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McDiarmid, G. Williamson; Larson, Eric; Hill, Alexandra – 2002
This report examines the demand for teachers, teacher turnover, and teacher education in Alaska. Surveys were conducted with school district personnel directors, directors of Alaska teacher education programs, teachers who exited Alaska schools in 2001, and rural and urban instructional aides. Alaska is facing teacher shortages, but these are…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility
Bunker, Alison; Vardi, Iris – 2001
This study illustrates the convergence of two teaching and learning media, face-to-face and online, as reflective lecturers seek to address the limitations of a single medium. Innovative university lecturers at a large Western Australia university were interviewed about their use of online environments with face-to-face students. The interview…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Conventional Instruction
Gandara, Patricia; Maxwell-Jolly, Julie; Driscoll, Anne – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2005
As long as students with limited English language skills have attended California schools a debate has raged among educators and policy-makers regarding how best to educate these children. A major focal point of this debate is bilingual education. That is, the viability, advisability, and effectiveness of using students' primary language in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Public Education
Schnackenberg, Heidi L.; Luik, Krista; Nisan, Yael; Servant, Colleen – 1999
This paper reports on a needs assessment, conducted in two elementary schools in Quebec, that examined the use that teachers are making of the computer facilities, as well as their skill and confidence levels in this area. The first section provides a general description of the project, details the sources of information, and discusses the reasons…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Needs, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
Rogers, Patricia L. – 1999
This article examines barriers to technology adoption based on the literature and data from two studies. A five-step hierarchical model (familiarization, utilization, integration, reorientation, evolution) of adoption of technology in the classroom is presented, and internal and external barriers to technology adoption are examined. The two…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Art Education, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
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Davis, Marsha Smith – Rural Educator, 2002
A study examined factors inherent in Montana's smallest schools that attract and retain teachers. Surveys of 126 elementary teachers in 107 small school districts found that a rural background and proximity to family or home were influential in accepting employment. The classroom experience, particularly their relationship with students, and…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Mobility
Antonek, Janis L.; Matthews, Catherine E.; Levin, Barbara B. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2005
One of the goals of Professional Development School (PDS) programs is to provide preservice teachers with opportunities for developing in-depth knowledge and experience as they learn to teach (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2001). A theme-based PDS adds value to the PDS program model because it allows faculty members to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators
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Castelli, Darla; Rink, Judith – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2003
Despite small steps of progress, issues of legitimacy and worth are still barriers inhibiting systemic change in physical education. Even with the call for reform in physical education (Rink, 1993), few comprehensive school reform efforts have included physical education, for at least two reasons. First, physical education is not considered a core…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Surveys, State Standards, Educational Change
Inverness Research, 2008
Inverness Research studied the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Seminars on Science program for eight years, from its inception in 1998 to 2006. This paper presents teacher survey ratings for Space, Time and Motion, along with profiles of three teachers who took the course. Course takers report on the annual follow-up surveys that Space,…
Descriptors: Motion, Special Education Teachers, Urban Schools, Astronomy
Mentz, Kobus – 2001
Rural schools in South Africa are often found on farms. These "farm schools" are usually erected by the farmer to educate the children of farm laborers. While officially public schools, farm schools are on private property and maintained through private funds. The history of farm schools is closely linked with the political history of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Black Education, Educational Change, Educational Environment
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Yasutake, David; Lerner, Janet – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1996
A study was conducted of 255 Chicago teachers (132 general, 91 special education, and 32 other school personnel) at elementary, middle, and high school levels to measure attitudes towards inclusive classrooms. Findings indicated the general education teachers were less knowledgeable about special education law, less skillful in working with…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
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Waddle, Jerry L.; Conway, Kathleen D. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
This is a study of a reform effort to improve mathematics achievement in an elementary school through a partnership with a university. The partnership involved collaborating with university faculty to provide and plan research based professional development. The purposes of the study were to determine if the instructional practices of the teachers…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Educational Change, Standardized Tests, Staff Development
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Reinhardt, Jonathon; Nelson, Barbara K. – ReCALL, 2004
In response to the need for research on the contextualized use of CALL resources, the authors conducted a survey on instructor use of a popular online Spanish language learning resource to provide insight into how foreign language instructors' use of online resources are influenced by socio-institutional factors and instructor motivational factors…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Collegiality, Case Studies, Spanish
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Webb, Ivan; Robertson, Margaret; Fluck, Andrew – Journal of In-service Education, 2005
This article reports on findings from "action research" pilot projects in four Tasmanian primary schools. The projects focused on the provision of professional learning to support the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning. These pilot projects used an approach developed from observations of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Pilot Projects, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice
Guam Public School System, 2007
The Guam Education Policy Board initially adopted the Guam Public School System District Action Plan in May 2003. The DAP established the direction and details for improving academic performance in reading, math, and language arts by using the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act as a framework. The adopted DAP was also used as a basis for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators, Educational Planning, Academic Standards
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