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Bullough, Robert V., Jr. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
In this article, current practices were reviewed in mentoring and induction across three large states--New York, Texas, and California--and one small state, Utah. Patterns and trends are described in the United States, program results and evolving views of mentoring are discussed, gaps in the research literature are identified, and the future of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Orientation, Beginning Teacher Induction, Literature Reviews
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Preston, Jane P.; Cottrell, Michael; Pelletier, Terrance R.; Pearce, Joseph V. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2012
Herein we provide a literature synthesis pertaining to the state of Aboriginal early childhood education in Canada. We identify key features of quality Aboriginal early childhood programs. The background and significance of early childhood education for Aboriginal peoples is explicated. Cultural compatibility theory is employed as the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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Bassok, Daphna – Educational Policy, 2012
Over the past decade states have surpassed the federal Head Start program as the primary public funder of preschool slots. This paper investigates trends in Head Start enrollment in the context of increased state investment in early childhood. Using national, longitudinal data I find no evidence Head Start programs in states with expanding state…
Descriptors: State Programs, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten
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McKeown, Rosalyn – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2012
Over the past 20 years education for sustainable development (ESD) has become part of the discourse in teacher education and the teaching community has a better grasp of ESD's action-oriented and participatory pedagogies. The International Network of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) associated with the UNESCO Chair on Reorienting Teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development
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Gofine, Miriam – Writing Center Journal, 2012
Today, nearly forty years after writing centers first began to proliferate, it is worthwhile to reflect on the themes that emerge from empirical material surrounding writing center assessments, for reflecting on these themes may help administrators to refine current assessment practices and scholars to redirect their research. The goal of this…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Research Needs
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Mayher, John S. – English Education, 2012
This article presents the author's keynote address from the 2011 CEE Summer Conference at Fordham University in which he challenges educators to rethink what they do and how they do it. He talks about English teacher education as literacy teacher education. He tries to sketch a picture of the status quo and its limits, and an alternative picture…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, English Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, English Teachers
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Goh, Pauline Swee Choo – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2012
Talks of education transformation to improve the quality and outcomes of education in Malaysia culminated in the articulation of standards for teachers. The all new Malaysian Teacher Standards (MTS) launched in 2009 is to establish "high competency" standards for the teaching profession and to increase the status of teachers in Malaysia.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators
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Chris Shinn – Comparative Education Review, 2012
This essay explores the role of UNESCO, the World Bank, and the US Agency for International Development as key international actors shaping teacher development in Palestine. The argument presented is that international influence, particularly through donor-funded projects, combined with limited capacity within the Ministry of Education and local…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Donors
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Wang, Changkui – International Education Studies, 2010
The development of Chinese piano music culture including professional piano education is based on the traditional culture of "neutralization", and in the researches about the professional piano education in the 21st century, the research of the piano teaching in normal colleges is the most active one, and it is mainly centralized in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Asian Culture, Music
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Healey, Mick; Mason O'Connor, Kristine; Broadfoot, Patricia – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
Two areas of growing importance for academic developers are: first, their involvement in the development of institutional and faculty learning and teaching strategies; and second, how to engage students in academic development activity at institutional, department and discipline levels. This paper explores both interests by considering how…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Case Studies, Educational Development
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Gunn, Cathy – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
Various discussions at the March 2010 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Commons in Statesboro, GA, led this author to reflect on the relationship between academic development, e-learning, and SoTL. Throughout the conference, she felt a nagging suspicion that each professional community may have created a silo, with a discourse so tightly…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Scholarship, Intellectual Disciplines
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Haunberger, Sigrid – Policy Futures in Education, 2010
This article focuses on the question of whether educational expansion leads to a new type of society, the education society. Taking into consideration the combined elements of three models of society (the post-industrial society, the knowledge society and the information society)--the chances and risks of an educational society will be elicited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Structure, Education Work Relationship, Sociology
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Sayed, Yusuf; Sprague, Terra; Turner, David; Smith, Alan; Paulson, Julia; Shields, Robin; Shrestha, Purna Kumar; Unterhalter, Elaine; Vaughan, Rosie Peppin; Smail, Amy; Tungaraza, Frida; Sutherland, Margaret; Stack, Niamah; Barrett, Angeline M.; Bunwaree, Vasant K.; Alhawsawi, Sajjad; Hanna, Helen; Soudien, Crain; Motivans, Albert – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
As the 2015 target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, there are a growing number of processes, preparations and debates on what a post-2015 agenda and framework will look like. The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) (as chaired by the United Nations Development Programme) is leading the planning of efforts…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Equal Education
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Wang, Fei – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2013
This study provides insight into equity issues in post-secondary education by exploring and assessing the history, the reality and the potential developments in higher education for minority students in China, in comparison to post-secondary education for aboriginal students in Canada. It highlights access to post-secondary education by these…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, Minority Group Students
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Burridge, Peter; Carpenter, Cathryn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Development of pedagogies within schools that inform adolescent learning has been an ongoing struggle within education systems. A novel approach to this issue was taken by the Non Government Organisation (NGO) "Evolve" based in Victoria, Australia, who worked in partnership with disadvantaged secondary schools to develop a multi-faceted…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Teaching Methods
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