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Richardson, Jayson W.; McLeod, Scott; Flora, Kevin; Sauers, Nick J.; Kannan, Sathiamoorthy; Sincar, Mehmet – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2013
This article details the spread and scope of large-scale 1:1 computing initiatives around the world. What follows is a review of the existing literature around 1:1 programs followed by a description of the large-scale 1:1 database. Main findings include: 1) the XO and the Classmate PC dominate large-scale 1:1 initiatives; 2) if professional…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Access to Information, Databases, Access to Computers
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Diamond, C. T. Patrick – English in Australia, 1980
An Australian perspective of the writing projects burgeoning in the United States. (RL)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Program Content, Teacher Improvement
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Cook, Gillian E. – English Education, 1981
Identifies the general characteristics of teacher centers that emerged from analysis of a survey of teachers involved in professional development through teacher centers. (RL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Teaching is a very difficult field to master, and the challenges faced by beginning career and technical education (CTE) teachers are especially great. Teacher induction, which usually takes 5-6 years, is the total of all the teacher's experiences from the moment the first teaching contract is signed until the teacher is comfortably established as…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Continuing Education
Naylor, Michele – 2002
The characteristics of teacher educators in career and technical education (CTE) were examined in a survey of 601 CTE teacher educators. According to 359 responses (response rate, 60%), the average CTE teacher educator is a 50-year-old, white, male, tenured full-time professor with 16 years of experience in higher education. The study established…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices