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Kim, Youb; Erekson, James; Bunten, Bridget A.; Hinchey, Patricia – Theory Into Practice, 2014
Developing teachers' knowledge about assessing English language learners (ELLs) is critical for achieving intended policy outcomes of improving teaching under Race to the Top policy and Common Core State Standards. In addition to teachers' expressed concerns about teaching Common Core State Standards to ELLs in a national survey…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Sustainability, Faculty Development, Beginning Teachers
Teo, Tang Wee; Ke, Kaijie Justin – Theory Into Practice, 2014
As former and current STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) school teachers in Singapore, we explore the challenges we both experienced while teaching at different STEM schools. Through this article, we make a case for the teacher preparation programs locally and around the world to give more attention to a changing education…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, STEM Education, Science Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Sox, Amanda K. – Theory Into Practice, 2009
Recent immigration to the southern United States has created challenges for educators. This article synthesizes current works about the education of immigrants and English language learners (ELLs) in the South, and teacher preparation for working with ELLs. Reviewed studies revealed that immigrant and ELL students often are unwelcome and unwanted…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Immigration, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Kaplan, Suzanne; Leckie, Alisa – Theory Into Practice, 2009
Language minority students represent an increasing percentage of the school-age student population in the United States. Because the number of English language learners (ELLs) is on the rise nationwide, some states have enacted English-only legislation that impacts the educational experiences of ELLs and the teachers who work with them. Many…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Professional Development, Workshops
Popham, W. James – Theory Into Practice, 2009
In recent years, increasing numbers of professional development programs have dealt with assessment literacy for teachers and/or administrators. Is assessment literacy merely a fashionable focus for today's professional developers or, in contrast, should it be regarded as a significant area of professional development interest for many years to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Accountability
Metros, Susan E. – Theory Into Practice, 2008
Contemporary culture has become increasingly dependent on the visual, especially for its capacity to communicate instantly and universally. Advances in technology fueled this shift. Students must learn to cope with and intelligently contribute to a culture rife with easy access to the visually rich Web, photo dependant social networks, video…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Multimedia Instruction, Computer Literacy
Selfe, Richard J.; Selfe, Cynthia L. – Theory Into Practice, 2008
For some teachers, the increasing attention to digital and multimodal composing in English and Language Arts classrooms has brought into sharp relief the profession's investment in print as the primary means of expression. Although new forms of communication that combine words, still and moving images, and animation have begun to dominate digital…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Instruction, Learning Modalities, Educational Technology