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Floress, Margaret T.; Beaudoin, Melissa M.; Bernas, Ronan S. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2022
The present study aimed to identify a way for educators to improve the accuracy of their praise and reprimand reflections to ultimately improve their ability to set, monitor, and evaluate their use of praise and reprimand. To do this, teachers' natural use of praise and reprimand (in the absence of intervention) were compared with their perceived…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Techniques
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Olson, Jennifer D.; Rao, Arthi B. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2017
The edTPA, a national performance assessment for teacher candidates, has seen rapid adoption across the country since its development in 2009. Against the national backdrop of high stakes testing and accountability, the edTPA was developed to be an indicator of teachers' readiness to teach. The varying perspectives and responses to edTPA in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, High Stakes Tests, Preservice Teachers
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Kalchman, Mindy – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2015
The traditional structure of field experiences poses a dilemma for urban teacher preparation. Research shows that teachers of low-income, urban students often have negative beliefs about, and attitudes towards, their students. Yet, large numbers of cooperating teachers are routinely utilized as mentors in urban classrooms. This practice…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Urban Areas, Reflection, Field Experience Programs
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Makol, Suzanne – Teaching Artist Journal, 2012
In 2011, the author made the transition from teaching assistant to teaching artist. From 2007 to 2011 she was an assistant teacher at Marwen, an organization that provides free art classes for middle and high school students in the Chicago area. It was there that she began to realize how much she enjoyed helping people as a teacher, whether…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Artists, Faculty Development
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Wolffe, Robert; Crowe, Helja Antola; Evens, Wayne; McConnaughay, Kelly – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
A reflective portfolio as a capstone assignment was selected to accomplish recognition by teachers completing a science, technology, mathematics, engineering master's program for elementary teachers about their professional and personal changes and to provide program evaluators additional qualitative data regarding attainment of program goals. As…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs
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Yonezawa, Susan; Jones, Makeba; Singer, Nancy Robb – Urban Education, 2011
Improving teacher retention and resiliency are key educational problems. In this article, we share findings from case studies of six educators who, for over 200 combined years, worked in urban, high-poverty schools and highlight what teachers need to remain in such contexts. We argue that developing "professional resilience" is a process…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Case Studies, Teacher Persistence
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Cosner, Shelby – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
Drawing from a three-year qualitative multi-case study that examined three urban elementary schools as these schools instituted grade-level data-based collaboration as a school-wide literacy reform strategy, this article investigates how knowledge of student learning and instructional considerations evolved over time across this collection of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Literacy, Educational Improvement
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Salisbury, Christine L.; Woods, Juliann; Copeland, Christina – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2010
An exploratory case study was undertaken to investigate the perspectives and experiences of six early intervention providers as they adopted and implemented a collaborative consultation approach to home visiting in urban neighborhoods. Survey, semistructured interview, and focus group methods were used over a 2-year period to obtain data about…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Neighborhoods, Early Intervention, Focus Groups
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Clift, Renee T. – Studying Teacher Education, 2009
This article, written in narrative form, represents a data-based analysis of what I have learned about myself as a teacher of prospective teachers and as a teacher education researcher from Fall 2000 through Fall 2008 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The data for this analysis consist of three related data sets: notes on 13…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Teacher Education, English Teachers, English Instruction
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Kline, Lynn S. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2008
Observation and documentation are integral to the early childhood classroom. Observation provides the information necessary for adults to build meaningful relationships with individual children. Documentation panels including photographs, teacher's notes, transcriptions, and artifacts, artfully and prominently displayed, serve as a visual archive…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Observation
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Haigh, Karen M. – Theory Into Practice, 2007
This article involved a series of investigations influenced by the Reggio Emilia approach to early education as well as ideas of Paulo Freire. Within a Reggio-influenced classroom, teacher professional development is seen as essential, whereas for Paulo Freire, both teacher and the student are learners. These 2 ideas were brought together in a…
Descriptors: Investigations, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Action Research
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Hebert, Elizabeth A. – Educational Leadership, 2001
At one Illinois elementary school, student portfolios have been a powerful vehicle for understanding what students know and understand about standards. Before developing a portfolio, educators should listen to children as they evaluate others' accomplishments and encourage conversations and reflections that affirm students' sense of competence.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Education, Portfolios (Background Materials), Program Implementation