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Parker, Audra K.; Rakes, Lori – Current Issues in Education, 2020
Teacher candidates consistently indicate field experiences are the most impactful aspect of their preparation for teaching. In this study we explored elementary teacher candidates' perceptions of elementary K-6 grade level organization (departmentalized or self-contained) during their teacher preparation field experiences at two universities in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Instructional Program Divisions, Elementary School Teachers
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Pavlou, Vasileios; Anagnou, Evaggelos; Fragkoulis, Iosif – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
Aim of this paper is to investigate the training needs of theater educators who work in primary education. The fact that triggered the inception of this research was that studies concerning aesthetic education in Greece refer to all specialties (musicians, visual artists, theater educators). Consequently, the educational needs of the above…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Teacher Education, Teacher Improvement, Professional Development
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Titus, Nicole; Badiali, Bernard J. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
I investigated my role as a mentor co-teaching with an intern in a Professional Development School (PDS) context through the use of self-study. This ten-month study illustrated my co-teaching experience with my intern to determine what conditions I found necessary to foster a successful partnership and whether I experienced transformations in my…
Descriptors: Mentors, Team Teaching, Professional Development, Internship Programs
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Aryana, Saman; Leonard, Jacqueline; Mitchell, Monica B.; Lazic, Marina – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
In this paper, second-year results of a five-year National Science Foundation (NSF), Noyce Scholars project are presented. In Year 1, we recruited six interns to work in STEM summer programs as a recruitment tool to attract and retain STEM undergraduates to dual major in elementary education. They worked in a variety of STEM-related educational…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Scholarships, Education Majors, Elementary Education
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Coon-Kitt, Mary Jayne; Nolan, James F.; Lloyd, Gwendolyn M.; Romig, Gail – School-University Partnerships, 2015
This article reports on a case of cross-role triads (mentor, intern, and supervisor) in a professional development school (PDS) setting engaged in the process of looking at student work in elementary mathematics over time. The study represents a significant effort to understand what inquiry-oriented behavior looks like in this context. By…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Elementary School Mathematics, Inquiry, Mentors
Polly, Drew; Frazier, Joyce; Hopper, Cindy; Chapman, Marvin; Wells, Richard – School-University Partnerships, 2012
This study examined the influence of a semester-long seminar on student teachers' perceptions of their preparedness for student teaching. Eighteen pre-service teachers in elementary (grades K-6) and middle grades (grades 6-8) participated in the seminar. Seventeen pre-service teachers from the same programs were used as a matched comparison group.…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Seminars, Observation, Classroom Techniques
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Dodman, Stephanie L.; Lai, Kerri; Campet, Melissa; Cavallero-Lotocki, Renee; Hopkins, Aaron; Onidi, Christine – School-University Partnerships, 2014
Deliberate investigation into practice is an essential of the National Association for Professional Development Schools' defining elements of a Professional Development School (PDS). This article reports on the pilot efforts of one PDS as it initiated deliberate investigation through action research with a small group of teacher candidates. The…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teacher Characteristics, Action Research, Professional Development Schools
Beare, Paul; Torgerson, Colleen; Marshall, James; Tracz, Susan; Chiero, Robin – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2012
This article reports results of research on whether there are clinical and statistically significant differences in the effectiveness of three pathways to teacher preparation on a single campus, Yosemite State, a member of the California State University (CSU) System as rated by graduates and employment supervisors. The independent variable is the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, State Universities, Conventional Instruction
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Brindley, Roger; Quinn, Suzanne; Morton, Mary Lou – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
This research examines the experiences of elementary and early childhood pre-service teachers from the U.S. engaged in a month long study abroad internship program in England. Using data from participants written journals, we use a hermeneutic approach to interrogate their evolving sense of professional development and their understanding of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Study Abroad
Gartland, Debi – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The 2010 Professional Development Schools National Conference recognized the professional development school relationship between Towson University with its dual certification major and the Howard County Public School System for its outstanding collaborative accomplishments, naming the Towson-Waterloo-Ilchester-Bellows Spring PDS as a recipient of…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Special Needs Students, Teacher Certification
Nath, Janice, Ed.; Guadarrama, Irma N., Ed.; Ramsey, John, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Investigating University-School Partnerships: A Volume in Professional Development School Research, the fourth book in the PDS Research Series developed by the same editors, includes a collection of organized papers that represent the best and latest examples of practitioner thinking, research, and program design and evaluation in the field at the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Urban Teaching, Professional Development Schools, Mentors
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McKinney, Sueanne E.; Finke, Janet A. – Professional Educator, 2005
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if there was a difference in the internship experience between student interns placed in either an urban Professional Development School or an urban non-Professional Development School. Student interns from two urban universities who have partnerships with neighboring urban school districts…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Context Effect, Student Teachers, Urban Schools