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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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"First We Read a Great Book": Interfacing Literacy Instruction with the Arts in Two Urban Elementary Schools: Preservice Teachers' Case Quandaries and Accomplishments.
Richards, Janet C.; Gipe, Joan P. – Research in the Schools, 2000
Examined and categorized 203 teaching cases written by 8 groups of preservice teachers offering literacy-based arts lessons to elementary school students. Analysis revealed 11 major themes, 10 of which related to problematic issues. Only one theme highlighted the achievements and success of the preservice teachers as they recognized the increased…
Descriptors: Art Education, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Preservice Teachers in Two Different Multicultural Field Programs: The Complex Influences of School Context.
Richards, Janet C.; Moore, Ramona C.; Gipe, Joan P. – Research in the Schools, 1996
The influences of elementary school context were studied with 88 preservice teachers student teaching in 2 different university field programs. Data support the benefits of pluralistic school experiences for future teachers and suggest that contextual conditions unique to a particular school may influence preservice teachers' learning and…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Effect, Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Student)
Lessons in the Field: Context and the Professional Development of University Participants in an Urban School Placement.
Richards, Janet C.; Gipe, Joan P.; Moore, Ramona C. – Research in the Schools, 1995
A qualitative inquiry describes the sociocultural aspects of an urban elementary school serving as the context for a reading/language arts early field experience and examines how the sociocultural factors of this school contribute to the professional development of the preservice teachers who work there and their three supervising teachers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Metaphor Analysis: An Alternative Approach for Identifying Preservice Teachers' Orientations.
Richards, Janet C.; Gipe, Joan P. – Research in the Schools, 1994
This qualitative inquiry examined the value of collecting and analyzing preservice teachers' pre- and postsemester metaphors about teaching by comparing the orientational content of the metaphors to preservice teachers' expressed beliefs and practices. Results show the usefulness of metaphors as a source of information about teachers' professional…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Identification, Metaphors, Preservice Teachers