Kazakhstan has made tremendous progress in ensuring universal access to primary and lower-secondary education. Nevertheless, results international surveys reveal that almost two-thirds of students from Kazakhstan complete schooling without mastering the basic skills needed to be successful, and that student achievement is increasingly inequitable.…

To address the training needs of Further Education and Training college (FETC) lecturers, and in the absence of a full professional education qualification, several higher education institutions, FETCs, and other bodies in South Africa formed an alliance to develop a short programme towards a possible future full qualification. In 2010 a…

This two-volume evaluation report of the Initiation to Teaching Project of Alberta Education, Canada, presents detailed information on the project, which provided employment as interns to nearly 900 recent graduates of teacher preparation programs. The report includes many elements: (1) a literature review; (2) a collection of information about…

This report presents the results of the evaluation of the 2-year Initiation to Teaching Project, implemented in schools in Alberta, Canada in 1985. The project provided employment in teaching for recently graduated teachers and supported their transition into full-time teaching with professional assistance. The report is divided into six sections:…

A large-scale teacher internship project, the Initiation to Teaching Project, was implemented in the schools in Alberta, Canada, in September, 1985. The general purposes of the 2-year project were to provide employment in teaching for recently graduated teachers, and to assess the utility of a year-long program in which the transition from…

Gender differences and differences associated with urban versus rural placement in the satisfaction of 204 final-year teacher education students with a national teaching practice orientation program in Nigeria were assessed. Data from 184 (sex variable) and 177 (placement variable) usable questionnaires indicate the importance of effective teacher…

The first section of this monograph contains a report on a research study that investigated the induction of beginning teachers in Queensland, Australia. The first phase of the study collected the opinions of educational associations and organizations with respect to the responsibility of the profession for the induction of beginning teachers. In…

Scarborough (Ontario) School District Area 10 has had a "New Teacher Support Committee" since September 1991, the focus of which is the support of beginning teachers. During the fall of the 1991-92 school year, Area 10 elementary schools participated in a first year teacher orientation program designed to help teachers new to the…