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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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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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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