The promotion of effective teacher professional development (ETPD) is a critical issue in the field of teacher education. The present study investigated how ETPD is affected simultaneously by teacher- and school-level factors across the United States, China, Finland, and Singapore. The data were drawn from the Teaching and Learning International…

Drawing on interviews with a diverse sample of teachers, this study uses the frame of professional identity to interpret the heterogeneity among teachers' perceptions of professional development. Specifically, it examines how teachers' "anchoring beliefs" might be reflected in or refracted by their accounts of powerful professional…

In the United States, about one third of new teachers being hired are drawn from alternative certification programs. One way to address controversy about the differences among the training experiences of teachers in traditional certification programs, fast-track alternative programs, and residency alternative programs is to examine teacher reports…

The effectiveness of teacher education was examined by taking two indicators into account: future teachers' mean achievement on a paper-and-pencil test as an indicator of quality, and the variability of teacher achievement due to background characteristics as an indicator of equity. In detail, the effects of gender and language on mathematics…

Study found that teachers familiar with certain books on curriculum development used higher cognitive level questions than those unfamiliar with the books. (RT)

Research done on teacher educators in the last two decades is summarized. Discussed are the background, education, personality traits, professional abilities, and teaching styles of teacher educators. Areas of needed research are identified. (MT)

A three-year study of 393 beginning teachers' scores on the Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments was made to determine whether significant relationships existed between training and experience variables and beginning teacher performance. The authors discuss implications of the findings for teacher education and certification policies. (MT)

Through systematic classroom observation of 71 student teachers and first-year teachers, 1,346 teaching behaviors were observed, with teachers describing their perception of the origin of each behavior. Results suggest that teachers rely as heavily on their own ideas as on their formal training. Possible explanations are discussed. (MT)

Emergency certification of teachers is the practice of issuing certificates to individuals who are employed to teach but who have not fulfilled all the requirements for a regular teaching certificate. A report is given on current practices of emergency certification, and dilemmas caused by the practice are described. Alternative options to…

Study found that mature women were viewed as highly effective by their employing principals, but their potential effectiveness could not be predicted accurately from judgments of supervising teachers or major professors, or from measures of academic achievement. (RT)