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Richards, K. Andrew R.; Aros, Emily; Ostrander, Anna – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2015
It is critical that preservice teachers (PSTs) in PE learn strategies to help them advocate for the importance of their subject in and around school settings. This article describes curricular and extracurricular activities that teacher educators can draw upon in preparing PSTs to advocate for their subject.
Descriptors: Advocacy, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Physical Education
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Adams, Alyson; Ross, Dorene; Burns, Jamey; Gibbs, Lauren – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
This article describes an instructional coaching program that includes high-quality data displays to engage teachers in conversation about instruction. A descriptive, nonjudgmental data display that captures a teacher's practice around an identified focus provides the foundation for a productive collaborative coaching conversation. The data…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Program Descriptions, Visual Aids, Instruction
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Mrachko, Alicia A.; Kaczmarek, Louise A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2017
Social communication skills are considered a core deficit in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Evidence-based practices that have emerged to address these critical skills in children with ASD have largely been implemented by researchers, teachers, and parents. Only recently have researchers studied paraprofessionals as…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Skills, Evidence Based Practice
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Cude, Michelle D.; Haraway, Dana L. – Teacher Educators' Journal, 2017
This research explores the question of how students in a social studies methods course improve skills in analyzing and critiquing pre-existing lesson plans. It utilizes a pre-post authentic assessment tool to measure student growth in key skills of lesson plan critique over the course of one semester's methods instruction. The results support the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Lesson Plans, Online Courses, Achievement Gains
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Izadinia, Mahsa – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This study focuses on two preservice teachers who experienced significantly different mentoring relationships in their two placements during a one-year teaching degree in a university in Western Australia. Data were collected through three rounds of semi-structured interviews, reflective journals and classroom observations. The findings indicated…
Descriptors: Mentors, Preservice Teachers, Career Readiness, Teaching Skills
Gibbons, Lynsey K.; Cobb, Paul – Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
Instructional improvement initiatives in many districts include instructional coaching as a primary form of job-embedded support for teachers. However, the coaching literature provides little guidance about what activities coaches should engage in with teachers to improve instruction. When researchers do propose activities, they rarely justify why…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Learning Activities, Educational Opportunities, Instructional Improvement
Lockwood, Meghan; Dillman, Mary; Boudett, Kathryn Parker – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
District administrators who want to build capacity for data use in schools may be well-served by starting in the central office. This case study of the Boston Public Schools shows how central office administrators can leverage their own data inquiry cycles to improve the ways they support schools in using data. Using the Data Wise Improvement…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Information Utilization, Capacity Building, Case Studies
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Ayyagari, Ramakrishna; Figueroa, Norilyz – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2017
Information Security issues are one of the top concerns of CEOs. Accordingly, information systems education and research have addressed security issues. One of the main areas of research is the behavioral issues in Information Security, primarily focusing on users' compliance to information security policies. We contribute to this literature by…
Descriptors: Information Security, Evidence, Information Science Education, Information Policy
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Chang-Tik, Chan – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2017
This article attempts to explore the extent to which Lecturer e-Training Program (LeP) supports lecturers in their preparation for student-centred teaching. LeP was conducted in a blended mode, that is, it involved an online self-paced learning module followed by an interactive online discussion and ended with a face-to-face action learning. It…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Active Learning, Online Courses, Questionnaires
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de Koff, Jason P.; Ricketts, John C.; Robbins, Chris; Illukpitiya, Prabodh; Wade, Alvin – Journal of Extension, 2017
Understanding the impact of workshops that include mobile demonstrations for describing technical applications can be useful when planning an Extension program on new energy technologies. We used a mobile demonstration in a workshop that provided information on small-scale on-farm biodiesel production. Evaluation of the workshop outcomes…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Stakeholders, Energy, Energy Education
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Gilbert, Jenelle N. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017
Coaches lacking a formal background in sport psychology may shy away from teaching these skills in favor of teaching physical skills with which they are more familiar. Other coaches may assume that athletes will learn sport psychology skills as a byproduct of their coaching pedagogy. Regardless, high school coaches are responsible for teaching…
Descriptors: Sport Psychology, Teaching Methods, High Schools, Athletic Coaches
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Desimone, Laura M.; Pak, Katie – Theory Into Practice, 2017
In response to policy initiatives calling for the implementation of evidence-based classroom practice, instructional coaches are frequently utilized as providers of professional development (PD). Despite the demand for instructional coaches, there is little empirical evidence that coaching improves teacher practice. We address this limitation by…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Improvement
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Korthagen, Fred – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
Based on recent findings about teacher learning, a critical analysis of traditional and new approaches to professional development is presented. To a large degree, teacher learning takes place unconsciously and involves cognitive, emotional and motivational dimensions. Moreover, teacher learning takes place at various levels. Although these…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Training Methods, Misconceptions, Educational Practices
Daugherty, Glenn R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Police organizations routinely train their officers on the use of deadly force policy and procedures. The topic addressed in this study is that deadly force policy training may be inadequate in combining policy along with discretion in shoot or no shoot situations often resulting in improper use of deadly force. The problem is the training that…
Descriptors: Police Education, Law Enforcement, Police Community Relationship, Public Policy
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This publication presents information on employers' use and views of the vocational education and training (VET) system. The findings relate to the various ways in which Australian employers use the VET system and unaccredited training to meet their skill needs, and their satisfaction with these methods of training. Australian employers can engage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes, Use Studies
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