With a view to attracting more students and offering flexible learning opportunities, online teaching and learning is becoming increasingly widespread across the higher education sector. It is now found across a wide range of disciplines (e.g., business, health, psychology, accounting, information technology) and program levels (e.g., from…

Teacher educators will soon be confronted with the prospect of a relatively large number of former members of the United States Armed Forces seeking to make a transition to the profession of education. With support from the federal government in the form of the Troops-to-Teachers program as well as various state supplements, America's colleges and…

The Student Teacher Awareness Program at Southside High School (Muncie, IN) introduces student teachers to a variety of topics and concerns from the perspective of the classroom teacher in the field. (CB)

Results of a study on education graduates in Florida indicate that higher qualified graduates are entering and intend to remain in teaching positions. This study examined employment status, long-range teaching plans, satisfaction with teaching, and attitudes towards teaching as a career. Methodology and results are given. (DF)

Questionnaire results indicate that regular classroom educators tend to be neutral to mildly accepting towards integrating severely handicapped students into regular school environments. Methodology and conclusions from the questionnaire are given. (DF)

Cooperating teachers (144) and student teachers (224) provided information on what they appreciated most and least about the student teacher/cooperating teacher they worked with. "Bouquets" and "beefs" for student teachers and for cooperating teachers are listed. (CJ)

Special and general education elementary teacher educators nationwide completed surveys examining their perceptions of the actual and the ideal emphases placed on specific collaborative roles in teacher preparation programs. Results found significant differences between participants' perceptions of the degree of emphasis actually and ideally…

This article argues that in order to improve or change teachers' negative perceptions about including students with disabilities in their classrooms, the training of all teachers needs to occur. Currently, not all teachers have positive attitudes toward inclusion or training to work with students with disabilities. (SM)

Surveyed university faculty regarding the preparation of general educators, special educators, and speech language pathologists to work with students prenatally exposed to drugs and alcohol. Results confirmed that in general, teacher education and speech language pathology programs provide limited information on these students. There were…

Examined stages of teacher development across 1.5 years of full-time teaching as teacher candidates completed master's degree coursework. Beginning teachers completed a Teachers Concerns Checklist at six points throughout the program. Findings suggested reduced concerns for classroom management as full-time teaching began and increased concerns…

Investigated reasons for tensions among stakeholders, such as Ontario's ministries of education, teacher associations, local school districts, and university teacher education programs regarding the meaning and implications of professional development. Interview data clarified stakeholders' perspectives and priorities and noted that effective…

Describes a research project at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education which involved over 100 classrooms. The project targeted variables essential for successful inclusion and described the relationships among teachers, classrooms, and school characteristics necessary for effective inclusion. Lessons learned emphasized developing teacher…

Devised an instrument to screen for attitudes toward systematic supervisory behavior, perceptions of factors impacting supervision, and beliefs about preferences for and styles of supervision. Surveys of physical education cooperating teachers only found significant results on one subscale: cooperating teachers who coached, taught high school, or…

This article summarizes views expressed to teacher education students who interviewed public school educators on the subject of social problems that stand in the way of meeting academic goals. These interviews were assigned as part of a unit in a course designed to provide a social foundation for teachers. (IAH)

To determine beginning teachers' reactions to Florida's Beginning Teacher Program (BTP), a one-year teaching experience, education graduates who had experienced the BTP were surveyed. Participants were fairly positive regarding the support they received from the program, which may facilitate new teachers' adjustment to the teaching environment.…