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Early Childhood Teachers Reconstruct Beliefs and Practices through Reflexive Action
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Riojas-Cortez, Mari; Alanis, Iliana; Flores, Belinda Bustos – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2013
Professional development, which results in sustained transformative change, requires that teachers engage in critical reflection regarding teaching practices. In this study, a group of five bilingual and generalist early childhood teachers engaged in a journey in which they elected to try to reconstruct their beliefs and practices about teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Educational Change, Young Children
Surveying Borders, Boundaries, and Contested Spaces in Curriculum and Pedagogy. Curriculum and Pedagogy Series
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Reilly, Cole, Ed.; Russell, Victoria, Ed.; Chehayl, Laurel K., Ed.; McDermott, Morna M., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The Curriculum and Pedagogy book series is an enactment of the mission and values espoused by the Curriculum and Pedagogy Group, an international educational organization serving those who share a common faith in democracy and a commitment to public moral leadership in schools and society. Accordingly, the mission of this series is to advance…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instruction, Theory Practice Relationship, Mathematics
In Touch with Teachers: Making Professional Development Worthy of Teachers' Time and Effort.
Oelklaus, Nancy – American School Board Journal, 1999
An indepth survey of teachers conducted by the Texas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development found that teachers were furious about professional development as they knew it. They found it too theoretical--essentially out of touch with everyday classroom life. Practicing teachers wanted expert assistance with specific problems, not…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
State Secondary CTE Standards: Developing a Framework out of a Patchwork of Policies
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Castellano, Marisa; Harrison, Linda; Schneider, Sherrie – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2007
Many state educational administrators are currently working to define secondary career and technical education (CTE) content standards that specify the knowledge and skills students are expected to master in CTE program areas. The two-phase project on which this report is based explored (a) the progress and status of states in developing statewide…
Descriptors: Technical Education, State Standards, Educational Practices, Career Education
The Critical Thinking Disposition of Alternative Certification Students
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Jones, Timothy B. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2003
This article examines the disposition toward critical thinking of post-baccalaureate initial certification students at a Texas institution of higher education using the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory. The inventory characterizes seven subscales of critical thinking disposition and an eighth combined score for overall critical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Certification, Professional Development
The Changing Face of Adult Learning. Adult Higher Education Alliance/ACE Conference Proceedings (Austin, TX, October 10-13, 2001).
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Adult Higher Education Alliance. – 2001
These proceedings included the following papers: "The Language of Interdisciplinary Programs or 'What Do You Mean By That?'" (Ezzell, Turner); "When Mothers Become Students: Impact on Children and the Family System" (Burns, Gabrick); "Multi-Discipline Theorizing Meets the Blackboard: The Evolving Discourse Community"…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs