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Bethanie C. Pletcher; Tracy Harper – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2023
The Texas A&M University System recently developed six quality standards for educator preparation programs, the Texas A&M Quality Standards for Educator Preparation, that are to be implemented and met by all system schools. These standards are: quality of selection of teacher candidates; quality of content knowledge and teaching methods;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Teacher Education, Field Experience Programs, Field Instruction
Jane Mwihaki Mburu – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Public schools in the United States are becoming increasingly diverse with students from differing racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds bringing to the classrooms varied expectations, experiences, and ways of knowing (Woodward, 2018). While the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2018) projects that the…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Culturally Relevant Education
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Savas Basturk – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The aim of this study was to determine pre-service teachers' perspectives on constructivism and its implementation in schools. In order to do this, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 12 primary pre-service teachers from the grades 2, 3, and 4. Four pre-service teachers were voluntarily selected from each grade for interview. Each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Primary Education
Manzeske, David; Reese, Kelly; Liu, Feng – American Institutes for Research, 2018
In 2013, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards received a 5-year Investing in Innovation Fund Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop, implement, and study Accomplished Teaching, Learning, and Schools (ATLAS). ATLAS is an online case library that contains examples of "accomplished teaching"…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Teacher Influence
Hill, Doris Adams; Flores, Margaret M.; Kearley, Regina F. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2014
The authors supervised and trained pre-service teachers while conducting extended school year (ESY) services for pre-kindergarten and elementary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD). Each classroom was responsible for conducting communication assessments and developing interventions focused on…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, Preservice Teachers, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
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Ping, Wang – Journal of Pedagogy, 2013
Questionnaires are used to examine Chinese rural primary school English teachers' needs and challenges and perceptions in the implementation of Standards for Teachers of English in Primary Schools as professional development in rural school contexts in China. A total of 300 teachers participated in the research. Their feedback illustrates that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Rural Schools, Primary Education
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Vasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2015
The theme for the 58th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Bridging Cultures Through Literacy. In the first section of the Yearbook, Parker Fawson's presidential address captures the unique nature of ALER and its role in his professional development, and then moved beyond to capture the changing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Common Core State Standards
Chen, Jie-Qi; McNamee, Gillian Dowley – Corwin Press, 2007
Effective teaching requires skill in implementing challenging and inviting curricular activities. It also involves evaluating children's learning in order to extend their development through the school year. Being able to implement and evaluate at the same time is at the heart of good teaching. Written for PreK-3 educators, this book blends…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Young Children, Visual Arts
McCloskey, Mary Lou, Ed.; Orr, Janet, Ed.; Dolitsky, Marlene, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
Although language specialists do not always agree about the best age at which to introduce English language instruction, policy changes are increasingly mandating earlier introduction of English in foreign language (EFL) settings worldwide. In this volume, language educators and program implementers from various countries describe programs and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Program Development, English Instruction