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Brown, Carmen Sherry – Higher Education Studies, 2018
To guide and support teacher candidates in developing the knowledge and skills they need in the classroom, teacher preparation programs must prepare students in acquiring the experience and expertise needed to demonstrate mastery of general knowledge in the specific subject or content area. In addition, teacher preparation programs must support…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, College Faculty, Teacher Educators
Claiborne, Shandra – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The professional preparation of teachers is essential because of their critical role in developing students' learning. Preparing quality teachers is a complex process, as they matriculate through the programs that prepare them for the classroom. The problem addressed by this study is teachers' lack of effective strategies and skills in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Emery, Maria Carmen – ProQuest LLC, 2016
As dual language immersion (DLI) programs experience unprecedented growth, the need for school administrators that understand DLI structures and philosophy, in order to methodically initiate them and effectively sustain them, becomes critical. In this study, DLI refers to educational programs that provide literacy and academic content instruction…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Language of Instruction, Educational Philosophy
Zehetmeier, Stefan – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
This paper deals with a crucial topic: which factors influence the sustainability and scale-up of a professional development programme's impact? Theoretical models and empirical findings from impact research (e.g. Zehetmeier and Krainer, "ZDM Int J Math" 43(6/7):875-887, 2011) and innovation research (e.g. Cobb and Smith,…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Performance Factors
Moru, Eunice Kolitsoe; Qhobela, Makomosela; Maqutu, Tholang Z. – Teacher Development, 2014
The quality of mathematics teaching in Lesotho primary education remains one of the vexing problems in the education system. The study investigated how teachers viewed the impact of instruction on enhancing their knowledge of teaching. Data for the study were elicited from the second-year students enrolled for a Bachelor of Education in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
Kolano, Lan Quach; Dávila, Liv Thorstensson; Lachance, Joan; Coffey, Heather – CATESOL Journal, 2014
Numerous studies show that mainstream classroom teachers still remain inadequately prepared to teach diverse students and lack the knowledge base and skills to teach English language learners (ELLs). This has profound implications, particularly in the Southeast, where the rate of school-aged Latino immigrants has grown significantly. Thus, this…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Immigrants
Flannery, K. Brigid; Hellemn, Lisa A. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
The Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students 16 years of age or above must address specific transition components. Studies to date have focused on the presence and quality of these transition components, yet the alignment of these components and their role in leading the development of the IEP is just as critical. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, Alignment (Education), Faculty Development, Knowledge Level
Achinstein, Betty; Davis, Emily – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2014
While new teacher mentoring has traditionally focused on socio-emotional support and professional socialization, understanding mentors' role in developing novices' content teaching is needed given new educational reforms. Few researchers have explored a knowledge/practice base for content-focused mentoring. Therefore, we ask: what do content…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Boche, Benjamin – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2014
With conceptions of literacy growing beyond the traditional print medium, new understandings of multiliteracy practices and pedagogies are needed to better inform the preparation of secondary English teachers. This article presents the findings of a study examining five first year teachers' understandings of and experiences with multiliteracies.…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Secondary School Teachers, English Teachers, Language Arts
Garbe, Amber Yudchitz – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study sought to describe perceptions of teachers regarding the influence of online professional development (oPD) in literacy on their instruction and students' learning. The following features of effective professional development were analyzed: content-focus; collectivity; coherence; duration; and active learning. As well, the study…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Literacy Education, Faculty Development, Diaries
Nelson, Regena F. – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this study is to develop a service-learning model that increases preservice teachers' knowledge about communities by assisting preschool programs to provide expanded services to low-income families. The researcher interviewed key stakeholders in three preschool programs that vary in the types of family support services and use of…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Low Income Groups
Kerin, Marita; Murphy, Colette – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
This study describes and analyses how coteaching affected undergraduate music education preservice teachers (PSTs). During an 8-week school placement, coteaching was used as a means of creating a reciprocal professional learning arrangement involving PSTs and primary school teachers. The theoretical framework draws on the Russian concept of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Music Education, Undergraduate Students
Harris, Jo; Cale, Lorraine; Musson, Hayley – Professional Development in Education, 2011
The impact of a professional development programme on primary school teachers' perceptions of physical education was investigated. Primary school teachers from five local education authorities in England provided data for the study via pre-course audits, course evaluations immediately following the programme, and focus groups and individual…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Physical Education, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Kwiatkowski-Egizio, Erica – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The two research questions that guided this study were: (1) How do preservice teachers develop mathematical knowledge for teaching during a coordinated math methods course and field experience? and (2) What types of portfolio tasks lend themselves to documenting mathematical knowledge in teaching? Six, female, elementary (K-8) teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level, Mathematics Instruction
Sandholtz, Judith Haymore; Ringstaff, Cathy – Professional Development in Education, 2013
This study examined the extent to which significant changes after one year of a longitudinal, state-funded teacher professional development program were sustained during the second year. Participants taught in elementary schools located in small, rural school districts in the state of California in the United States. The research examined changes…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Rural Schools