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Innovation Configurations: Guidelines for Use in Institutions of Higher Education and Professional Development Evaluation
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National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2011
Teacher effectiveness, equitable distribution, and teacher preparation are inextricably linked. Recognizing that evidence-based practices account for at least part of the effects of teachers on achievement and the critical role of teacher preparation, the TQ Center (National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality) offers innovation…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Evidence, Guidelines, Innovation
Educating Today's School Social Workers: Are School Social Work Courses Responding to the Changing Context?
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Berzin, Stephanie Cosner; O'Connor, Sarah – Children & Schools, 2010
School social work takes place within the dynamic context of the educational landscape, yet research indicates that school social work practice has been slow to adjust to the demands of that landscape. Little research has assessed whether school social workers are being adequately prepared to address the educational shifts that underlie today's…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Social Work, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Evaluation
Social Studies and the Social Order: Telling Stories of Resistance
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McKnight, Douglas; Chandler, Prentice – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
The social studies profession has always been at its weakest in dealing with the analysis of racism and class (Ladson-Billings, 2003; Marshall, 2001), and the new technocratic atmosphere and discourse generated by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) will serve to make such analysis completely absent, despite the rhetoric of the National Council of the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Resistance (Psychology), Controversial Issues (Course Content), Case Studies