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Zweig, Jacqueline; Stafford, Erin; Clements, Margaret; Pazzaglia, Angela M. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2016
Wisconsin Virtual School, a state online learning program that offers supplemental online courses to partner districts in Wisconsin, administered a survey to its teachers in fall 2014 to learn more about their training experiences and challenges. More Wisconsin Virtual School teachers reported participating in training or professional development…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teacher Surveys, Training, Teacher Competencies
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Zweig, Jacqueline; Stafford, Erin; Clements, Margaret; Pazzaglia, Angela M. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2015
REL Midwest, in partnership with the Midwest Virtual Education Research Alliance, analyzed the results of a survey administered to Wisconsin Virtual School teachers about the training in which they participated related to online instruction, the challenges they encounter while teaching online, and the type of training they thought would help them…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Experience, Teacher Surveys, Training
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McCall, Ava L. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2006
Elementary teachers frequently face the challenge of teaching about their state with limited time and resources. Teaching state or regional history is a longstanding tradition in fourth grade and has been part of the social studies curriculum since the beginning of the 20th century. In addition, national and state standards include attention to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Grade 4, Teaching Experience, State Standards
MACDONALD, JAMES B.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS STUDY INVOLVED FOUR PREMISES ABOUT TEACHING--(1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMATIC, RATIONAL THINKING WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING, (2) RESEARCH TRAINING WILL HELP DEVELOP RATIONAL SYSTEMATIC THINKING, (3) GENERAL TEACHER EDUCATION OUTCOMES REFLECT THE QUALITY OF THINKING, AND (4) THE STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE IS THE MOST CRITICAL…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Elementary School Teachers, Student Experience, Student Teachers
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2011
For five years running, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has tracked states' teacher policies, preparing a detailed and thorough compendium of teacher policy in the United States on topics related to teacher preparation, licensure, evaluation, career advancement, tenure, compensation, pensions and dismissal. The "2011 State…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers