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Francis, Anthony Tuf – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2017
Practice-based teacher education is poised to improve teacher education by focusing on interns' enactment of complex teaching practices and helping them develop these professional skills. However, much of this work has yet to study the trajectory of learning between university training and field experiences. This article explores seven history and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Social Studies
Education Development Center, Inc., 2009
Using innovative strategies in collaboration with national and international education partners and school districts in Mississippi and Louisiana, Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco), has experimented with 21st Century education system reform ideas and strategies for the past four years. The Cisco 21S Initiative seeks to transform current approaches to…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Futures (of Society)
Norton, Elaine J. – 2001
The purpose of this study was to develop a model of a mentoring program for first year media specialists by exploring existing examples. Qualitative methods were employed in conducting this research. A document review was undertaken to establish accepted mentoring program guidelines. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with coordinators of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Media Specialists, Mentors, Professional Development
Segan, Frances – 1994
Project Unity was a project funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII in its third and final year of operation in 1993-94. The project provided instruction to teachers of students with limited English proficiency in both special and general education classes in New York City public schools. Teachers participated in an initial…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
PSI Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
This report contains an evaluation of the Peace Corps stateside teacher training model for volunteers in Liberia. The first section lists recommendations stemming from the evaluation, concerning the pre-training questionnaire, deselection during training, emergency procedures, and the teacher training program. Section 2 describes the training…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Cross Cultural Training, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Collison, Judith – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Performance assessment, a method that makes possible the assessment of multiple dimensions of students' progress, including dispositions, is described. Criteria for good performance tasks are given, and their structure is illustrated through an example. A list of 10 dispositions toward mathematics and a self-evaluation group-performance rating…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Education
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Coll. of Education. – 1988
An overview is presented of a 3-year project focused on the development and demonstration of an interactive teaching improvement model that was research-based and used electronic technology. Though the primary goal was to improve the preparation of preservice teachers in elementary and secondary education, it was hoped the materials could be used…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Bell, Edwin D.; Munn, Geraldine C. – 1996
This paper reports on a collaborative effort to achieve the following objectives: (1) identify attitudes, knowledge, and skills teachers need to educate effectively all students in a culturally diverse classroom; (2) develop models of preservice and inservice education that will provide education and socialization necessary for effective education…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Davidson, Betty M.; Dell, Geralyn L. – 1995
This study sought to determine whether students in a graduate level class that focused on a school restructuring model were able to understand and practice its philosophy. The course focused on innovative school changes and teaching practices used in the Accelerated Schools Project (ASP). The course syllabus required students to examine the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Dialogs (Language), Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Golley, Priscilla, Ed.; Hassard, Jack, Ed. – 1994
The Global Thinking Project at Georgia State University and the Department of Middle Secondary Education and Instructional Technology sponsored a Symposium on Global Thinking Research, in November, 1993. The following 11 papers were presented at the symposium: (1) "Teaching Students to Think Globally" (Jack Hassard); (2)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries