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Thurlings, Marieke; van Diggelen, Migchiel – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
This study explores how engineering academic teachers perceive their practical knowledge on learning and feedback. Academic teachers and education directors of different disciplines in an engineering university were interviewed. Responses were analysed using the matrix method and cross-case analysis. Five different profiles emerged that provided…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Feedback (Response), Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
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Alshehry, Amel – International Education Studies, 2018
Professional development has a major role in addressing the skill gaps of teachers. Recently, much effort has been focused on improving teaching practices in Saudi Arabia. Here we aim to determine Saudi teachers professional development needs in the higher educational system. We also focus on skill needs, training programs, factors affecting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Case Studies
Deng, Zongyi – 1995
This paper offers a reliability analysis of the teacher questionnaire used in the Teacher Education and Learning to Teach (TELT) Study conducted by the National Center for Research on Teacher Education (NCRTE). Data for the study were collected from 648 teachers and prospective teachers at 11 teacher education program sites throughout the United…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Questionnaires
Wavering, Michael J.; McGee, Christy D. – 2002
This paper describes a process for developing quality teacher education programs. The process begins with the core beliefs of all faculty members involved in the program. A retreat is an appropriate place to start the process of promoting appropriate philosophy and developing core beliefs in faculty members. Once this process is completed, it is…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
High, Robert V.; Marcellino, Patricia A. – 1997
This paper reports on a survey instrument designed to measure opinions regarding computer knowledge and usage among high school teachers of mathematics (N=66) and college faculty of mathematics (N=25). Findings indicate that the college faculty made reference to computer usage more often in their lectures than did the high school teachers.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, High Schools
Norback, Judith Shaul; And Others – 1993
A job analysis was conducted to determine the knowledge important for newly certified or licensed teachers of art. The results of this job analysis will be used to develop test specifications for the art assessment of The Praxis Series of Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers and to support the content validity of the assessment. Three…
Descriptors: Art, Art Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Higher Education
Sondag, K. Ann; And Others – 1996
State standards for certification in the area of Health Enhancement reflect a merger of the standards which traditionally have fallen into the separate disciplines of physical education and health education, thus requiring teachers to develop skills and knowledge in both disciplines. This study, a partnership between faculty at the University of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Health Education, High Schools, Higher Education
Rahilly, Timothy J.; Saroyan, Alenoush – 1997
This study analyzed differences in perception of "critical incidents" in classroom teaching among inexperienced, experienced, and award-winning university professors. In past research, expert and novice differences in teaching have been attributed to differences in teacher knowledge, but the teachers were almost entirely at the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Instruction, Critical Incidents Method, Faculty Development
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Crutchfield, Margaret D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2003
This article describes the Council for Exceptional Children's professional standards for special education teachers, including the content standards and the knowledge and skill standards. Information is provided on how to use the standards to structure a professional development plan, maintain expertise and evaluate competency. Self-evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Teacher Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary 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
Jacob, Rosemary; Frid, Sandra – 1997
This study examined secondary teachers' and recent secondary school graduates' awareness of curriculum change in mathematics and its impact upon teaching and learning. Fifty-three secondary teachers and 54 students enrolled in first year university programs at Northern Territory University (Australia) were surveyed about their awareness and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Kennedy, Robert L. – 1996
A survey was conducted to establish the content validity of the material presented during a diagnostic and evaluative procedures course for elementary education majors. Although the content was consistent with information typical of the course, validation through the opinions of practicing teachers could strengthen its validity with the students.…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Course Content, Education Majors, Educational Assessment
Wesley, Scott – 1993
A job analysis was conducted to define the content domain in which newly licensed (certified) special education teachers must be knowledgeable to perform their jobs in a competent manner. The results of the job analysis will be used to develop test specifications for the Subject Assessment in Special Education of the Praxis Series: Professional…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education
Spillane, James P. – 2000
This paper examines district leaders' theories about teacher learning and change, identifying and elaborating three perspectives--quasi-behaviorist, situated, and quasi-cognitive--based on a study of nine school districts. The quasi-behaviorist perspective on teacher learning dominated among the district leaders in the study. To account for the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Stahler, Theresa M. – 1996
Teaching at the middle level is different from any other teaching and so requires special preparation. Teachers in middle schools need special training to work with and be responsive to young adolescents need to interact with their peers and to use the peer group rather than the teacher for direction and guidance. The attempt to develop programs…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
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