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Download full textHolmes, Edward W.; Blair, A. Karen – 1993
This paper describes the creation of a journal entitled "Issues in Education" by eight elementary education and reading students in a graduate seminar course. The journal, published each semester by the Elementary Education Department, Towson State University (Maryland), presents articles illustrative of current teacher concerns. Topics relate to…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Education Courses, Educational Trends
Holmes, Edward W.; Blair, A. Karen – 1994
The intention in the creation and publication of a journal, "Issues in Education," at Towson State University (Maryland) was to offer an alternative to the traditional seminar paper for graduate students in elementary education and reading. The goal was to have seminar students feel that the product of their library research was valuable…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Holmes, Edward W.; Barbour, Chandler – 1987
The investigators in this continuing study at Towson State University, Maryland, followed up the experiences of preservice elementary teachers, as revealed by their journals and interviews, with an interview schedule for their college supervisors. Recurring patterns in the areas of: (1) view of work; (2) attitude; (3) personal relations; (4)…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education
Holmes, Edward W. – 1990
This 4-year study investigated the preservice lives of four elementary teacher education students to determine their inductive characteristics and their concerns and priorities. Journals kept during the junior year field experience and later student teaching were the primary source for determining the concerns and priorities. Six general…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Personal Narratives
Holmes, Edward W. – 1989
A study was conducted which described the inner concerns and priorities of student teachers. Information was gathered by means of journal entries and interviews with four student teachers and their supervisors. Under consideration were questions about the appropriateness of teacher education programs in preparing students for the job of teaching,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperating Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Barbour, Chandler; Holmes, Edward W. – 1987
The investigators in this preliminary study (currently underway at the University of Towson, Maryland) used the experiences of preservice elementary teachers as revealed by their journals and interviews to obtain insights that will enable them to develop a more satisfactory and professional induction to teaching for beginning teachers. A content…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Interviews
Holmes, Edward W.; Barbour, Chandler – 1988
The investigators in this qualitative study at Towson State University, Maryland, continue to examine various materials gathered from the experience of four preservice elementary teachers. Student records and journal entries, and structured interviews of students, cooperating teachers and college supervisors revealed recurring patterns in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
