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Thomas, Matthew A. M. – Education and Urban Society, 2018
Research on Teach For America (TFA) continues to grow, but scant scholarship has explored the experiences of its corps members working in special education in urban schools. As teachers who require in-depth knowledge of legal and liability processes as well as effective pedagogical practices, corps members in special education positions have…
Descriptors: Special Education, Reflection, Urban Schools, Teaching Experience
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Blankman, Marian; van der Schee, Joop; Boogaard, Marianne; Volman, Monique – Curriculum and Teaching, 2016
This paper describes the result of a design study in which a geography course was developed and tested aiming to develop the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of first-year primary student teachers. This resulted in a course called "Consciously Teaching Geography" with characteristics as (1) starting from students' preconceptions and…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Curriculum Design, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Motteram, Gary; Choudry, Sophina; Kalambouka, Afroditi; Hutcheson, Graeme; Barton, Hutcheson – Education Endowment Foundation, 2016
The ReflectED programme was developed by Rosendale Primary School to improve pupils' metacognition--their ability to think about and manage their own learning. This includes the skills of setting and monitoring goals, assessing progress, and identifying personal strengths and challenges. ReflectED consists of 28, weekly, half-hour lessons, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Metacognition, Thinking Skills
Beard, Rachael – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There is currently a small body of research on the experiences of participants, both facilitators and learners, during simulated mock codes (cardiac arrest) in the healthcare setting. This study was based on a practitioner's concerns that mock codes are facilitated differently among educators, mock codes are not aligned with andragogy theory of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Allied Health Personnel, Qualitative Research, Simulation
Schaub, Cynthia R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to analyze the development of preservice teachers' beliefs in regard to diversity concepts and issues. The current study finds a positive development in preservice teacher candidates' professional beliefs about diversity as shown through observations, interviews, and document analysis at the beginning and end of upper…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education, Observation
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Visser, Talitha C.; Coenders, Fer G. M.; Terlouw, Cees; Pieters, Jules – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
This study aims to evaluate a professional development programme that prepares and assists teachers with the implementation of a multidisciplinary science module, basing the evaluation on "participants' reactions," the first level of Guskey's five-level model for evaluation (2002). Positive evaluations at the higher levels in Guskey's…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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Kyppö, Anna – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This paper offers insight into learning Slovak in an e-learning environment. The need to reach distance-learners of Slovak led to the implementation of a web-based course on Slovak language and culture in 2008-2010. The pedagogical basis of the course, called Virtual Slovak, is the socioconstructivist approach to teaching and learning, in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slavic Languages, Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning
Goldring, Ellen; Grissom, Jason A.; Neumerski, Christine M.; Murphy, Joseph; Blissett, Richard; Porter, Andy – Wallace Foundation, 2015
This three-volume report describes the "SAM (School Administration Manager) process," an approach that about 700 schools around the nation are using to direct more of principals' time and effort to improve teaching and learning in classrooms. Research has shown that a principal's instructional leadership is second only to teaching among…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Administrator Role, Educational Improvement
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Smith, Janet – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Since the first Circle of Trust retreat was offered in 2005, the Center for Courage & Renewal (CCR) and other individual facilitators across the United States, Canada, and Australia have continued to offer many cross-professional retreats, as they have proven extremely popular. They are designed for people from any profession who want to…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Program Effectiveness
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Nunn, Jeffrey A.; Braud, Janie – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013
Students in Honors Physical Geology at Louisiana State University (LSU) participated in instruction in eighth- to ninth-grade geology and geography classes in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools (EBRPS) to help meet community needs. LSU students created instructional materials and reflected on the service activity to gain a deeper understanding of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Honors Curriculum, Geology, Service Learning
Forawi, Sufian A.; Almekhlafi, Abdurrahman G.; Al-Mekhlafy, Mohamed H. – Online Submission, 2012
Research has indicated the importance of evaluating the experiences related to developing e-portfolios (electronic portfolio) to contribute to the overall excellence in teaching and learning. Researchers (instructors) of the present study used an exit e-portfolios, a questionnaire and follow up interviews to describe development and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials), Teacher Education Programs, Measures (Individuals)
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White, C. Stephen; Fox, Rebecca K.; Isenberg, Joan P. – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This study examined how multiple measures can be used to study experienced teachers' learning. The study was conducted in an advanced Master's degree programme, aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the United States. The programmatic features and key learning experiences found in the programme are described and…
Descriptors: National Standards, Faculty Development, Masters Degrees, Investigations
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Lee, Jackie Fung King – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This inquiry aimed to examine the benefits of having international field experience for a group of Hong Kong postgraduate student teachers who joined a six-week immersion programme in New Zealand. Through participants' reflections, interviews and programme evaluations, the present investigation found that the overseas field experience not only…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Metalinguistics, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
Smith, Kerri Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of students and faculty involved in a living-learning first-year experience program at a small, liberal arts institution about developing skills for life-long learning including critical thinking, written communication, and reflection and engagement across disciplines. The researcher…
Descriptors: Skill Development, College Freshmen, Living Learning Centers, Student Experience
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Bower, Laura A.; Klecka, Cari L.; Silva, Susan – Teacher Education and Practice, 2010
In this article, we report the action research that shaped the development of the Growing Career Educators project, a teacher-designed field experience for preservice teachers within a high school in the fifth-largest school district in the country. The research consisted of two cycles of action research, both of which focused on whether a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mentors, Action Research, Focus Groups
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