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Mentoring The Mentor: Tales From Learning The Practice Of Field-Based Teacher Education, Patricia Norman

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

While completing my doctorate at Michigan State University, I served as a university liaison in its five-year teacher certification program. Teacher candidates enter the program as juniors, take two years of courses combined with field experiences then complete a year-long internship with a single classroom teacher who accepts primary responsibility for guiding and assessing interns' learning. Interns are placed in small cohorts of six to eight per school. University liaisons -- typically MSU graduate students -- work with interns at a single school and help them set personal learning goals, confer with them and their mentors about their planning and …

A Rush Of Connections And Insights, A Glorious Moment Of Clarity, Gary E. Davis, Mercedes A. Mcgowen

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

For several years we have been interested in pre-service teachers' memory for mathematical episodes. Partly this is because memory is such a vital aspect of mathematical problem solving. Long-term declarative memory is the sort of memory involved when a person talks, writes, draws, or otherwise consciously represents their recollections. Warner, Coppolo & Davis (2002) identify long-term declarative memory as a key ingredient in flexible mathematical thinking - the ability to apply mathematical solution processes in different settings and across different representations - and Davis, Hill & Smith (2000) emphasize long-term declarative memory as a key feature in effective teaching of …

How Social Relationships Affect Writers, Karen A. Keller

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

My students always enjoyed working in groups. They begged to be with their friends whenever I assigned a group project. In general, I dreaded allowing students to work in groups. I feared the classroom disruption from students who could not stay on task. And I wondered if students would do their best work in a group. Yet, I had to admit that as a graduate student, I found that some of my best work resulted from work in a group setting.

Assessing Conceptual Orientations In Teacher Education Programs, Louis Volante, Lorna Earl

Essays in Education

A well-defined conceptual framework helps identify a program’s central tasks, such as helping teachers become intellectual leaders, promoting the primacy of experience and/or developing a progressive social vision in teachers. This type of conceptual clarity provides guidance to teacher educators in program development and evaluation by identifying issues or tasks that specific programs should address (Feiman-Nemser, 1990).

Conceptual orientations research has typically relied on the analyses of course syllabi to infer a program’s emphases. The degree to which a program fosters knowledge acquisition in a particular area may or may not conform to these course/program descriptions. Direct data gathered from …

Table Of Contents - Summer 2004

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2004 table of contents.

An Examination Of Oral Communication Patterns And Emergent Groupings Among Faculty Governance Units, Michael Miller

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing decision making in higher education.

Review: Free The Beagle - A Journey To Destinae, Don Litzenberg

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A review of Free the Beagle: A Journey to Destinae by Roy H. Williams

How To Demoralize The Faculty: A Six-Step Program That Works, Howard B. Altman

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A satirical article discussing faculty morale.

The Challenges Of A New Department Chair: Success Despite Reality, Jeanneine P. Jones

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A narrative demonstrating the need for administrative training for department chairs.

Smile When You Call Me That…, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing the difficulties of communicating effectively through electronic means.

For-Profit Education Service Providers In Primary And Secondary Schooling: The Drive For And Consequences Of Global Expansion, Amy M. Steketee

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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Writing Is Power: Critical Thinking, Creative Writing, And Portfolio Assessment, Diane Bekurs, Susan Santoli

Essays in Education

Portfolios can serve a critical role in helping students focus on expanding their minds through reading and discussion, clarifying their own thinking through writing, and broadening student’s creative horizons. Additionally, portfolio assessment allows the flexibility to monitor individual student progress while meeting community, state, and national standards.

การเสริมสร้างพลังบุคคลในองค์การ, อาชัญญา รัตนอุบล

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

การพัฒนารูปแบบการเรียนรู้จากประสบการณ์เพื่อส่งเสริมคุณภาพชีวิต สำหรับผู้ใหญ่ในชุมชนชนบทภาคเหนือ, สวัสดิ์ ภู่ทอง

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

การฝึกอบรมผ่านเว็บแบบมีส่วนร่วมตามแนวคิดการเรียนรู้ด้วยการนำตนเอง : การฝึกอบรมรูปแบบใหม่สำหรับองค์กรธุรกิจ, รังสรรค์ สุกันทา

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

พรหมวิหารธรรมกับการพัฒนามนุษย์, วีระเทพ ปทุมเจริญวัฒนา

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

คนยากจนและผู้ด้อยโอกาส : กลุ่มเป้าหมายงานการศึกษานอกระบบโรงเรียน, อุ่นตา นพคุณ

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

ผู้นำการพัฒนาในชุมชน, ปาน กิมปี

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

การศึกษาบุญนิยม, รินธรรม อโศกตระกูล

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

จะจัดตารางเรียนและตารางสอนอย่างไรให้ผู้เรียนและผู้สอนมีความสุข, สุปราณี จิราณรงค์

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

Defining Excellence In Graduate Studies, Laurie Carlson Berg, Linda Sabatini

Essays in Education

This article provides an analysis of definitions of excellence in graduate study provided by Master’s degree and doctoral candidates, identified by their department as “excellent,” and by chairs of graduate programs (n = 43) at two western Canadian universities. Faculty members’ definitions tended to focus primarily on external markers of success rather than on personal characteristics of graduate students. Both graduate faculty respondents (n = 20) and graduate student interview participants (n = 23) mentioned the importance of visibility in the department and the community. The graduate student participants made infrequent mention of external indicators, such as grades and ability …

Why School Culture Both Attracts And Resists Whole School Reform Models, Bobbie J. Greenlee, Darlene Y. Bruner

Essays in Education

This paper uses the metaphor of "grafting" to describe the relationship of comprehensive school reform designs to the work culture of schools. One school reform model that has widespread implementation is the Success for All (SFA) reading program. The new practice provided in the SFA reading program offered a compatible "graft" onto the existing culture found in low achieving schools. The grafting on of a new program can only occur as long as its requirements do not stray from the existing traditions of the system. Schools adopt reform programs that offer procedural or curricular changes that fit within their existing …

Highly Qualified For Successful Teaching: Characteristics Every Teacher Should Possess, Susan Thompson, John G. Greer, Bonnie B. Greer

Essays in Education

This article examines the reflections of university students regarding the characteristics of their favorite teachers from whom they were able to learn. Data collected from the students indicates that there are twelve common characteristics that emerged as central to what students conceptualize as good teaching. Those twelve characteristics connect to the theme of caring for students, both academically and personally and strengthen recent indicators for “highly qualified” teachers. In reviewing effective teacher research, there is a strong link between what students characterize as good teaching and what the research reports as the traits of effective teachers. Awareness of these traits …

Curriculum Connections: Linking Literature And Math, Michelle Pasko

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

I feel that math should be an enjoyable, not a tedious and boring, experience for students. One way to achieve this in a classroom is to make math meaningful and hands-on. Another useful strategy in teaching math is the use of math-related literature. Knowing that students love being read to, I have utilized storybooks in my math lessons in order to increase motivation and interest. Recognizing the importance of integrating subject matter in order to increase understanding, I set out on an adventure to research the following question: What kinds of mathematical connections can and do students make to literature?

Elementary English Acquisition, Beth Anne Cherry, Renee Ford, Kathy Mueller

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

From the beginning of chapter one in Learning English at School, the author, Colleen Toohey, emphasizes that social interactions have a pivotal role in young children's second language learning. She begins by analyzing the data of several theorists and researchers, such as Snow, Vygotsky, and Bakhtin, she had reviewed to develop the theory and methodology for her study. Toohey does a nice job relating her own experiences and observations to the presented theories.

การศึกษานอกระบบการเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพผู้ใช้แรงงานและผลิตภาพ, วุฒิพล สกลเกียรติ

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

แนะนำหนังสือ, ศิธรา จุฑารัตน์

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

การเรียนรู้แบบสองภาษาที่หนองอึ่งใต้ : ความท้าทายที่น่าจับตามอง, วิศนี ศิลตระกูล

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

การศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐานสำหรับผู้ที่อยู่นอกระบบโรงเรียน, ชัยยศ อิ่มสุวรรณ์

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.

แหล่งการเรียนรู้ตลอดชีวิตในชุมชน กับการศึกษาเพื่อการพัฒนาแบบยั่งยืน, จุรีพร กาญจนการุณ

Journal of Education Studies

No abstract provided.