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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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Rots, Isabel; Kelchtermans, Geert; Aelterman, Antonia – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
Reporting on 12 case studies of student teachers, this paper examines how experiences during teacher education affect graduates' decision on job entrance. Interpretative data-analysis reveals that powerful sources of the shift in motivation to enter teaching concern interactions in which the person of the teacher is at stake. These mainly involve…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Motivation, Self Concept, Professional Identity
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Ruys, Ilse; Van Keer, Hilde; Aelterman, Antonia – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This study explores the development of student teachers' skills in implementing collaborative learning (CL) using a multilevel repeated measures design. Participants were 105 pre-service teachers that were trained in CL implementation. The results indicate that student teachers generally perform well in implementing CL. Further, it appears that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Skills
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Rots, Isabel; Aelterman, Antonia; Devos, Geert; Vlerick, Peter – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This two-wave survey study aimed at testing a hypothetical model of teacher education graduates' decisions about whether or not to take a teaching position upon graduation. The model focuses on the relationship between teacher education and graduates' choice on job entrance. Using path analysis and logistic regression, this model was tested in a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Graduates
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Schepens, Annemie; Aelterman, Antonia; Van Keer, Hilde – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
This article describes a qualitative study into student teachers' learning processes through changes in their interactive cognitions. First, theoretical propositions about the relation between learning to teach, professional development, and practical knowledge are defined. Next, the procedure to grasp interactive cognitions as part of practical…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Student Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes
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Rots, Isabel; Aelterman, Antonia; Vlerick, Peter; Vermeulen, Katrien – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
This study aimed to gain insight into the relationship between teacher education and graduating teachers (not) starting in the teaching profession (n=209). Predictor variables referred to teacher education, integration into teaching, and teaching commitment. To examine interrelationships between these variables, factors were also interlinked to…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Graduates, Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness