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Soto, Christopher S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this dissertation, I examine the mediating role of emotion during lived interactions between students and teachers at an urban charter high school. While the importance of student-teacher connectivity for positive school engagement has been well documented, research that attempts to describe the mechanism of that link is scarce. This…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Educational Objectives, Interviews
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Gimbert, Belinda – Teacher Education and Practice, 2010
Urban schools reflect their surroundings. Urban areas are becoming characterized by great diversity in race and class as the racial and ethnic makeup of the United States changes. In most urban schools, where the majority of students are minorities and large numbers live in poverty, the teacher attrition rate ranges from 30% to 50% within the…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Schools of Education
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Boggess, Laurence B. – American Educational Research Journal, 2010
This two-site, qualitative case study examined how the Chicago and Boston Public School Districts alternatively prepared new teachers through partnerships with private, nonprofit urban teacher residencies. Drawing on urban regime analysis and resource dependence theory, the study asked how the reform partners defined "teacher quality"…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies
Ukpokodu, Omiunota N. – Multicultural Education, 2011
Often students' inquiry can be a great teachable moment as well as a "researchable moment." Today, even though much has been written about culturally responsive teaching, the author is often surprised to find that the notion of culturally responsive teaching does not resonate with urban teachers and when it does, they do not know how to teach…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Teaching Methods, Mathematics, Culturally Relevant Education
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O'Connor, Eileen A. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2009
The Master of Arts in Teaching program at Empire State College, an alternative teacher certification program focused on bringing career-changing adults to high-needs schools, has an important need in its initial pre-service year. These adult students must be prepared to move into complex, high-needs schools without student teaching and often with…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Video Technology, Vignettes, Urban Teaching
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Bieler, Deborah; Thomas, Anne Burns – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background: The need to support new teachers in urban public schools is well established, given current shortages and research that highlights serious issues with teacher retention. Debate continues about approaches to support for new teachers, including questions about the importance of developing an inquiry stance toward teaching. As more…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Methods, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching
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Fairchild, Susan; Tobias, Robert; Corcoran, Sean; Djukic, Maja; Kovner, Christine; Noguera, Pedro – Urban Education, 2012
Data on the impact of student, teacher, and principal racial and gender composition in urban schools on teacher work outcomes are limited. This study, a secondary data analysis of White and Black urban public school teachers using data taken from the restricted use 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), examines the effects of relational…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Job Satisfaction, Demography, Data Analysis
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Anderson, Lauren; Stillman, Jamy – Urban Education, 2010
This article presents findings from a qualitative study of student teachers' opportunities to learn in and for urban, high-needs schools. The analysis builds on Darling-Hammond and Bransford's knowledge base for teaching framework to examine the role of student teaching in preparing teachers as equity-minded adaptive experts, equipped to work with…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Urban Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Meller, Jennifer T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
While there has been some research detailing the difficulties that special educators have with compiling the complex paperwork required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandate, little has been written about how technology weighs into this framework, or how teachers use data to assist with their instructional…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students, Urban Schools
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Damico, James S.; Rosaen, Cheryl L. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Research has demonstrated that moving from traditional teacher-directed, monologic practices to dialogic discussions remains a daunting challenge. The reasons for this staying power are multiple: Teachers often stick with familiar canonical texts; districts often mandate the literature teachers must use; standardized tests…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Freedom, Grade 5, Epistemology
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McCaughtry, Nate; Krause, Joyce; McAuliffe, Patrice; Miotke, Rick; Price, Frederick – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2012
The Detroit Healthy Youth Initiative is a 10-year partnership between the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) and Wayne State University (WSU) with the goal of improving the quality of school health and physical education programs throughout the city schools. Drawing on the experiences of WSU and DPS faculty, administrators, teachers, and project staff,…
Descriptors: Health Education, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Public Schools
Afolayan, Michael O.; Pryor, Caroline R.; Gallagher, William J.; Deweese, David L.; Smith, Randall E. – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
This article advocates a shift from the traditional pedagogy of a sometimes confused multicultural/diversity education to a more progressive one that gives due attention and credence to the subject of diversity in teacher training. It also locates its definition of diversity within a broad and progressive paradigm. Using their experiences in a…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Student Diversity, Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teacher Education
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Warren, Susan R.; Noftle, James T.; Ganley, DeLacy Derin; Quintanar, Anita P. – School Community Journal, 2011
This study explored how graduate coursework can impact urban teachers' knowledge, skills, and dispositions regarding family and community involvement. (Note: California requires graduate work for teacher certification.) Specifically, the research investigated how teacher attitudes toward family and community involvement changed after taking a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Urban Teaching, Teacher Education Programs, Community Involvement
Lee, Robert E.; Eckrich, Lucille L. T.; Lackey, Chris; Showalter, Brent D. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2010
This article presents findings from the second year of one large university's grant-supported work to infuse teacher education courses with new contents, guided discourse, and diverse field experiences related to urban teacher preparation (UTP). The findings are based on data from attitudinal surveys completed at the beginning and end of each…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Field Experience Programs
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Collay, Michelle – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010
This article explores experiences that led individuals to become teacher leaders advocating for under-served students in urban schools. Cohort members in an urban teacher leadership master's degree programme engaged in systematic critical reflection about becoming leaders for equity, describing the influences of their families and communities,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Teacher Leadership
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