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Miller, Christopher T. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
This study compared the implementation of a person-centered model of instruction to non person-centered instruction in Web-based courses. Three questions were posed regarding the outcomes of the person-centered model of instruction: Is it possible to increase the self actualization, or striving for individual achievement from learners in a…
Descriptors: Self Actualization, Web Based Instruction, Learning Experience, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Tabor, Sharon W. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Distance education has become an expectation with students who have grown up with technology as well as nontraditional and working students. Most universities now offer a wide range of online courses and degree programs to meet these needs. Online delivery of technology courses, however, has been problematic when the course includes very complex…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Computer Security, Information Science Education
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Carey, Lois A. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2007
This paper presents a model for teaching an undergraduate social work macro practice course utilizing an experiential learning paradigm. The model provides a campus-based project with social work majors in simultaneous dual roles of students and grassroots leaders, focusing on rape and sexual assault prevention training for college students. This…
Descriptors: Social Work, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Study, Experiential Learning
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Henze, Ineke; Van Driel, Jan; Verloop, Nico – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
In order to enhance teachers' professional awareness, it is necessary to understand and value their subjective or personal knowledge and beliefs. This study investigated the change of science teachers' personal knowledge about teaching models and modeling in science within the context of educational reform in The Netherlands. The study followed…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers
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Merkley, Donna; Duffelmeyer, Frederick; Beed, Penny; Jensen, Sharon; Bobys, Aileen – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2007
It is essential that preservice teachers have successful experiences with infused technology during teacher preparation. This article describes a project in which collegial interaction among practicing teachers and preservice teachers at four participating institutions of higher education was enhanced by technological innovation. The Recursive,…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preservice Teacher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Teaching Experience
Balch, Mary Frances – 1993
The education of children who are gifted is examined with respect to their unique traits as a group, their learning styles, and the best methods for instruction. The focus is elementary level academic instruction and strategies that can be used by regular classroom teachers to challenge students who are gifted. Consideration is given to:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Cognitive Style, Creativity
Wheeler, Edyth J.; Mallory, Walter D. – 1996
Team teaching provided a model for real-world collaborative research efforts in a doctoral level course in research methodology. The instructors--one bringing extensive experience in teaching statistical methods and program evaluation; the other specializing in conducting qualitative research--used a constructivist framework for the course,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Qualitative Research
Peled, Ofra N.; Kim, Anna C. – 1996
This paper offers a new method of evaluating the Supplemental Instruction (SI) model as implemented in biology courses at National-Louis University in Chicago, Illinois. From 1990 through 1993, 14 classes of general biology were taught by the same instructor, using the same textbook and syllabus. An SI leader was available for five of the classes,…
Descriptors: Biology, College Instruction, College Students, Grades (Scholastic)
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Frank Porter Graham Center. – 1997
This report describes a training program designed to assist 15 Southeastern states in preparing quality early intervention personnel to serve young children with disabilities and their families. The goals of the project are described, including: (1) increasing states' progress in implementing the personnel preparation component of Part H of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Faculty Development
American Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Special Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship. – 1993
This document is a compendium of teacher education strategies intended to strengthen law related education efforts by providing ideas, activities, and experiences drawn from the perspectives of veteran teacher educators. The book grew out of a conference on advanced law related education leadership exploring what is known about preparing…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Law Related Education, Laws
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Ward, Beatrice A. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1974
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Feedback, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Starr, Kevin – 1989
Numerous parallels exist between two instructional approaches sometimes thought to be incompatible: whole language and Madeline Hunter's "Essential Elements of Effective Instruction." The biggest parallel between whole language and the Hunter model is in the area of meaning: true whole language instruction depends on making learning…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Reading Instruction, Student Motivation
Koran, John J., Jr. – J Res Sci Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: Instruction, Microteaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers
NAYLOR, NAOMI L. – 1967
SHORTAGES IN TRAINED PERSONNEL FOR PRESCHOOL CHILD CARE AND HEAD START LED TO THIS PILOT PROGRAM THE PURPOSES OF WHICH WERE (1) TO DEVELOP A TRAINING MODEL FOR NON-PROFESSIONAL PRESCHOOL AIDES, (2) TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF SELECTION CRITERIA IN TRAINEE SUCCESS, (3) TO EVALUATE THE TRAINEES' UNDERSTANDING, (4) TO DEVELOP MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Inservice Education, Instructional Materials
Ede, Lisa S. – 1979
Empirical and theoretical research and a teacher's own writing experience provide equally valuable resources in the composition classroom. Current research on the composing process suggests a conceptual change from that of a rigid sequence of clearly demarcated stages to a more recursive, hierarchically structured model. Until recently, the role…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Higher Education, Role Models, Student Writing Models
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