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Boswell, Darold S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There is an underrepresentation of African American males in the kindergarten through Grade 12 public education teaching profession. A number of research studies have been conducted to try and understand why African American males fail to enter this career field in large numbers. This research study sought to understand why a select group of…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Teaching (Occupation), Interviews, Elementary Secondary Education
Beckner, Gary, Ed. – Association of American Educators Foundation, 2010
"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Differentiated Instruction: Responding to each student's…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Academic Freedom, Accountability, Individualized Instruction
Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
Nath, Baiju K.; Balan, Meera – Online Submission, 2010
Quality concerns of an institution shall be explained in terms of hardware and software. The hardware comprises of building and other infrastructural facilities and software involves teachers, students and administrative staff. Various agencies such as National Council for Educational Research & Training (NCERT), National Council for Teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Educational Quality, Institutional Characteristics, Teaching Methods
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Ferguson, Alison – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Student-supervisor conferencing involves a pivotal moment for teaching and learning, involving clinical educators in directing the students' work with clients, promoting the students' learning and self-evaluation, and in providing feedback to students about their progress. Previous research in the area of student-supervisor…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Speech Language Pathology, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Adeniyi, S. O.; Fakolade, Olufemi Aremum; Tella, Adeyinka – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: Efficient and effective performance on any job depend largely on good psychological well being of the workers as well as other factors such as conducive environment, good interpersonal relationship, adequate communication among staff and between staff and management, work load, remuneration and other physical and psychological boosting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Well Being, Mental Health
Sawchuk, Steven – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
The author reports on an experimental study of performance-based teacher compensation conducted in the U.S. which shows that a nationally watched bonus-pay system had no overall impact on student achievement. Nearly 300 middle school mathematics teachers in Nashville, Tennessee, voluntarily took part in the Project on Incentives in Teaching, a…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Salaries, Incentives
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Manspeaker, Sarah A.; Van Lunen, Bonnie – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2010
Context: Professional athletic training education must transition toward instruction of evidence-based practice in order to maintain progress with other health professions' clinical practices and educational standards. Objective: To evaluate athletic training educators' experience with implementation of evidence-based practice concepts in CAATE…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Health Occupations, Athletics, Teaching Methods
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Skinder-Meredith, Amy E. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2010
Courses in anatomy have traditionally relied on lectures and cadaver dissection laboratories. In speech and hearing sciences, there tends to be less access to cadavers than in medical schools and other allied health professions. It is more typical to use anatomical models, diagrams and lecture slides. Regardless of the resources available, anatomy…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Speech, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style
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Windle, Richard J.; Wharrad, Heather; McCormick, Damion; Laverty, Helen; Taylor, Michael – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2010
The open educational resource (OER) movement has the potential to have a truly transformative effect on higher education, but in order to do so it must move into the mainstream and facilitate widespread participation in the sharing or creating of resources and in their reuse. To help in this process, experience can be gained from projects and…
Descriptors: Resource Units, Multimedia Materials, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
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Smit, Brigitte; Fritz, Elzette; Mabalane, Valencia – Australian Educational Researcher, 2010
The authors describe teacher professional identity as lived experience in the context of educational change. Adopting activity theory and its genesis in cultural historical theory (Stetsenko & Arievitch, 2004) as a framework, the article discusses the way teachers see themselves as professionals and how they compose their identities in…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Educational Change, Teachers, Models
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Kelehear, Zach – Current Issues in Education, 2010
The degree to which instructional supervisors encourage reflection by teachers is in large part a function of both the supervisor's and teacher's use of the art of conversation. The author juxtaposes the Concern Based Adoption Model theory for innovation with the Feldman Method for art criticism to support reflection as aesthetic. Reflection that…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Supervision, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication
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Pillay, Hitendra; Kelly, Kathy; Tones, Megan – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Objectives: The purpose of the current article was to explore perceptions of transitional employment and training and development amongst blue collar workers employed in technical, trade, operations or physical and labour-intensive occupations within the local government system. Methods: The responses of manual workers to two national surveys…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Retirement, Employment Level, Job Satisfaction
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Reupert, Andrea; Wilkinson, Jane; Galloway, Letitia – Australian Educational Researcher, 2010
While seconded and contracted teachers make a significant contribution to education faculties there is limited research regarding their experiences, needs and supports. Accordingly, interviews were conducted with five seconded and three contracted teachers in an Australian regional university and interpreted within a qualitative, interpretative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Faculty Mobility, Higher Education
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Grossman, J. M.; Patel, M.; Drinkwater, L. E. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2010
We piloted an educational model, the Sustainable Agriculture Scholars Program, linking research in organic agriculture to experiential learning activities for summer undergraduate employees in 2007 and 2008. Our objectives were to: (1) further student understanding of sustainable agriculture research, (2) increase student interest in sustainable…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Student Interests, Service Learning, Undergraduate Study
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