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Preparing High Quality Teachers: New Teachers' Perceptions Of The Value Of Service-Learning, Donna Moucha Brackin Jan 2006

Preparing High Quality Teachers: New Teachers' Perceptions Of The Value Of Service-Learning, Donna Moucha Brackin

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This qualitative case study exam ines a teacher education specific service- leam ing project conducted at a m id-sized M ississippi River delta university. Participants were preservice teachers in their final m ethods course who worked with at-risk students in small group settings. Participants engaged in the entire teaching process under the supervision o f a university professional. Focusing on concerns o f preservice teachers before the final sem ester o f their education program, after participation in the service-leam ing project, and during their first year as a new teachers, the study asked participants to evaluate the service-leaming project …


Reasons For Low Participation In Professional Development By East Arkansas Teachers, Susan L. Luebke Jan 2003

Reasons For Low Participation In Professional Development By East Arkansas Teachers, Susan L. Luebke

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Teachers in east Arkansas have been less willing to participate in professional development activities beyond those that are required for continued licensure than those in other areas of the state. The Arkansas Legislature has passed legislation that will create a professional development institute in east Arkansas to assist teachers in gaining access to quality programs. This study sought to identify reasons for low participation in professional development by east Arkansas teachers in order to provide guidance in the design of the institute. An investigation of research in the principles of andragogy, characteristics of effective professional development, motivating learning, and the …


English Department Evaluation With Focus On National Council Of Teachers Of English And Georgia Council Of Teachers Of English Criteria, Connie H. Clark Jan 1984

English Department Evaluation With Focus On National Council Of Teachers Of English And Georgia Council Of Teachers Of English Criteria, Connie H. Clark

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This study was a descriptive investigation of English department evaluation. It emphasized characteristics of departments at the national and state level which the National Council of Teachers of English and the Georgia Council of Teachers of English have recognized. The purpose of the investigation was to determine which of these characteristics the English department of a local high school met and to establish priorities for improving that department. The subjects were an intact group of 11 secondary English teachers who constituted 14.1 percent of a population of 78 teachers. The school at which they taught had an enrollment of 1400 …