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Redman, Erin – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2013
Teacher education for sustainability is a central part of integrating sustainability into classrooms and schools. However, educating for sustainability is not limited to increased content knowledge; rather it encompasses different forms of knowledge that embrace the normative, dynamic and action-oriented nature of sustainability. Curriculum for a…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Elementary Secondary Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
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Mathieson, Susan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2011
This paper argues that given the complexities and contested nature of contemporary higher education, induction programmes for new academics should move beyond generic approaches to teaching and learning and engage academics in considering the contexts in which they are practising, focusing on developing their agency in these complex contexts. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Context Effect
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Burstein, Joyce H. – Social Studies, 2009
Concerned with combining theory with practice, the author, a teacher educator, wrote a grant to combine teaching university social studies methods and teaching sixth-grade social studies in an urban professional development site (PDS). By combining both roles, she created a recursive process of theory, observation, analysis, coteaching, and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Load, Teacher Educators
Mesner, Linda; Tuttle, George – 1979
A survey of Illinois secondary school speech teachers was conducted in 1970 so that a profile of the secondary school speech teacher could be constructed from the perspective of how teachers view themselves. Replies were received from 55 teachers representing 37% of the sample and 12% of Illinois schools with speech activity programs. Among the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Educational Research, Extracurricular Activities, Instructional Materials
Witte, Stephen P.; And Others – 1982
This report presents the results of a national survey of a selected group of college and university teachers of writing considered to be the best by the directors of their writing programs. The first chapter explains how the sample of teachers was selected, examines the distribution of the sample across types and sizes of institutions, summarizes…
Descriptors: Higher Education, National Surveys, Remedial Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1968
Nineteen crucial problems that are inhibiting continued improvement of English and reading education are identified by a committee of the Connecticut State Department of Education. The problems are grouped under four main headings: (1) content and method, (2) articulation, (3) teaching conditions, (4) teacher education and reeducation. Some of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Articulation (Education), Course Content
Bruening, Thomas H.; Scanlon, Dennis C.; Hodes, Carol; Dhital, Purandhar; Shao, Xiaorong; Liu, Shih-Tsen – 2001
A study was conducted to describe the characteristics of teacher educators in career and technical education (CTE) programs, including the following: demographics; professional development activities; and methods, models, and approaches currently used within teacher preparation programs. Study respondents included 359 teacher educators from…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Blacks, College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education