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Hurd, Ellis – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2014
Teaching institutions with middle grades-specific teacher preparation programs remain a cornerstone for improving the condition of the nation's middle schools. Yet such programs scarcely exist as the heartbeat of excellence for middle grades schools or for preservice teachers seeking middle grades licensure (Jackson & Davis, 2000). Moreover,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Teacher Education Programs, Middle School Teachers, Communities of Practice
Dlamini, Barnabas; Miller, Larry E. – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the demographic characteristics of Swaziland agricultural education professionals and their perceptions of the preservice teacher education program in agriculture in their country. Questionnaires were developed and mailed to 128 Swaziland agricultural education professionals, with a total of 116 usable…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Agricultural Education, Foreign Countries
Pena, Deagelia M.; And Others – 1980
A problem solving study focused on the effectiveness of the student speech therapy practicum, part of the speech pathology and audiology program in the Department of Communication Disorders at Hampton Institute (Virginia). The objective was to investigate participants' attitudes toward the program and its problems and provide solutions for…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Communication Disorders, Cooperating Teachers
Evans, Sharon Hunsucker; Bethel, Lowell J. – 1984
An evaluation of the elementary school teacher education program at the University of Texas at Austin sought to identify the most important research-based teaching skills in the program, compare perceptions of all members of the program on specific teaching skills, and identify preservice teachers' perceptions of program components. A composite…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Williams, Don – 1994
To guide the development of teacher education programs at the University of Western Sydney Macarthur (Australia), a "Starting Teacher" questionnaire and the Graduate Career Council of Australia survey were administered to 48 early childhood and 168 primary teacher education students at their graduation ceremony in April 1993. These…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Graduate Surveys
Dupuis, Mary M., Ed. – 1992
The papers in this monograph reflect doctoral candidates' efforts to understand and influence teacher education and the changes through which it is going. Following an introduction, papers are presented as follows: (1) "Reflective Inquiry in Teacher Education" (Lynn Zeltzer); (2) "Creating a Reflective Practitioner in the Social…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, American Indians, Beginning Teachers, Early Childhood Education
DelGesso, Daniel D.; Smith, Marion P. – 1993
The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to obtain information on perceptions of student teachers, cooperating teachers, and student teacher supervisors regarding the substance, appropriateness, and value of the undergraduate teacher education program at Temple University (Pennsylvania); (2) to identify areas for teacher education program…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Classroom Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Tyson, Harriet – 1994
The 12 chapters in this book argue that: (1) in the most successful colleges, preservice teachers learn how to convey knowledge to students while they themselves are acquiring that knowledge; and (2) the best teacher training is a synthesis of content and pedagogy, and of theory and practice, throughout college and beyond certification. Chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education