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50 Years of ERIC
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Technology in Teacher Education: Creating a Climate of Change and Collaboration
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Bowes, Kathleen A.; Serotkin, Rita S. – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
Technology[superscript 3] is a grant that helped 3 groups of stakeholders (university faculty and supervisors, cooperating teachers, and teacher candidates) with 3 essential technology components (hardware, software, and technology learning support) through a 3-pronged approach based on training, modeling, and mentoring to use technology. Faculty…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Technology Integration
Three Teacher Educators' Perspectives about the Shifting Responsibilities of Infusing Technology into the Curriculum.
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Tao, Liqing; Ziomek, Nancy M. – Action in Teacher Education, 2003
Identified how teacher educators shifted responsibilities to infuse technology into methodology courses and student teaching assignments, noting subsequent changes in students' skills. Data from faculty and student reflection journals, observations, students' lesson plans, and students' evaluations of the technology requirement highlighted four…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
The Social and Moral Accountability of Education Deans.
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Wilhite, Stephen C.; D'Onofrio, Antonia – Action in Teacher Education, 2002
Three education deans responded to three vignettes by thinking aloud about ways to resolve problems with moral and social implications. Their responses supported a proposed conceptual framework's moral and social dimensions and highlighted themes within each of these two dimensions that education deans relied on to solve problems. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Accountability, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Reaping New Harvests: Collaboration and Communication through Field Experiences.
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Mobley, Martha M. – Action in Teacher Education, 1998
Describes a program involving two universities and a local urban school district in a year-long experience (practicum and student teaching). The program provided additional support to students through coursework, seminars, electronic discussions, and interactive small and whole-group meetings. Results suggest that students needed regular, frequent…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail