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Montoya, Elena; Copeman Petig, Abby; Austin, Lea J. E.; Edwards, Bethany; Sakai, Laura – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2018
Oregon is home to more than 275,000 children under the age of six; about 166,498 of these children potentially need child care. Like many states in recent years, Oregon has committed public and private resources toward multiple efforts to improve early care and education services, including early education degree and certification programs, in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Experiential Learning, Program Content
Smith, P. Sean; Craven, Laura M. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2019
Relative to their middle and high school teacher counterparts, elementary science teachers are both uniquely situated and uniquely challenged for excellent science instruction. More than 90 percent of elementary teachers work in self-contained classrooms, meaning they have opportunities to connect their science instruction with English language…
Descriptors: Science Education, Self Contained Classrooms, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Edwards, Bethany; Copeman Petig, Abby; Austin, Lea J. E.; Montoya, Elena – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2018
Tennessee is home to more than 463,000 children under the age of six. Sixty-three percent of these young children have all available parents in the workforce and, thus, potentially need child care. Stakeholders and advocates in Tennessee remain committed to advancing strategies that improve early care and education (ECE) services, including…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Academic Degrees
Copeman Petig, Abby; Sakai, Laura; Austin, Lea J. E.; Edwards, Bethany; Montoya, Elena – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2017
This report describes the early childhood degree programs offered in Florida, focusing on variations in program content, age-group focus, student field-based learning, and faculty characteristics, as well as the extent to which Florida ECE higher education programs are incorporating early math, family engagement, and working with dual language…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Course Descriptions
Edwards, Bethany; Coperman Petig, Abby; Austin, Lea J. E.; Montoya, Elena – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2018
This report describes the early childhood degree programs offered in Arkansas, focusing on variations in program content, age-group focus, student field-based learning, and faculty characteristics, as well as the extent to which Arkansas ECE [early care and education] higher education programs are incorporating early math, family engagement, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Early Childhood Teachers
Copeman Petig, Abby; Montoya, Elena; Austin, Lea J. E.; Edwards, Bethany – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2018
The state of Washington is home to more than 566,000 children under the age of six (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017). About 306,000 of these children have all available parents in the workforce and, thus, potentially need child care (Child Care Aware of America, 2017). Like many states in recent years, Washington has committed public and private…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions
Horizon Research, Inc., 2019
This report highlights some of the major findings from the 2018 NSSME+. Six major topical areas are addressed: (1) Teacher Background and Beliefs; (2) Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science Professional Development; (3) Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science Courses; (4) Instructional Decision Making, Objectives, and Activities; (5)…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Science Education, Mathematics Education
Kipnis, Fran; Whitebook, Marcy; Austin, Lea; Sakai, Laura – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2013
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley, is assisting the New Jersey Council for Young Children (Council) in collecting and analyzing information about the state's early learning professional preparation and development system. The project consists of two phases: a Mapping Phase and a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality, Academic Degrees
Department for Education, 2011
To support the review of the National Curriculum, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was commissioned by the Department for Education in the spring of 2011 to produce a report detailing curricular arrangements in a number of high-performing educational jurisdictions. The principal source of information for this report has been…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Research, Research Reports, Foreign Countries
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2013
This "Academic Year Report 2012-13" provides a snapshot of funding, facilities, staffing, and enrollments in community and technical colleges in Washington state for the past academic year. The report also describes key measures of student outcomes and addresses the most frequently asked questions related to expenditures, personnel and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Enrollment, Full Time Equivalency
Engin, Ali Osman – Online Submission, 2006
This research has been done to find out the factors influencing the students' successes in learning a foreign language (English). In other words, the effects of the methods and techniques, used by the teachers on the staff to teach the chosen foreign language, on the students' success. The main aim of our study is to make the foreign language…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Tarrant County Junior Coll., Fort Worth, TX. South Campus. – 1984
An analysis is presented of factors and conditions affecting student completion rates in the remedial mathematics program (Mathematics 1403) in the Tarrant County (Texas) Junior College District. Following introductory material on the purposes of the study and the tasks of five project teams, chapter I examines the purpose and historical…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Dropout Rate
Oakes, Jeannie – 1981
The relationship between secondary school students' socioeconomic status and ethnicity and their participation in vocational education programs was examined. Analysis of data from 25 secondary schools focused on three questions concerning: (1) the emphasis on vocational programs in non-white, ethnically or racially mixed, and white secondary…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Guidance, Course Content
Dunkhase, John A.; Hand, Brian M.; Shymansky, James A.; Yore, Larry D. – 1997
This study takes place within the context of the Science: Parents, Activities, and Literature (Science PALS) project and examines elementary school students' reactions to instruction implemented by teachers participating in this special problem-centered professional development program. The study focuses on student perceptions of their science…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Constructivism (Learning), Course Content, Educational Change
Barefoot, Betsy O.; Fidler, Paul P. – 1996
This monograph presents data from a 1994 national survey on freshman seminars gathered from 1,003 accredited, two- and four-year colleges with student populations of over 100 students. The survey investigated the content and structure of freshman seminars in a mail survey of provosts/vice presidents for academic affairs at 2,460 institutions Among…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, College Bound Students, College Curriculum
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