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Equity Audits as a Tool of Critical Data-Driven Decision Making: Preparing Teachers to See beyond Achievement Gaps and Bubbles
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Dodman, Stephanie L.; DeMulder, Elizabeth K.; View, Jenice L.; Swalwell, Katy; Stribling, Stacia; Ra, Sophia; Dallman, Laura – Action in Teacher Education, 2019
As schools and teachers utilize data-driven decision-making processes to identify and remediate struggling students, systemic conditions that contribute to students' learning opportunities are often ignored. This longitudinal mixed-methods study examines the use of an equity audit as a critical data-driven decision-making tool in a graduate course…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Equal Education, Data, Decision Making
The Use of Self-Assessment to Foster Students' Learning in Teacher Education: An Experience in Teaching Practice
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Cheung, Rebecca H. P. – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
This article describes an investigation into the use of self-assessment to facilitate students' learning in teacher education. The study aimed to explore whether there were any changes in students' teaching and learning practice after using self-assessment. Participants comprised 47 students who were enrolled in an in-service teacher education…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Focus Groups, Interviews, Teaching Methods
Teachers as Change Agents: A Study of In-Service Teachers' Practical Knowledge
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Chen, Christine – Action in Teacher Education, 2005
This study investigates in-service early childhood teachers' "practical knowledge" (Elbaz, 1981) in implementing changes in the classroom in the Republic of Singapore. In Singapore, many early childhood classrooms are teacher-directed where learning takes place in large groups. As part of the in-service teacher education program, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Change Agents, Inservice Teacher Education, Student Centered Curriculum
Teacher Education Innovations in the Asia-Pacific Region.
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Bing, Lin; Zhiling, Yang – Action in Teacher Education, 1991
Describes preservice and inservice teacher education reform in the Asia-Pacific region. Reforms center on strengthening links between theory and practice, preservice and inservice education, teacher education and society, east and west, and countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Four recommendations for basic reform principles are presented. (SM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Educational Change
Innovations in Teacher Education--The Indian Context.
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Joshi, Sneha M.; Thomas, V. D. – Action in Teacher Education, 1991
Highlights successful innovative practices in Indian teacher education, including microteaching, internships, programed learning material, models of teaching, and integrated teacher education; presents information on the teacher education curriculum, inservice teacher education, and teacher education for rural development. (SM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
The Council of Europe and Teacher Education.
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Newman, Simon – Action in Teacher Education, 1991
Describes Council of Europe meetings on teacher education. A 1987 meeting examined new challenges. In 1990, one seminar discussed selection and development of teacher trainers, and another examined training classroom teachers for working with varied abilities and backgrounds. The All-European Conference of Directors of Educational Research…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Primary Health Care in Africa: Implications for Teacher Education.
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Tambo, Leke I. – Action in Teacher Education, 1991
Delivery of primary health care (PHC) programs is critical to rural African health care. The paper explores the school's role in PHC delivery and indicates ways that professional health personnel and teacher educators can cooperate in preparing teachers with necessary knowledge and skills to participate meaningfully in PHC delivery. (SM)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Preparing Teachers for the Education of New Immigrant Students from Africa.
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Alidou, Hassana – Action in Teacher Education, 2000
Analyzes emotional, linguistic, and cultural issues facing new African immigrants attending American schools, providing strategies for preparing teachers to welcome these students into their classrooms and develop effective intercultural communications with both the students and their parents (e.g., learn how to correctly pronounce their names,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences