The present study explores the specific outlines and implementation characteristics of teacher training programs for teaching as a second career. These programs stand out for being socio-educational, aiming to foster leadership and generate a social value-based change through education. The study is based on a qualitative approach using case study…

For the past six years, California has been revising its preparation system for school and district administrators, including developing the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA), the first required performance assessment for preliminary administrator certification. In this study, researchers from the California Comprehensive…

This article focuses on professional work placements for teachers of business and management. These one-year work placements seek to develop the teachers' knowledge of the business world, allowing them to improve their teaching practice and produce new pedagogical resources. We examine here, from the teachers' point of view, two questions: What…

Background: The implementation of inclusive education creates challenges for classroom teachers who have to meet the learning needs of students with and without special educational needs (SEN). Research has revealed that teachers' readiness and willingness to accommodate the learning needs of students with SEN was determined by their…

This paper presents findings from a survey of pre-service teacher training institutions in England with regard to the provision of health and well-being education. It examines factors affecting the inclusion of health and well-being, and explores educational implications in light of the changing landscape of pre-service teacher education in…

Across all certification areas, teacher education is being challenged to better integrate clinical experiences with coursework. This article describes the process of curriculum mapping and its impact on the organization of clinical experiences in a master's TESOL program over a 1-year redesign process. Although curriculum mapping has been employed…

Because of the historically low numbers of minorities in geoscience careers and college majors, an area of growing attention is how teacher professional development may be utilized to increase diversity in the geosciences (Pecore et al., 2007; Sedlock & Metzger, 2007). This paper examines teacher preferences for the timing, location and…

Five western Pennsylvania state colleges developed a consortium agreement, WES.C.T.E.C. (Western State College's Teacher Education Center), to operate a teaching center at the district's Centennial Elementary School. The purpose of the teaching center was to involve elementary education students in a year-long field experience in which methodology…

Contains five short discussions on the following topics: (1) using precision journalism techniques, (2) coping with teacher evaluation, (3) a program in which journalism students help produce a Sunday newspaper edition, (4) a course in international mass communications, and (5) professional journalists' opinions of the content of master's…

The estuarine research aide curriculum at Charles County Community College (Maryland) emphasizes the practical development of skills through field work. (NF)

Describes "Action Learning" programs which intend to broaden the traditional definition of schooling to include community-based experiences. Discusses the implications of this type of model for teacher education--particularly the in-service aspect. (Author/RK)

Describes objectives and functions of the Learning Center on Family Functioning located at Wayne State School of Social Work. The Center is basically a means of organizing learning experiences in order to maximize student integration of academic study and field experience. (Author/EJT)

Describes a national survey using the Delphi technique to determine the criteria considered by community college child-care occupational instructors to be necessary for quality field experiences in child-care training programs. Examines the application of findings to the development of an instrument useful in program evaluation. (JP)

The career field experience program at a midwestern high school places broadcasting students on location for observation of the profession and optional job training or work. In addition to radio and television stations, field locations include advertising agencies with production studios, corporate production facilities, recording studios, cable…

Describes Queen's University of Kingston cooperative/internship approach to educating teachers for a variety of experiential settings. Outlines program offerings which include special studies in group process, curriculum design, wilderness crisis management, mobile comparative studies of experientially based programs, and a final internship. (NEC)