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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bryant, Larry C.; Moss, Glenda; Zijdemans Boudreau, Anita S. – Critical Questions in Education, 2015
This study used critical dialogue within a teacher preparation program to address the dilemma of preparing preservice teachers for educational arenas in which they will interface with students who are socially and economically disadvantaged. Using Critical Race Theory as a lens, the study addressed the following research questions: What were the…
Descriptors: Poverty, Teacher Education Programs, Critical Theory, Disadvantaged
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Saathoff, Stacy D. – Critical Questions in Education, 2015
This article examines how pre-service teachers can work effectively with Mexican and Mexican American students. Using the foundation of funds of knowledge (González, Moll, & Amanti, 2005) and the critical race theory concept of community cultural wealth (Yosso, 2005), the article weaves together these ideas to discuss how they can be…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mexican Americans, Race, Critical Theory
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Cunningham, Denise D. – Critical Questions in Education, 2014
In this article, Denise D. Cunningham presents a project that emerged from informal discussions with early childhood pre-service teachers during their content area methods courses at a large, Midwestern four-year university. Students stated that they needed personal experience with materials and practices that they will be expected to use in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses
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Pearman, Cathy J.; Lefever-Davis, Shirley – Critical Questions in Education, 2012
The self-efficacy of the 12 teacher candidates in this study was negatively impacted by student discipline and classroom management as evidenced by their concern they will not be able to manage a public school classroom. Pre-practicum conversations and planning sessions showed enthusiasm and excitement at the opportunity to teach lessons and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teaching, Self Efficacy, Student Attrition
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Alter, Mark; Naiditch, Fernando – Critical Questions in Education, 2012
This article identifies some critical areas regarding teacher education that need to be addressed by any institution responsible for educating teachers. The authors outline some of the paradoxical pressures that constitute the context for this crisis in teacher education and specify the kinds of basic questions that need systematic answers in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Schools of Education, Teacher Role
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Watkins, Paul; Watkins, Shelley – Critical Questions in Education, 2011
Many university and college teacher education programs have adopted the Teacher Work Sample (TWS) as their capstone assessment demonstrating a teacher candidate's competencies in planning, assessing and reflecting on instructional practice. The TWS summative results submitted by students at a mid-size state university who were in their final…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Summative Evaluation
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Murrow, Sonia E. – Critical Questions in Education, 2010
New College was an experimental and demonstration undergraduate teacher education program, founded in 1932 at Teachers College Columbia University, only to be shut down by the administration eight years later. Described as an "unorthodox venture," New College promised to be an alternative route to teacher education at a time when the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Development, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Philosophy