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Abbott, James W.; And Others – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1976
Describes briefly the program in Wichita, Kansas, initiated by 11 liberal arts colleges in cooperation with the public and Catholic schools and Kansas State University to prepare teachers for work in urban areas. Includes a series of lessons designed to help students in teacher education programs to cope with their own fears and to help their…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Fear, Home Economics, Inner City
Suters, Leslie A.; Kershaw, Cheryl; Kronick, Bob; Melear, Claudia T. – 2002
Urban Impact is a Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Act partnership grant supporting the development of new strategies and structures to strengthen the preparation and development of beginning teachers in urban settings in Tennessee. This study evaluated the success of Urban Impact in restructuring university coursework and university/school…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Mayberry, Claude, Jr. – Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 1974
Suggests some ideas for improving the teaching of math and discusses critically the role of the administrator in developing a successful mathematics program on the basis of an informal interview survey of 10 elementary school principals and 20 classroom teachers, two from each school of the ten principals. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers, Inner City
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Besag, Frank – Urban Education, 1970
Discusses teacher attitudes on sex, race, and teaching area differences with reference to questionnaire survey data from a sample of 113 teachers in a large metropolitan school district. (JM)
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Inner City, Student Teacher Relationship, Suburban Schools
Natzke, John H.; Bennett, William S., Jr. – Educ Urban Soc, 1970
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Inner City, Job Satisfaction, Role Perception
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Lincoln, Eugene A. – School Science and Mathematics, 1980
Concrete suggestions for using out-of-school objects to help inner-city students learn mathematical and scientific concepts are given. (MK)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Inner City, Mathematics Education
Fox, Jill; Alder, Nora; Fitrer, Harold; McLeod, Alan – Metropolitan Universities, 2002
Describes partnership efforts between the Richmond Public Schools, Virginia, and Virginia Commonwealth University that have focused on the needs of urban schools. Describes challenges that remain with regard to preparing teachers, mentoring beginning teachers, and retaining experienced teachers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors, Partnerships in Education
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King, Sabrina Hope; Bey, Theresa M. – Education and Urban Society, 1995
To examine the role of mentoring in urban school settings, conceptions of "urban schools,""mentors," and "mentoring" are explored. The most critical component of successful mentoring is a shared philosophy of the ways students learn and the possibility of learning. Strengthening the ability of mentors to exchange information is essential. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Definitions, Educational Philosophy
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Leake, Brenda H.; Leake, Donald O. – Education and Urban Society, 1995
Some urban teachers are marginal teachers who are beginning to internalize a sense of hopelessness about their effectiveness. The characteristics and skills of potential mentors to help marginal teachers are discussed, and salient points to consider in establishing a model for mentoring marginal teachers are reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Mentors
Gangloff, Deborah – Urban Forests, 1993
Describes ways that groups and businesses involved in the urban forestry movement educate both the general public and specific audiences. Includes various lessons these groups seek to teach. (MCO)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conservation Education, Corporate Support, Environmental Education
Simmons, Deborah – Environmental Education, 1993
Classroom teachers' perceptions of nature and the importance of providing environmental education often determine whether students are given the chance to experience natural area. Interviews of 39 urban teachers examined teachers' preferences for types of environmental education settings. Results suggest that teachers perceive distinct difference…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Environmental Education
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Mason, Terrence C. – Multicultural Education, 1999
Studied the impact of urban-based field experience on the attitudes of 75 elementary-education majors. The effects of the field experience were generally positive, with 55% of the urban placement group indicating that they were inclined to pursue inner-city teaching, compared to 20% of the suburban placement group of 101 students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
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Upadhyay, Bhaskar; Barton, Angela Calabrese; Zahur, Rubina – Science Education, 2005
In this paper, we draw from a narrative life history approach to report in depth on the experiences of one teacher, Shagufta, in a high-poverty urban elementary school in Lahore, Pakistan. The purpose of reporting Shagufta's story is twofold. First, we want to make sense of her role as a science teacher--what should the children in her school…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Science, Teaching Methods
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Williams, Mae; Shaw, Stan F. – Professional Educator, 2003
Urban schools have the greatest need for renewal of existing staff and the infusion of new teachers. Unfortunately, they present a challenging environment in which to prepare teachers while fostering the renewal process in experienced teachers. Goodlad (1994) proposes that both the school and university embark upon this renewal process through…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Professional Development Schools, College School Cooperation, Professional Development
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Goode, Joanna – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
Despite the digital saturation of today's youth across demographic groups, students of color and females remain severely underrepresented in computer science. Reporting on a sequential mixed methods study, this article explores the ways that high school computer science teachers can act as change agents to broaden the participation in computing…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Student Participation
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