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Exploring Reading Specialists’ Collaborative Interactions With School Psychologists: Problems And Possibilities, Amy R. Hoffman, Jeanne Jenkins
Exploring Reading Specialists’ Collaborative Interactions With School Psychologists: Problems And Possibilities, Amy R. Hoffman, Jeanne Jenkins
Education
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Learning The Art Of Instructional Conversation: The Influence Of Self-Assessment On Teachers' Instructional Discourse In A Reading Clinic, Kathleen A. Roskos, Sophie Boehlen, Barbara J. Walker
Learning The Art Of Instructional Conversation: The Influence Of Self-Assessment On Teachers' Instructional Discourse In A Reading Clinic, Kathleen A. Roskos, Sophie Boehlen, Barbara J. Walker
Education
Over 2 decades of sociolinguistic research describe the teacher's powerful role in creating the communication system that supports students' learning. Yet research evidence about how to prepare and develop professionals for this role beyond their natural discourse tendencies and style remains sparse. This study examined self-assessment as a means of teacher learning that develops teachers' understanding and use of discourse strategies that support instructional conversation. Using a discourse analysis tool and related procedures (transcription, analysis, and interpretation), 9 teachers examined the conceptual and social functions of their talk from videotaped excerpts of tutorial instruction over 5 weeks. Although the teachers' …
Two Beginning Kindergarten Teachers Planning For Integrated Literacy Instruction, Kathleen A. Roskos, Susan B. Neuman
Two Beginning Kindergarten Teachers Planning For Integrated Literacy Instruction, Kathleen A. Roskos, Susan B. Neuman
Education
This study reports the characteristics and strategies of 2 beginning kindergarten teachers' planning for an integrated approach to literacy instruction. Using ethnographic observational and analytic techniques, we describe features and structures of integrated instruction as a planning ''problem.'' The teachers' problem-solving strategies under the conditions of this task are also examined. Results revealed the multiple and complex nature of integrated instruction as a planning problem. Based on domain and componential analyses, the task appeared to include at least 6 kinds of planning activity and to make multiple demands on the planners' time, specificity of planning, level of pedagogical knowledge, and …
Landing The Job: A Survey Of New Teachers, Amy R. Hoffman
Landing The Job: A Survey Of New Teachers, Amy R. Hoffman
Education
A survey of recent graduates who successfully landed teaching positions was conducted to provide practical information for future teachers and the university personnel and faculty who may assist them with this process. The survey yielded insight as to the format and content of the interview and other factors which school district personnel may examine when making their decisions. The new teachers perceived that individual matters, such as gender or timing, and personality characteristics, such as enthusiasm or honesty, were probable reasons for landing their job as often as were factors relating to their teaching skills and knowledge. Innovative aspects of …