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In Search of Tools that Inform Practice: Utilizing Program Accountability Data to Guide Program Improvement
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Lopez, Omar S.; Huling, Leslie; Resta, Virginia – Action in Teacher Education, 2012
In light of the fact that policy makers are attempting to build accountability systems that will hold teachers, and the teacher education programs that prepared them, accountable for student achievement results, failure on the part of teacher educators to repeatedly and assertively advocate for a significant role in shaping the accountability…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Advocacy, Participative Decision Making, Program Development
Mentor-Internship Relationships in New York State's Formal Program: Beginnings.
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Bower, Ann; Yarger, Gwen – Action in Teacher Education, 1989
This article describes a teacher induction pilot program (New York Mentor Teacher Internship Program) which emphasizes the relationship between mentor and intern (novice teacher). Data on the relationship between mentors and interns was collected, via focused logs from participants in this pilot program, and is presented. (IAH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors, Pilot Projects
Professional Teaching Portfolio: A Catalyst for Rethinking Teacher Education.
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Johnson, J. – Action in Teacher Education, 1999
Describes how the implementation of a professional portfolio requirement and subsequent reviews by faculty members facilitated student, faculty, and program development within one college of education. Data from interviews, surveys, documents, and field observations indicated that portfolios helped students develop reflective skills and build…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
The Myth of Indian Education in the American Education System.
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Jaimes, M. Annette – Action in Teacher Education, 1983
Specialized education for Native Americans (Indians) has taken alternate forms. The challenge to help make this educational program effective is analyzed, and an interdisciplinary approach is suggested. (JMK)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Indian Relationship, Interdisciplinary Approach
Promising Practices.
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Action in Teacher Education, 1983
This series of articles describes four promising practices. Included are (1) "North Carolina Central University's Institute on Desegregation: A Center for Interinstitutional Research"; (2) "Beyond the Status Quo: Merging Feminist Studies with Teacher Education"; (3) "Instructing Our Newest Minority: The Haitian"; and (4) "Sex-Role Stereotyping: A…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Collaboration in Preparing Urban Teachers.
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Perkins, Peggy G.; Odell, Sandra J.; McKinney, Marilyn; Miller, Susan P. – Action in Teacher Education, 2001
Describes a field-based, post-baccalaureate teacher education program developed by a college of education and the local school district to help meet the shortage of urban teachers. The program offers an intensive route to teacher licensure for people with degrees outside of education, preparing candidates for urban contexts and offering…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Teacher Stress: One School District's Approach.
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Young, Timothy W. – Action in Teacher Education, 1980
An inventory of public school teachers revealed a consensus of what they considered the primary sources of stress. As a result of the survey, a cooperative program of stress reduction was organized focusing on stress-producing problems and developing strategies to overcome them. (JD)
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Health, Problem Solving
Association of Teacher Educators Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award 2001: Preparing Scholar-Practitioners in the 21st Century.
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McGee, Christy D.; Wavering, Michael J.; Imbeau, Marcia B.; Sullivan, Emilie P.; Morrow, Linda R.; Lefever-Davis, Shirley; Ryel, Regina – Action in Teacher Education, 2001
Traces the evolution of the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Profession's teacher education program into a fifth-year extended internship model that culminates in a Masters degree in teaching. The program, developed cooperatively by university faculty and public school teachers and administrators, partners university faculty…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Field Experience Programs
Developing New Understandings of PDS Work: Better Problems, Better Questions.
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Dana, Nancy Fitchman; Silva, Diane Yendol; Gimbert, Belinda; Nolan, Jim, Jr.; Zembal-Saul, Carla; Tzur, Ron; Mule, Lucy; Sanders, Lynne – Action in Teacher Education, 2001
Demonstrates how analyzing the evolution of long-term Professional Development School (PDS) problems can serve as indicators of PDS growth, identifying three persistent problems (building trust and relationships between university and school personnel, reconceptualizing existing coursework to fit in the PDS context, and making inquiry a central…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education