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Harwell, Sharon H. – 1998
This evaluation of mini-conferences conducted for Alabama teachers who completed training in the 1996 Summer Space Orientation for Professional Educators (SOPE) examines the effectiveness of follow-up sessions for teachers (N=69) and provides baseline data on teachers' knowledge of and attitudes toward teaching science. Conclusions about the 1996…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Professional Development
Tell, Christine A.; Bodone, Francoise M.; Addie, Karen L. – 2000
The Standards-based Education Project (STEP) was conducted as part of the Eisenhower Initial Teacher Professional Development Program in Oregon, under the Proficiency-based Admissions Standards System (PASS). STEP focused on the development of a framework of teacher knowledge, skills, and materials for pre-service and practicing teachers. High…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, Cooperation, High Schools
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Koziol, Stephen M., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1996
Student teaching or internship evaluation instruments used in teacher education programs at 11 research universities were analyzed. Their emphasis on classroom management knowledge and skills may be contributing to what many teachers see as a frustrating concentration on management and a smooth-running classroom over attention to substantive…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Turner, James S.; Shelton, Aubrey W. – 1994
In 1948 the Mississippi State University College of Education underwent a major revamping of the undergraduate program. Prior to new reforms, data were gathered on elementary education majors to study the effects of the reforms. In order to compare a variety of data from two years prior to 1984 (before actual changes) with data of those graduating…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Majors, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Banker, Bonnie; Carter, Ken; Evans, Sam; Troupe, Marilyn – 2000
This paper focuses on how the State of Kentucky has developed performance-based assessment programs, and the concept of continuous assessment in teacher education has formed over the past several years. The paper discusses the work done by the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board, the impact of 1997 legislation regarding postsecondary…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Legislation
Harrison, Jo-Ann – 1997
This study examines the nature of the initial implementation of a new multicultural sociology curriculum by eight teachers in the 11th- and 12th-grades of seven Israeli high schools. The study examined: (1) the extent and ways in which teachers reframe their theories of action as they learn to implement the new curriculum; (2) the factors that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Experiential Learning, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries