Describes change in the New Mexico State University teacher training program which involved integration of three previously separate courses into a coordinated sequence developed and taught by an interdisciplinary team. Included microteaching centers in elementary schools and student evaluation based on demonstrable behaviors. (JT)

This project was designed to prepare teachers to exert leadership as change agents in the development of elementary school educational programs containing components suggested by Phase I projects of the USOE model Elementary Teacher Education Project. These components include 1) individualized learning with emphasis on large group and small group…

A set of personal and academic qualities has been identified for unit leaders in IGE programs so that they might better assume the role of educational decision-makers. (MM)

This longitudinal study examined elementary teachers' perceptions of the collaborative planning and decision-making process and their role in it. Nine teachers participated in grade- level teaming. Teachers ranged in experience from 1-9 years, with 3 teachers new to the team and 5 in their first or second year of teaching. Participants completed…

Describes how technology teachers can work with elementary school teachers to enable the latter to teach technology education in the elementary classroom. Focuses on selecting and organizing content and activities. (CH)

TEPY is a unified approach to the preparation of elementary school teachers which integrates the professional education areas of language arts and reading, mathematics, science, social studies, child development, evaluation, and teaching skills into an instructional format that is team-taught, clinically-oriented, and field-based. The program…

The purposes of this study were to investigate changes of science teaching and to explore the factors which influenced changes of three first grade teachers when implementing an in-service project. The researcher, the leader teacher and three first grade teachers built a collaborative relationship to hold a teacher development group. The leader…

This action research study describes the perceptions of third through fifth grade classroom teachers and special services teachers who provided services to students needing special modifications in their instruction or interventions in order to succeed in regular classrooms. Participants indicated their level of agreement with 14 questions on a…

This article aims to contribute to the theory of mathematics instruction by highlighting and analysing Leen Streefland's work as a teacher in a primary school. Core ideas of Streefland's are discussed as part of a recent wave of educational innovations using the idea of learning communities. I present a case study of a lesson co-taught by…

This study is an investigation of the impact of collaborative teaching by student-teachers and classroom teachers on children's enjoyment and learning of science. The paper describes findings from a project in which undergraduate science specialist student-teachers were placed in primary schools where they 'co-taught' investigative science and…

Purpose: To investigate relationships between teamwork, trust and teacher team commitment. Design/methodology/approach: Research has confirmed the value-added effects of organizational commitment in terms of job performance, organizational effectiveness, and employee retention. This study focused on teacher teams as the unit of analysis, and…

The provision of a full-time teacher librarian at Westbrook elementary school under an educational opportunities fund project has made the library a functional, integral part of the total education program of the school. The full-time appointment enables the librarian to provide inservice activities for teachers, and to teach study and research…

The authors question whether elementary students will have access to effective science and mathematics instruction within the current structure of elementary schools, in which each classroom teachers is expected to possess the expertise to teach all subjects well. They review research showing that good teachers are the key to student achievement…

In a multiunit school, teachers are organized into relatively autonomous groups. Each group has a unit leader responsible for management and coordination of unit activities, who serves as a linkage to the principal. Decisionmaking functions and the influence system are lodged in the group, thus diffusing what would be the principal's authority in…

Teachers in IGE should emphasize and explain the goals, instructional objectives, and philosophy of the unit team. (MM)