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Schnackenberg, Heidi L. – 1999
This paper describes the teacher inservice training that was developed as the result of a technology needs assessment at two elementary schools in Quebec. The workshop was developed as an initial vehicle for enabling teachers to incorporate technology into their teaching. The six days of the workshop are sketched, and the materials used in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Madison, Sandra; Deng, Min; Gifford, James – 1999
Project FOCAL Point is a multi-strand project designed to increase female participation in the computing sciences. The project targets two crucial groups: high school computing teachers and female high school students. Features include a two-week teacher workshop, a one-week Computer Camp for Young Women, mini-grant projects and a follow-up…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Male, George A. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
In its ever increasing series of international publications concerning education in other countries around the world, the Office of Education now brings to educators this timely research document describing teacher education in the Benelux Countries. No other single bulletin of this Office has been devoted to these three nations together. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Teacher Education Programs, Bibliographies
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Rennie, Leonie J.; Parker, Lesley H. – Australian Journal of Education, 1997
Reports research on a pilot project in Western Australia in which single-sex science and mathematics classes were begun in 10 coeducational secondary schools. The program involved professional development for participating teachers and systematic monitoring. Analyzes teachers' reactions to the program and major issues concerning student outcomes,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Coeducation
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Haver, William E.; Watson, Robert F. – Community College Journal, 1997
Discusses J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College's (JSRCC) improvement of teacher education by developing courses that reflect national mathematics and science standards, providing "preteaching" experiences and in-service courses for current teachers, actively recruiting students for the teaching profession, forming preteaching student…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Demand
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Hansen, Bobbi; Higby, Karen – Social Studies Review, 1994
Presents a classroom teacher's experiences in preparing a fifth-grade class for the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS) test. Discusses an integrated curriculum approach, disagreements between teacher associations and the state department of education, and student and parent attitudes toward the test. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Testing
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Burnaford, Gail; Hobson, David – Action in Teacher Education, 1995
Describes one university's Field Based Masters Program. Designed around intact cohorts of experienced teachers who meet weekly over two years, the program involves integrated curriculum and action research projects. The paper describes how group process and collaboration are integral to teachers' learning experiences and ongoing professional…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning, Dialog Journals
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O'Connor, James; Brie, Raymond – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 1994
The Mathematics and Science Partnership Project helped California teachers infuse technology into secondary science and mathematics classrooms. After receiving training in use of the hardware and software, teachers developed project-related goals and redesigned their curricula to incorporate technology. The project created more student-centered…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
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Johnson, Judith; Kean, Elizabeth – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1992
Collaborative summer workshops between the Omaha (Nebraska) Public Schools and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln were held to improve the learning environment in multicultural science classrooms. Workshop themes included multicultural understanding, cooperative learning, and problem solving. Discusses attitude changes in student/teacher…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
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Schifter, Deborah – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
Describes the structure and content of SummerMath for Teachers, an experimental mathematics course designed to help inservice teachers become mathematical thinkers. The course was organized around mathematical explorations and focused on mathematical processes. Includes excerpts from teachers' journals. (Contains 17 references.) (MKR)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Content Area Reading
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Bof, Alvana Maria – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
Proformacao is a distance teacher certification course aimed at providing training to 27,000 uncertified teachers in 15 Brazilian states. This innovative program organizes human and technical resources for delivering distance education in a cost-effective manner. Different from other institutional systems--which typically employ their own…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Information Systems, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
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Shi, Ling; Reeder, Ken; Slater, Tammy; Kristjansson, Carolyn – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2004
There has been little research on how a content-based teacher education course can embed effective training in the use of the World Wide Web to search for information and present learning outcomes. To address this gap, the present study documents the experience of 64 pre-service and in-service teachers who completed a web-based group project in an…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Applied Linguistics, Teacher Attitudes, Internet
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Collins, Vikki K.; Carroll, Barbara; Miller, Sallie Averitt; Yates, H. Marguerite; Perryman, Denise; Alexander, Sabrina; Caldwell, Tammy R. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2006
This study examined the effects of a collaborative urban partnership on student literacy achievement. The participants were approximately 220 students in kindergarten through third grade and 10 teachers. Participants were from an urban, low-­income southeastern elementary school serving culturally diverse students. The school had been in its…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Urban Areas, Partnerships in Education, Primary Education
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Eddy Spicer, David; Dede, Chris – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2006
This case study describes an effort to design and pilot an interactive, Web-based, district-wide "professional support portal" to support new teacher retention and professional growth in the Milwaukee Public Schools. The study reviews the overarching goals of this program and focuses, in particular, on an account of the nature and kinds…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, College School Cooperation, Web Sites, Educational Technology
Rennie, Leonie J.; Goodrum, Denis – Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training, 2007
The purpose of this document is to provide background to the text and recommended actions of the Australian School Science Education National Action Plan, 2007-2012. The first part presents a synthesis of the national and international research used to identify gaps and overlaps amongst activities related to school science education in …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Educational Research, Synthesis
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