction" (Marilyn Guy) is followed by…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Rubba, Peter A., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book addresses the question: What is being done to educate current and future teachers of science so that they will be successful in promoting meaningful learning of science? The authors of the 15 chapters in this yearbook explore various dimensions of the preparation and enhancement of teachers of science, including practical and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Education Courses, Education Majors, Educational Change
Ellis, James D., Ed. – 1989
Designed to assist science educators in improving preservice/inservice teacher education, this yearbook contains resources and ideas addressing the integration of recent research into a format suitable for practitioners and students. Topics of the papers included in this volume are: (1) applications of microcomputers in science teaching; (2)…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education, Elementary School Science
Levin, Rebekah A., Ed. – 1994
This book provides a picture of comprehensive children's services from a global, theoretical perspective, as well as a more practical guide to the potential roles for participating service providers and the structuring of such programs. Following an introduction, the volume is organized into 14 chapters: (1) "Moving from Cooperation to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Cooperative Planning, Cultural Pluralism
Anderson, Jeffrey B., Ed.; Swick, Kevin J., Ed.; Yff, Joost, Ed. – 2001
This book provides teacher educators, administrators, practicing teachers who work with preservice teachers, policymakers, and researchers with information on the conceptual, research, and application areas of service-learning in preservice teacher education. The collection of papers offers teacher educators' thoughts about ways to enhance the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Citizenship Education, College Faculty
