The scope of digital technology integration in university teaching has changed our understanding of teacher readiness and teacher competence. Recently, faced with the digitalisation of higher education (HE), the construct of teacher digital competence (TDC) has emerged. Although there are many recent systematic reviews on digital competence from a…

This literature review and accompanying research proposal were developed to identify and begin the process of addressing a gap in established pedagogical practices and academic literature. Specifically, the work asks: How are secondary Foods Studies and Home Economics teachers addressing the needs of culturally diverse and non-hegemonic…

Set in the context of higher education, this paper focuses on professional development-related challenges faced by teachers and specifically how these difficulties have been exacerbated by the recent Work-From-Home policy. The study investigates how the integration of social media into educators' professional development plans can support tutors…

Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) faces increasing teacher attrition and unsustainable levels of stress among teachers. Citywide pressures, such gentrification and lack of transportation, impact schools and teachers. OUSD currently has wellness programs both district provided (the Office of Health and Wellness) and through district…

A training instrument, designed for cooperating teachers and university supervisors, allows them to examine their willingness to give and receive feedback from their student teachers and each other. The "Student Teaching Triad Communication Survey" contains ten questions dealing with willingness to receive feedback and ten questions dealing with…

This report reviews over 200 pieces of research to identify the elements of teaching with the strongest evidence of improving attainment. It finds some common practices can be harmful to learning and have no grounding in research. Specific practices which are supported by good evidence of their effectiveness are also examined and six key factors…

In this study a representative sample of 880 elementary and secondary teachers currently teaching in 33 schools across the state of Arizona were asked about their perceptions of how their ELL students were faring under current instructional policies for ELL students. Teachers were surveyed during the Spring of 2010. Overall findings show that most…

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 calls for 100% proficiency in reading and mathematics by 2014. The mandate thus transforms reading and mathematics into high-stakes subject areas. This quantitative cross-sectional study examined legislated testing mandates in relation to burnout subscales, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal…

Data from teacher education programs in 77 public universities are analyzed in terms of the relationshp between their resources (e.g., faculty, secretaries, administrators, graduate assistants, operating and capital outlay funds) and their productivity. The data is broken down by academic year, summer sesssion, and 12-month appointments. Data also…

Data from teacher education programs in 75 public universities are analyzed in relation to their relative resources and productivity. Data include budget allocations by line (faculty, secretaries, administrators, graduate assistants, operating funds, capital outlay), broken down by academic year, summer session, and 12-month appointments. Data…

The study described in this presentation was conducted to survey the status of classroom discipline within the professional teacher education curriculum and to ascertain the perceptions of preservice teachers towards addressing discipline problems. Classroom discipline is examined in the following ways: (1) an analysis of contemporary literature;…

This paper reports findings about a curriculum innovation conducted at The University of Hong Kong. A CD-ROM consisting of videos of two lessons by different teachers demonstrating exemplary science teaching was used to elicit conceptions of good science teaching of student-teachers enrolled for the 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in Education at…

Briefly reviews the use of video technology in teacher training and describes its use in the current program for preservice physical education teachers in the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department at Utah State University (USU). A copy of the USU Physical Education Teacher Evaluation form is provided. (13 references) (DB)

Documenting the history of the Reading Program offered by the Department of Education at Washburn University, Kansas from its inception in 1937 to 1987, this document contains information related to the undergraduate reading requirements for the completion of the Elementary and Secondary Education Degrees and the graduate requirements for the…

Students' evaluations of teacher effectiveness are explored as a multidimensional construct, emphasizing the Students' Evaluations of Educational Quality (SEEQ) instrument developed by H. W. Marsh (1987). An overview is presented of studies in which Marsh evaluated longitudinal data from an archive of responses to nearly 1 million SEEQ instruments…