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Teacher Education and Professional Development

2015

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Without The Light Of Evolution: A Case Study Of Resistance And Avoidance In Learning To Teach High School Biology, Douglas B. Larkin, Gail M. Perry-Ryder Dec 2014

Without The Light Of Evolution: A Case Study Of Resistance And Avoidance In Learning To Teach High School Biology, Douglas B. Larkin, Gail M. Perry-Ryder

Douglas B. Larkin

In this article we present the case of Michael, a prospective high school biology teacher, in order to explore the implications of teacher resistance and avoidance to the topic of evolution. This case is drawn from a year-long qualitative research study that examined Michael’s process of learning to teach high school biology, and describes how his avoidance of evolution in his own education led to further disengagement with evolution in his methods coursework and in his student teaching practice. Paradoxically, his high academic abilities obscured substantive knowledge gaps about evolution, and his content knowledge regarding evolution did not appear to …

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The Influence And Importance Of Faculty Of Color, Kathleen Neville Dec 2014

The Influence And Importance Of Faculty Of Color, Kathleen Neville

Kathleen Neville

Faculty of Color significantly and uniquely contribute to the transformation and enrichment of the three central missions of higher education: research, service, and teaching (Milem, 2003). Representing just 15% of the full-time faculty in the U.S (U.S. Department of Education, 2006), these faculty members enhance the mission of research as they are more likely than their White colleagues to conduct research on issues of race and ethnicity (Milem, 1999), thus, “expand[ing] the boundaries of current knowledge” (Milem, 2003, p. 144). The mission of service is also greatly influenced by Faculty of Color, as they are more likely than White faculty …

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Examining The Influence Of Internships On Teacher Recruitment, Tim Howard, Deborah Gober, Kimberly Shaw, Cindy Ticknor Dec 2014

Examining The Influence Of Internships On Teacher Recruitment, Tim Howard, Deborah Gober, Kimberly Shaw, Cindy Ticknor

thoward@ColumbusState.edu

The Columbus Region Academy of Future Teachers of STEM (CRAFT-STEM) is a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program awarded by the National Science Foundation to Columbus State University (grant 1136356). The program incorporates summer internships to recruit academically strong students into secondary STEM teaching programs and increase participation by underrepresented groups. We look at results from student surveys and course enrollments to examine the influence of the internship program on decisions about going into teaching.

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