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General Education Pre-Service Teachers' Levels of Concern on Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation
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Barrio, Brenda L.; Combes, Bertina H. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
Revisions to Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) proposed alternative models, such as Response to Intervention (RTI), as a preventive measure that supports students at risk. As teachers' roles evolve in response to RTI, teacher preparation programs must adjust their focus and curriculum accordingly. A mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Response to Intervention, Intervention
Recalling 40 Years of Teacher Education in the USA: A Personal Essay
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
Taking the form of a personal essay, the author describes developments within teacher education in the USA over a 40-year period, since the founding of "JET." Beginning with his work within teacher education as a graduate student and moving across time, he describes major movements in teacher education, discusses several of the most…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Educational History
The Challenges of Supporting New Teachers: A Conversation with Linda Darling-Hammond
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Scherer, Marge – Educational Leadership, 2012
In this wide-ranging interview with Educational Leadership, Stanford University Professor of Education Linda Darling-Hammond discusses the kind of preparation and support new teachers need to survive their critical first years in the classroom. Among her central recommendations are more intensive mentoring that lasts through the first year of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Models, Educational Needs, Teacher Education Programs
Biggest Teacher-Prep School Revamped
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Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2011
School after school in the Phoenix area has a banner hanging on the side of the building: iTeachAZ. It is shorthand for Arizona State University's new flagship undergraduate teacher education program, which integrates several high-profile--and hotly debated--reforms to teacher preparation today. Under the program, which debuted formally this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Undergraduate Study, Teacher Education Programs
Teacher Development in Technology Instruction: Does Computer Coursework Transfer into Actual Teaching Practice?
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Grau, Isidro, IV – 1996
This study examined the technology preparation component of two University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) preservice teacher education programs: the traditional teacher education program and the Teacher Education Advancing Academic Achievement Model (TEAM) Collaborate teacher education program. Some characteristics of TEAM were: a year-long site…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
The Teacher Educator's Handbook: Building a Knowledge Base for the Preparation of Teachers. The Jossey-Bass Education Series.
Murray, Frank B., Ed. – 1996
In this book, leading scholars address a range of issues, ideas, and research findings in the field of teacher education, examining specific disciplines, social foundations, and program structures, as well as school reform and diversity. Part One: The Need for a Knowledge Base contains five chapters: "Beyond Natural Teaching: The Case for…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education