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From Postmodernism to Milk Cartons: Junk Art Sculptures and Pre-Service Teachers' Philosophies of Schooling
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McDermott, Morna – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
This essay focuses of an arts-informed inquiry performed by sixteen pre-service teachers who created sculptures to explore their teaching philosophies. Through this creative process changes occurred in their assumptions and expectations about what is of value in teaching and relationships between themselves, their students, and the community. The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Educational Philosophy, Sculpture, Creative Activities
Ideas Exchange: How Are Teachers Using Pedometers Creatively in Classes to Impact the Level of Physical Activity?
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Barney, David; Konkler, Jan; Nelson, Sherry L.; Brewer, Joan; Mielke, Danny R.; Morrison, Joni; Eklund, Nancy Raso; Flores, Adrian – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2010
Pedometers are great equalizers. They are wonderful for students who don't have the speed of other students, but can still keep up by taking as many steps as other students while improving their fitness level. In this article, teachers describe how they are using pedometers creatively in classes to impact the level of physical activity.
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Preservice Teacher Education, Disabilities
All the President's Math
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Patton, Jessica Rae – Teaching Pre K-8, 2006
The skies were threatening on the morning we visited Cranberry Station Elementary School in Westminster, MD. It had been raining nearly nonstop for two weeks and today did not look like an exception. Hopeful for a change in forecast, the kids all arrived at school dressed in their gym clothes and ready to participate in the school-wide Fun Run, a…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Visitation, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Conformity or Creativity: The Problem of Teacher Development in the PDS Environment.
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Blake, Christopher R. L. – 2002
This paper discusses problematic issues related to teacher education in the Professional Development School (PDS) environment, noting the assumption that partnership between the academy and the public school via PDSs is the foundation of all teacher development. It cautions that while partnership is now deeply embedded in the United States, there…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
What Tomorrow's Teachers Really Need from Higher Education: A View from the Trenches.
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Grasmick, Nancy S.; Leak, Lawrence E. – Educational Record, 1997
Classroom teachers are the most important element in school reform. Maryland's efforts to redesign teacher education involve a partnership between the state university system, chief higher education officer, and school superintendents and are designed to facilitate a seamless system of K-16 education, recognizing that schools must have rigorous…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, College Role, Educational Change
Delivery of AIDS Prevention Education to Students with Disabilities: Implication for Preservice and Inservice Education.
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Strosnider, Roberta; Henke, Janet – 1992
A survey of 36 Maryland public school systems and public and nonpublic special education schools investigated the range and intensity of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevention education for students with disabilities. The survey found that the delivery model in most public schools was that of a regular educator and special educator…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disabilities, Disease Control, Educational Practices