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Dray, Barbara J.; Brancard, Ruth – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Purpose: Findings from a multi-year project entitled, Teachers Working Together to develop and implement culturally and linguistically responsive practices (TWT-CLRP) conducted at a large urban 6-12 school that predominantly served Latino emerging bilingual learners will be shared. All teachers shifted practices and adopted an ethos that all…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Culturally Relevant Education, Language Usage, Urban Schools
Zascerinska, Jelena; Zascerinskis, Mihails – Online Submission, 2011
Introduction: The success of human safety requires the ability of police officers in problem solving within continuing professional development to be considered. Aim of the study: To analyze problem based teaching and learning in tertiary education within continuing professional development. Materials and methods: The search for problem based…
Descriptors: Police, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Matthews, Paul H.; Portes, Pedro R.; Mellom, Paula J. – Online Submission, 2010
This paper describes the outcomes and key elements of collaborative professional development on K-12 educators working to improve education of Latino and English learning students in a state with rapidly changing demographics. Across four years (2003-04 through 2006-07), 37 teams from 16 urban, suburban, and rural school districts in the state of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Measures (Individuals), Professional Development
Meara, Paul – 1983
It is a good thing for the field of applied linguistics to adopt experimental methods of research where appropriate and to think more in terms of testable models of second language processing. However, there is a threat of psycholinguistics becoming the parent discipline, most likely temporary, of applied linguistics. This would be unwise for two…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English, Intellectual Disciplines, Language Processing
Foote, Martha M., Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Falk-Ross, Francine, Ed.; Sampson, Mary Beth, Ed. – College Reading Association, 2008
This book presents a selection of the research and papers presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the College Reading Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in October, 2006. This Yearbook begins with Karen Bromley's presidential address, which explored the future of writing by discussing four predictions: the notion that pens and pencils will be…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Writing (Composition), Instructional Design, Preservice Teacher Education
Kessler, Carolyn; And Others – 1996
This paper reports results of a research study linked to the effort of preparing teachers involved in literacy programs for a large adult population of non-native speakers of English in the state of Texas. Because of a state-initiated plan in Texas, the "Indicators of Program Quality for Adult Education and Literacy," extensive…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Attitude Change, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language)
Zascerinska, Jelena – Online Submission, 2008
In order to become "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion" the European Union realizes its people as the most important asset. Moreover, every human becomes a value for the whole society. It makes significant to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, English for Academic Purposes, Human Capital
de la Fuente, Maria J. – 2001
This paper reports on a 2-year project carried out in a foreign language department at a research institution in the United States that intended to professionalize the language teaching faculty. A change in the university's core curriculum resulted in the implementation of the foreign language requirement for undergraduate students. This led to a…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Educational Change, Higher Education
Ekbatani, Glayol; Pierson, Herbert D. – 1998
This paper discusses how self assessment can be used to promote faculty awareness about the effectiveness of their instructional methods and materials in a non-threatening, positive atmosphere, and thereby, promote team-building. Through the vehicle of self-evaluation, facilitated by a self-assessment questionnaire on which faculty rate their…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Teachers, Measures (Individuals)
Migliacci, Naomi – 2000
The realities of the glass ceiling, which prevents qualified women, minorities, and many English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students from advancement and promotion, are rarely discussed in English for Special Purposes (ESP)/ESL programs and courses. This paper explores the barriers to success, focusing on the sociolinguistic factors of verbal and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language), Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Sabieh, Christine – 2001
The purpose of this paper is threefold: to show that it is essential that language teacher training programs include courses exclusively prepared to familiarize the educator-to-be with the effective use of the technologies in the teaching/learning setting; to show how the impact of plug power in teacher education programs is best felt when the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology
Echevarria, Jana; Short, Deborah J. – 2000
This paper introduces a research-based model of sheltered instruction that promotes teaching practices that make teachers more effective in promoting the learning of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. The model is instantiated in an observation instrument, the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP). The SIOP may be used as part…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Lesson Plans
Chacon, Carmen T.; Alvarez, Luisa Cristina – 2001
This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between critical pedagogy and English as a foreign language (EFL) in Venezuela. Teacher-researchers have come to see the issues confronting nonnative educators in ELT as a more important issue than in previous years. They are particularly concerned about the current situation in Venezuela,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Critical Theory, Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
Carreon, Edwina S.; Balarbar, Corazon V. – 1997
In many countries, suitable English for special purposes (ESP) textbooks and materials are difficult to find. ESP teachers and program coordinators often must develop their own materials, but preparing such materials requires training. One model that has served as a guide to numerous ESP materials projects is the Hutchinson and Waters' model. This…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English For Science and Technology, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries
Lo Bianco, Joseph – 1999
This booklet posits that language teacher education is an important component of nation building in a multilingual community. Communication is a crucial component of nation building, and teachers play a key role in the creation, renewal, and re-negotiation of the nation and its bonds, the state and its resources. This booklet discusses the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
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