NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 901 to 909 of 909 results Save | Export
Busching, Beverly; Catoe, Sally; Medway, Frederick; Shirley, Jim; Toner, Tommie – 2000
This paper describes the University of South Carolina Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership Network. The first section examines initiation of a partnership for educational renewal, implementation of threshold conditions, institutionalization of the PDS, and the current period of transition as a new period of institutionalization has…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Beginning Teacher Induction, College School Cooperation
Smyth, Donna M. – 1992
First-year physical educators may abandon the goals promoted in teacher education programs and face "reality shock" in the workplace called school. This case study examines the perceptions of Mr. Miller, a beginning physical education teacher with no formal induction program available to him, and the effect of school culture on his…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Context Effect, Education Work Relationship
Keiffer-Barone, Susan; Hendricks-Lee, Martha; Soled, Suzanne Wegener – 1999
This study examined intern attrition within one urban secondary Professional Development School (PDS). The secondary school was 80 percent minority. Data were collected over 2 years using participant observation, semi-structured interviews, PDS questionnaires, intern personal journals, and document analysis of resignation letters. Informants…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, College School Cooperation, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Koerner, Mari E.; Hulsebosch, Patricia – 1995
This study followed six "culturally aware" elementary school teachers through student teaching and their first two years of teaching to look at how their life experiences as minority people affected their classroom practices. The study was a qualitative inquiry based on reciprocal and interactive relationships. The approach was…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Beginning Teachers, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Hewitt, Patricia B. – 1993
The literature review presented in this paper examined the available research in the area of the rapid burnout of beginning teachers (50 percent of America's beginning public school teachers leave the classroom within their first 7 years of experience and never return to the profession; more than two-thirds of that percentage do so within the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Decision Making, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Ray, John R.; Bowman, Harry L. – 1988
The licensure of public school personnel in Tennessee is a function of the State Department of Education (SDE). Additional requirements for this certification function were added by the Comprehensive Education Reform Act (Senate Bill Number 1) of the 1984 Tennessee General Assembly. The Act mandated that the SDE use tests to assess the competence…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Item Banks
Kearney, Patricia; And Others – 1987
Recognizing that inexperienced teachers may differ substantially from experienced teachers in their perceptions of student control, a study examined both preteachers' and experienced teachers' strategy selections when confronted with student misbehavior scenarios that reflected particular situational determinants. Subjects, 522 prospective and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavior Problems, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Marquardt, Florence; And Others – 1994
A 3-year collaborative project among Clay and Duval County (Florida) school districts, two professional teacher organizations, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, and the University of North Florida College of Education and Human Services sought to improve the preparation of urban teachers, increase student achievement, and decrease urban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), College School Cooperation
Maher, Patricia A. – 2002
Trends in the academic field of adult education were examined by exploring the collective perspectives of 52 long-time university professors in the United States. The following data sources were used: biographical vitae; written responses to an interview guide; and semi-structured oral history interviews conducted primarily by telephone. The study…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Andragogy
« Previous Page | Next Page
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  51  |  52  |  53  |  54  |  55  |  56  |  57  |  58  |  59  |  60  |  61