All public schools in the United States have been caught up in educational reform. This has especially been true since the 1980's. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was a major component in how schools have changed the process of educating students. In response to reform efforts, many schools have relied on their own knowledge to achieve higher…

This study examined National Board Certified Physical Education Teacher's (NBCPETs) demographic characteristics, recalled subjective warrants for entrance into the profession, and reasons for seeking this advanced certification. An extensive search for approximately 1,200 NBCPETs resulted in contact information for 819 NBCPETs. All were sent a…

This study investigates the current state of inclusion practices in general education classrooms via survey of 71 inclusion teachers currently serving as special educators across the state of New York. Specifically, small group instruction, co-teaching, one-to-one instruction, and planning support are explored in relationship to class size, number…

This paper presents a study about how schools of education impact their students' ability to be successful in urban schools. What experiences--if any--in teacher education programs shape the development of race-conscious White teachers? To address her goal, the author conducted a qualitative study of six teachers currently employed in urban…

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPERIENCED-TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN AMERICAN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS--(1) BY ASSISTING SELECTED, POTENTIALLY INFLUENTIAL TEACHERS TO PURSUE FULL-TIME GRADUATE EDUCATION IN SPECIALLY PLANNED COURSES OF STUDY, AND (2) BY FOSTERING AND STRENGTHENING AN INCREASED CONCERN…

An opinionnaire was constructed by asking approximately 100 students to write down, subjectively, items with which they were most concerned in becoming teachers. Twenty of these were selected as being the most representative of the prospective teacher. This 20-statement opinionnaire was then administered to 417 undergraduate secondary education…

This study focuses on significant changes in undergraduate teacher education. In June 1971, a questionnaire was sent to institutions accredited for undergraduate teacher education. The data of this report is based on replies from 238 institutions located in 47 states. Of the responding institutions, 29 percent are located in metropolitan areas…

Milligan College instituted an off-campus laboratory program for its student teachers. A team of classroom teachers works with the prospective teachers. At the sophomore level some observation and teaching is done by students who are then evaluated. During the junior level a student is assigned one child to aid in reading abilities for 5 weeks.…

Describes a technical writing teacher's experience consulting at a large insurance company. Suggests that consulting provides teachers valuable insight into the real-life writing concerns of writers in service occupations. (ARH)

A major responsibility of teacher development should be to make teachers wiser, to help them develop good habits of thought, and to provide them with valid learning situations that initiate and provoke reflection. Impediments to providing such preparation are enumerated and alternative activities to encourage reflection are listed. (MT)

This book directly engages some of the more difficult aspects of working as an educator in a public school. This book investigates what it means to teach, lead, and live during times of ongoing and intense change and offers insights which might help committed professionals better serve the needs of students as they seek to implement their own…

The author describes his experiences in Hollywood while his book, an autobiographical account of his experience teaching in a southern school, was being filmed there. (JA)

This study tried to determine if the student teaching experience significantly altered the students' perception of teaching and which of the performance criteria variables on the Secondary Supervised Teaching Evaluation Form accounted for the greatest variance of the students' perceptions of teaching. (Author/JA)