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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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Lazar, Althier – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2012
This study examines the impact of a course that focused on social equity teaching, and particularly, teachers' attitudes toward the capacities of students in culturally nondominant communities. Findings from surveys and written documents reveal that course participants were better able to recognize students' inherent abilities and knowledge…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Teacher Education
Still, Kristine; Volk, Dinah; Gove, Mary; Huang, Grace Hui-Chen; Galletta, Anne – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2011
This study encompassed four different projects implemented in one urban College of Education. Projects included discussions in the faculty diversity self-study group, teaching and learning about culturally responsive pedagogy in an early childhood methods class, the use of fieldwork as a site for student learning about educational change, and…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Diversity (Faculty), Educational Change, Schools of Education
Smiley, Azure Dee; Drake, Jennifer; Sheehy, Colleen – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2010
This study utilized qualitative means to gain a better understanding of the experiences of faculty members from a school of education, college of arts and sciences, and K-12 urban educators as they worked across academic disciplines to create and implement a collaborative secondary urban teacher fellowship program. This study is meant to inform…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Urban Education
Hill, Djanna; Newton, Roberta M. – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2010
"Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow" is a project designed to attract high school students from Paterson, NJ to careers in teaching. This article is based on an exploration of high school students' sense of self, college awareness and preparedness, and academic achievement during a year-long pre-college program. Data indicate that students developed a…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Programs, High School Students, High Schools
McNeal, Kelly; Lawrence, Salika – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2009
This qualitative, longitudinal study documents the academic and professional journeys of 8 college graduates or "scholars" of the Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow (PT4T) program. Data from this study further contribute to the growing body of research focusing on preparing diverse candidates--particularly those from urban and low socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests, College Graduates
Abbate-Vaughn, Jorgelina – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2007
Teachers are held accountable for improving the literacy skills of PreK-12 pupils. However, the processes (or lack thereof) by which teachers at the various levels of schooling are deemed skilled and become actually prepared for such complex challenge have not been explored in depth. This article focuses on urban preservice teachers' beliefs…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Preservice Teachers, Graduate Students, Writing Achievement