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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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Korth, Byran B.; Erickson, Lynnette; Hall, Kendra M. – Professional Educator, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyze a sample of classroom teachers' definitions of the term "teacher educator" and determine whether they considered themselves to be teacher educators. The extent that classroom teachers' definitions of a teacher educator were influenced by involvement in a university-public school partnership was also…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators
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Searby, Linda; Shaddix, Lisa – Professional Educator, 2008
Viewing teachers as leaders requires a paradigm shift about the concept of leadership in a school system. The Teachers as Leaders program of the Mountain Brook, Alabama Schools represents that shift and is empowering teachers to utilize their leadership skills and contribute to the system as it fulfills its mission to offer education to its…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Leadership, Teacher Empowerment, Partnerships in Education
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Wray, Susan – Professional Educator, 2008
As teacher-education institutions implement portfolios across contexts and for multiple purposes, assessment of their effectiveness specific to shifting programmatic goals often takes place. At the institution where this research is based, an effort is underway to shift the focus of the current teaching portfolio requirement from an exit or…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Portfolios (Background Materials), Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change
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Cherubini, Lorenzo – Professional Educator, 2008
In North American teacher education programs, preservice students typically complete a substantial proportion of time practice teaching in schools, experiencing the extent to which professional school communities of inquiry contribute toward improving teaching and learning. Although there is extensive research about the experiences of new…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Expectation, Student Teaching
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Hanshaw, Larry G. – Professional Educator, 2004
This article presents a faculty-designed merit pay plan along with a discussion of some of its perceived values. The merit pay plan discussed here advocates that (1) there is a need among teacher education faculty to have control over the design and implementation of any merit pay process that evaluates and rewards the value-laden work they…
Descriptors: Rewards, Teacher Educators, Schools of Education, Merit Pay
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Burbank, Mary D. – Professional Educator, 2003
Teacher preparation requires exemplary teaching that illustrates the systematic reflection encouraged among preservice teachers. This article provides an investigation of an innovative model for integrating action research into a preservice teacher education program. Through a self-study, one teacher educator presents reflections on action…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Curriculum, Action Research