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Andrehina Salinas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined teachers' current knowledge on trauma and trauma-informed practices. More specifically, the purpose of this study was to identify whether teachers and staff within the school setting feel confident in being able to work with immigrant and refugee children and whether teachers would benefit from having training on trauma and…
Descriptors: Mexicans, Immigrants, Refugees, Trauma Informed Approach
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Johannah D. Baugher; Narges Sareh – Advocate, 2023
This manuscript discusses a teacher education experience utilized within an early childhood literacy methods course named, book-tasting presentation. Existing literature suggests that book-tastings, in a variety of forms, are evident at the PK-12 level, yet not prevalent in higher education and specifically, teacher education. The aim of the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Picture Books, Teacher Education Curriculum, Literacy Education
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Rowe, Shawn; Riggio, Mariapaola; De Amicis, Raffaele; Rowe, Susan R. – Education Sciences, 2020
This paper discusses elementary, and secondary (K-12) teachers' perceptions of cross-reality (XR) tools for data visualization and use of sensor data from the built environment in classroom curricula. Our objective was to explore the use of sensor-informed XR in the built environment and civil engineering (BECE) field to support K-12 science,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Artificial Intelligence
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Mligo, Ignasia Renatus – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
The aim of this study was to examine teachers' perceptions and concerns about the implementation of the preschool curriculum developed over 10 years (2005-2015). This paper reports findings from an interpretive case study design in four preschool settings in Tanzania with 12 teachers and 8 parent participants. Data were generated using interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Curriculum, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Implementation
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Ratinen, Ilkka; Viiri, Jouni; Lehesvuori, Sami; Kokkonen, Tuukka – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
A teacher's practical knowledge contains the teacher's beliefs about the goals, values and principles of education that guide his or her actions in the classroom. There is still a lack of knowledge about how teachers' practical knowledge influences their teaching. The present study examines student teachers' practical knowledge in the context of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Inquiry, Knowledge Level
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Pei, Jacqueline; Job, Jenelle; Poth, Cheryl; O'Brien-Langer, Anna; Tang, Wei – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
There is a pressing need for enhancing the learning environment for students affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs). To develop relevant professional learning opportunities for teachers, a logical initial step is to explore the extent to which pre-service teachers accurately understand the unique neuropsychological functioning…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Educational Environment, Preservice Teacher Education, Neuropsychology
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Budak, Ayfer – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
This study investigated how involving in a lesson study process at virtual settings impacted participating teachers' knowledge. The two elementary mathematics teachers, teaching in two public elementary schools at distant cities and meeting occasionally face to face and regularly at virtual settings formed the sample of this study. Neither of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers, Virtual Classrooms
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Korkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
Finland recently adopted two national core curricula that apply to kindergartens (ages one through six). An early childhood education and care curriculum outlines expectations for children under seven (when school starts), while a preschool curriculum establishes guidelines specifically for six-year-olds. Both curricula describe broad principles,…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Children, Foreign Countries
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Blecker, Norma S.; Boakes, Norma J. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
Inclusive education is defined as educating students with disabilities in general education programmes with their non-disabled peers. In order to create a successful learning environment for all children, general and special educators must be responsive to all students' needs. Although inclusive education practices were developed over 15 years…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Educational Opportunities
American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC. – 1995
Professional development for teachers is a continuous process of individual and collective examination of practice. This publication first identifies reasons why traditional staff development often fails and several prerequisites for effective professional development. These include establishing real stakes for students; providing incentives for…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Principles, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Tippett, Jennifer – Kairaranga, 2004
The Ministry of Education's policy, "Special Education 2000" (SE 2000) was intended to promote a model that ensured all students received an education that involved successful experiences (Ministry of Education, 1996). Students with Asperger Syndrome (AS) often have difficulty adapting to and achieving these successful experiences in…
Descriptors: Teacher Aides, Teacher Characteristics, Asperger Syndrome, Teacher Responsibility