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Rotherham, Andrew J.; Mikuta, Julie; Freeland, Julia – Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
This article takes the form of a letter to the 44th president of the United States, urging the president to pursue an aggressive agenda to improve teacher quality. The authors assert that because teacher quality is the single most important factor shown to impact student outcomes, the next administration must dedicate resources to human capital…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Research and Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change
Lieberman, Ann; Pointer Mace, Desiree H. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
This letter to the next president of the United States recommends the transformation of teacher in-service learning as a powerful means of education reform. Too often, professional development is perceived by teachers as being idiosyncratic and irrelevant. The authors recommend a reconceptualization of professional learning for practicing…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Presidents, Letters (Correspondence)
Villegas, Ana Maria – Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
The use of a dispositional framework in the preparation of teachers, especially one that attends to issues of social justice, has generated considerable debate of late. In this article, the author argues that assessing teacher candidates' dispositions related to social justice is both reasonable and defensible. She explains why social justice…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Change, Public Education
Weiner, Lois – Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Dramatic changes are being made to teacher education internationally and in the United States. Some of the alterations have been recognized as threatening university-based teacher preparation, for instance, the growth of alternate route programs. Many other phenomena that have an impact on teacher education have not been analyzed as such,…
Descriptors: Corporations, Privatization, Standardized Tests, Public Education
Grant, Carl A.; Gillette, Maureen – Journal of Teacher Education, 2006
This article focuses on characteristics necessary to be an effective teacher for all children, regardless of their academic ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, family structure, sexual orientation, and ability to speak English. The article gives attention to the issues of equity and social justice as it addresses the knowledge and skill base…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Educators, Equal Education, Teacher Education
Kennedy, Mary M. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2006
The author challenges the role of knowledge in teaching by pointing out the variety of issues and concerns teachers must simultaneously address. Teachers use two strategies to manage their multidimensional space: They develop integrated habits and rules of thumb for handling situations as they arise, and they plan their lessons by envisioning them…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Educational Change, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Practices
Delpit, Lisa – Journal of Teacher Education, 2006
This article argues that with changes in attitudes and actions in classrooms, teachers can alter what happens in urban schools and transform the lives of students. Ten precepts are offered to assist them in that role: teach more, not less, content to poor, urban children; ensure all children gain access to conventions/strategies essential to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change, Cultural Awareness, Urban Schools
Zeichner, Ken – Journal of Teacher Education, 2006
Drawing on his nearly 30 years as a university teacher educator, the author reflects about the future of college- and university-based teacher education in the United States in light of recent attacks on education schools. The author argues that university and college teacher educators should do four things: (a) work to redefine the debate about…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Cooperation, Educational Change
Otero, Valerie; Peressini, Dominic; Meymaris, Kirsten Anderson; Ford, Pamela; Garvin, Tabitha; Harlow, Danielle; Reidel, Michelle; Waite, Bryan; Mears, Carolyn – Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
Teacher education programs around the nation continue to be challenged to prepare prospective teachers to use technology "meaningfully" in their instruction. This implies that university faculty in teacher education programs must become proficient at technology use and must come to understand content-specific, pedagogical uses of technology for…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Graduate Students, College Faculty, Educational Technology
Price, Jeremy N.; Valli, Linda – Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
This article examines the construction and experience of change agency within action research courses in preservice teacher education. Four preservice teachers' experiences of action research are analyzed, and tensions and challenges teacher educators and preservice teachers face as they attend to change processes in learning to teach are…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Organizational Change, Action Research, Preservice Teacher Education
Costa, Jennifer; McPhail, Gary; Smith, Janet; Brisk, Maria Estela – Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
The increasing number of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools requires rethinking teacher education (TE). Most teachers have received little preparation in how to educate ELLs. Change in TE programs is needed to ensure that TE students are prepared to teach ELLs. Such change begins by educating TE faculty first. One catalyst for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, School Personnel, English (Second Language), Educational Change
Hamel, Fred L.; Merz, Carol – Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
This article describes one school of education's efforts to navigate a state-level mandate requiring that candidates for teacher certification demonstrate "positive impact on student learning." It explains ongoing efforts to make sense of the requirement, to measure its congruence with program philosophy, and to develop a response. The article…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Philosophy, Teacher Certification, Preservice Teachers
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McCune, Shirley D.; Matthews, Martha – Journal of Teacher Education, 1975
Descriptors: Education, Educational Change, Females, Feminism
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Howey, Kenneth R. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1975
This article enumerates the conditions needed for comprehensive and continuing renewal to occur within school systems. (JS)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
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Yarger, Sam J.; Mallan, John T. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1975
This article discusses factors operating for and against educational reform. (JS)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Change, Educational Programs, Higher Education