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Direct linkPrincipal, 2006
New information on the characteristics of elementary school principals is included in the most recent Schools and Staffing Survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. The results show that the number of public elementary school principals grew from 54,000 in 1993-1994 to 61,000 in 2003-2004. This roughly corresponds to the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Principals, Administrator Characteristics
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Download full textBrinkerhoff, Jonathan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2006
A variety of barriers relating to resources, institutional and administrative policies, skills development and attitudes can hinder the effectiveness of technology professional development resulting in underutilized technology resources and lack of integration of those resources within instruction. Multiple methods were used to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Self Efficacy, Professional Development, Educational Technology
Nieto, Sonia – New Educator, 2005
In this article, the author identifies two current--and competing--discourses concerning teaching and public education in general. One is the "official" discourse, embodied in "No Child Left Behind" language, with a focus on accountability, standards, credentials, and testing, accompanied by punitive measures for failing to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Federal Legislation
Harrison, Chris – Teacher Development, 2005
This article seeks to explore how teachers develop assessment for learning practices in secondary school science, mathematics and English classrooms. Drawing on interviews, teacher reflective writing, lesson observations and field notes of teacher meetings, it highlights the importance of opportunities for professional dialogue between teachers…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation
Stotko, Elaine M.; Beaty-O'Ferrall, Mary Ellen; Yerkes, Amy M. – Teaching Education, 2005
All teacher education programs face the challenge of ensuring that their graduates know their subject matter and can teach it effectively. For graduate level teacher education programs, whose candidates may complete their education in the content area at various institutions, this challenge is even greater. The following article describes one…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Masters Degrees, Sciences
Pardini, Priscilla – Journal of Staff Development, 2006
Narrowing the achievement gap between students who are native English speakers and those learning English as a second language is one of the biggest challenges facing U.S. educators. This article discusses the approaches used by the Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Schools in narrowing this achievement gap. Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Schools has one of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Public Schools, Non English Speaking
Zhou, George; Varnhagen, Stanley; Sears, Myrna R.; Kasprzak, Susan; Shervey, Gail – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2007
The purpose of this study was to evaluate an online professional development course for inservice teachers in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) and concurrently explore the factors that influence online professional development. The study integrated quantitative and qualitative methods including survey, focus group and…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Hezel Associates (NJ1), 2007
PBS TeacherLine, an initiative funded under the U.S. Department of Education's Ready To Teach program, is designed to provide high-quality online professional development for K-12 teachers. Through the first five-year grant cycle, ending in 2005, PBS TeacherLine produced approximately 100 online facilitated courses in reading, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Public Television, Federal Programs, Professional Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Democracy & Civic Engagement: Implications for Teacher Preparation and a National Agenda for Inquiry
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2007
This volume discusses the ways in which teacher preparation programs around the country are actively embracing civic education from the belief that teacher education is inherently tied to both the preparation of civil servants and the work of preparing citizens. In the field of education, specifically the work of preparing teachers, there has been…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Action Research, Democracy
Beffa-Negrini, Patricia A.; Cohen, Nancy L.; Laus, Mary Jane; McLandsborough, Lynne A. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2007
Secondary science teachers who integrate food safety (FS) into curricula can provide FS knowledge and skills to youth while reinforcing science skills and concepts. National science education standards and the Biological Science Curriculum Study 5E Inquiry-based Learning Model were used to design an online training, Food Safety FIRST. The training…
Descriptors: Safety, Web Based Instruction, Food Standards, Pretests Posttests
Austin, Katherine A.; Lawson, William D.; Holder, Eric – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2007
This study compares the efficacy of interactive video (ITV) delivered instruction to traditional course instruction in three distinct learning environments: traditional face-to-face format, ITV host (instructor present), and ITV distant (instructor not physically present) sites. Data were obtained from a half-day professional development course…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Retention (Psychology), Professional Development, Interactive Video
Smolin, Louanne; Lawless, Kimberly; Dede, Chris; Jones, Steve; Johnson-Yale, Camille; Perez, Francisco Seoane; Schuler, Jessica; Pellegrino, James W.; Goldman, Susan R.; Bertenthal, Meryl; Lawless, Kimberly; Vrasidas, Charalambos; Glass, Gene V.; Haertel, Geneva D.; Means, Barbara; Penuel, William; Goldmann, Hilary; Warschauer, Mark; Tettegah, Sharon; Whang, Eun Won; Collins, Nakia; Taylor, Kona; Vasquez, Olga A.; Burbules, Nicholas C. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2007
There is little dispute that technology has transformed people's everyday lives. People shop online, download news in their iPods, communicate via text and video, take digital photos, and conduct all manner of personal and professional business via the Internet. While these technologies have afforded new opportunities to improve efficiency,…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Access to Information, Educational Change, Educational Technology
de Fatima D'Assumpcao Castro, Maria; Alves, Luiz Anastacio – Computers & Education, 2007
The introduction of computer technology has touched off an actual revolution for teaching and learning activities. In the present study, we investigated the impact of the implementation and use of computers in the public school system, from the elementary grades to high school, in Niteroi city, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). This city, with a total…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Equipment Maintenance, Computers
Wepner, Shelley B.; Bowes, Kathleen A.; Serotkin, Rita – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
This article describes the implementation of a state-funded grant, the challenges that emerged, and the lessons learned. This yearlong grant, Technology[superscript 3], provided the resources for university faculty, teacher candidates, and cooperating teachers to integrate technology. Findings from the grant did not indicate significant changes in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Educational Technology
Wlodkowski, Raymond J. – 1995
Euro-American values dominate the field of psychology, and their cultural assumptions are often accepted as universal. However, there are significant differences between Western and non-Western thinking and thus what educators take to be psychological norms are often rejected by many of the students and families they are supposed to serve. Despite…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
