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Standards of Quality for Programs that Prepare and Certify Trade and Industrial (T&I) Education Teachers: The Need and Key Issues.
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Walker, Thomas J. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1996
Secondary trade and industrial teachers have traditionally been prepared through alternative teacher education emphasizing competence in subject matter. Standards are needed to improve how content is taught, and they can renew and revitalize trade and industrial teacher preparation and certification programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Secondary School Teachers, Standards, Teacher Certification
Teacher Education--A Continuing Process. The Theory. The Practice.
Maley, Donald; Walker, Thomas J. – VocEd, 1983
Maley outlines elements of a philosophy of teacher education. Walker describes a program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a field-centered, competency-based approach in which a team of professionals provides training and upgrading at the teacher's job site. (SK)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Field Experience Programs, Postsecondary Education, Teacher Education
The Reflective Teacher: An Outcome of Program VITAL.
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Walker, Thomas J.; And Others – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1992
Interviews with 30 vocational-industrial teachers certified through Program VITAL (Vocational Intern Teaching that is Applied Learning) and 29 others showed that VITAL participants devoted more time and effort to critical review and analysis of their teaching and their classes' performance. Beginning teachers particularly were more reflective than…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Industrial Education, Internship Programs, Teacher Certification
Special Feature--Education and Work for the Year 2000: The Choices We Face.
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Walker, Thomas J.; And Others – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1994
Includes discussions of the future of the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators (Walker); policies for work and education (Wirth); industrial teacher education (Frantz); technical teacher education (Adams); technology teacher education (Lewis); creativity (Stern); reaction to theme articles (Hudecki); and a response to…
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change