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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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The Quality of Teacher Educators in the European Policy Debate: Actions and Measures to Improve the Professionalism of Teacher Educators
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Snoek, Marco; Swennen, Anja; van der Klink, Marcel – Professional Development in Education, 2011
This study examines how the contemporary European policy debate addresses the further development of the quality of teacher educators. A classification framework based on the literature on professionalism was used to compare European and Member State policy actions and measures on the quality of teacher educators through an analysis of seven…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Educational Policy
Teacher Educators: Their Identities, Sub-Identities and Implications for Professional Development
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Swennen, Anja; Jones, Ken; Volman, Monique – Professional Development in Education, 2010
In this article we address the question: "What sub-identities of teacher educators emerge from the research literature about teacher educators and what are the implications of the sub-identities for the professional development of teacher educators?" Like other professional identities, the identity of teacher educators is a construction of various…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, Identification (Psychology)
The Induction and Needs of Beginning Teacher Educators
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van Velzen, Corinne; van der Klink, Marcel; Swennen, Anja; Yaffe, Elka – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This article presents the results of an exploratory research study into induction practices of novice teacher educators in six different countries. The study was a project carried out by members of the Association of Teacher Educators Europe (ATEE) Research and Development Centre Professional Development of Teacher Educators. Induction is seen as…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Beginning Teacher Induction