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Bigham, Sarah G.; Hively, Dorothy E.; Toole, Georgiann H. – Education, 2014
This study examined public school partners' expectations of teacher candidates and beginning teachers and the qualities that principals consider most important when hiring new teachers. Teachers in Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia (N = 130) responded to 37 Likert-style survey questions based upon the 100 school principals' interview questions…
Descriptors: Principals, Cooperating Teachers, Expectation, Student Teachers
Love, Alice; Barry, Patricia – Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 1971
Descriptors: Independent Study, Inservice Education, Intramural Athletics, Physical Education
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Sachs, Adam – Journal of Staff Development, 1999
National Staff Development Council (NSDC) standards guide the development of new staff-development programs in Maryland, and they have provided the framework that guides Maryland's teacher-training efforts. This article offers details on the NSDC standards and discusses how Maryland is making use of them. (SM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Clemson, Shelley – Action in Teacher Education, 1990
Discusses collaboration in teacher education in Maryland, describing the development of four projects addressing national issues in teacher education and involving school system, college, and state education department personnel. The projects have functioned at least two years and are successful because of common purpose, autonomy, incentives,…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Excellence in Education
McGinnis, J. Randy; Parker, Carolyn – 1999
This study reports the use of a valid and reliable instrument, "Attitudes and Beliefs About the Nature of and the Teaching of Mathematics and Science," to measure teacher candidates' attitudes and beliefs about the nature of mathematics and science teaching. This paper examines how teacher candidates felt over 3 years. Teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction
Wesley, Donald A.; Vocke, David E. – 1992
The study described in this presentation was conducted to survey the status of classroom discipline within the professional teacher education curriculum and to ascertain the perceptions of preservice teachers towards addressing discipline problems. Classroom discipline is examined in the following ways: (1) an analysis of contemporary literature;…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education