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- Title
- Does ‘Working After Work’ Affect Teachers’ Confidence? Examining Teacher Efficacy in a Professional Development Program
- Author
- Gartlan, Scott
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This study examined the relationship between teacher efficacy and professional development among in-service K-12 teachers. A content-rich teacher professional development program was analyzed over the course of two years using a sequential explana...
- Title
- QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
- Author
- Taylor, Heather
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- The North Carolina (NC) Teacher Evaluation Process (TEP) is used to evaluate Pre-K – 12th grade teachers. Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) who have obtained Birth - Kindergarten licensure are unique in that they work with children with and without...
- Title
- A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
- Author
- Ellison, Antoinette
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...
- Title
- From Recall to Resolve: Supporting the Development of Culturally Responsive Preservice Teachers in a Language Arts Methods Course
- Author
- Glover, Crystal
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Multicultural education, Teachers--Training of, Language arts
- Description
- The need for culturally responsive teachers in an increasingly diverse educational system is paramount. The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice teachers' developing understandings of culturally responsive pedagogy in a language art...
- Title
- Into the Figured Worlds of First Grade Teachers: Perceptions and Enactments of Instructional Grouping and Differentiation for English Learners in New South Classroom Contexts
- Author
- Plaisance, Michelle
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Reading, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- The seven-month participatory qualitative inquiry (Emerson, Fretz, & Shaw, 2011) explored how a first grade team in a metro Charlotte elementary school perceived and enacted instructional grouping and differentiation for English Learners within a ...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF TEACHER DIVERSITY AND STUDENT-TEACHER RACIAL/ETHNIC MATCHING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
- Author
- Banerjee, Neena
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Teachers--Training of, Education and state
- Description
- This dissertation investigates the implications of student-teacher racial/ethnic matching on two educational outcomes. The fourth chapter investigates whether assignment to same-race teachers affects students' math and reading achievement growth i...
- Title
- DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR THRESHOLD CONCEPTS IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSES
- Author
- Glavich, Courtney
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Elementary, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- Teacher education programs have long sought to increase preservice teachers' competency through coursework that promotes content, pedagogical knowledge, and specialized forms of knowledge that interweave the two. Still, newly licensed teachers are...
- Title
- DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT CRITICAL SCIENCE CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG SCIENCE EDUCATORS
- Author
- Crabtree, Lenora
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Science--Study and teaching
- Description
- Justice-oriented pedagogies support students’ sociopolitical, or critical, consciousness. Research reveals, however, that science educators, the majority of whom are white, struggle to enact these practices. The purpose of this Design-based Resear...
- Title
- The association between first language status and second language teacher edTPA performance, perceptions, and preparation.
- Author
- Okraski, Cornelia
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Language and languages--Study and teaching, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- Due to the shortage of World Language and English as a Second Language teachers, recruiting, retaining, and supporting aspiring second language teachers in the completion of their teacher licensure program is crucial. One barrier to the profession...
- Title
- A Sense of Preparation: Perceptions of Alternative Licensure Teacher Candidates
- Author
- Brigman, Marsha
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This study explored alternative licensure teacher candidates' perceptions of preparedness for the classroom based on the principles and standards of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) which serve as a common set ...
- Title
- A Study of the Attitudes of University of North Carolina Education Faculty Toward the Use of Computer-Based Simulation in Pre-service Teacher Education Methods Courses
- Author
- Englebert, Mary
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Teachers--Training of, Educational technology
- Description
- ABSTRACTMARY F. ENGLEBERT: A study of the attitudes of University of North Carolina education faculty toward the use of computer-based simulation in pre-service teacher education methods courses. (Under the direction of DR. JOHN GRETES) The use of...
- Title
- Navigating the Epistemological Rocky Waters of Mathematics Education: An Instrumental Multiple Case Study
- Author
- Schinck, Amélie
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Teachers--Training of, Curriculum planning
- Description
- The various beliefs about mathematics and its role in society led to differing beliefs about what it means to learn mathematics and how best to teach it. Mathematics education research and organizations such as the National Council of Teachers of ...
- Title
- Supporting communicative autonomy through academics: The effects of text-based listening comprehension strategy instruction on communicative turn-taking
- Author
- Haughney, Kathryn
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Teachers--Training of, Curriculum planning
- Description
- The present study used a multiple probe across participants design with an embedded generalization measure to examine the effect of systematic and explicit instruction of text-based listening comprehension strategy instruction through the implemen...
- Title
- Teacher Practices, Beliefs, and Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics: A Phenomenological Case Study of Teachers Instructing Mathematically Gifted and Promising Students
- Author
- Weiss, Christine
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Gifted children--Education, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- ABSTRACTCHRISTINE H. WEISS. Teacher Practices, Beliefs, and Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics: A Phenomenological Case Study of Teachers Instructing Mathematically Gifted and Promising Students. (Under the direction of DR. DREW POLLY)Student...
- Title
- Teaching the Teachers: A Case Study of Instructional Leader Professional Development
- Author
- Sykes, Melissa
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Adult education, Continuing education
- Description
- The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore professional development from the perspective of instructional leaders to identify if the assumptions of Knowles’s (1990) Adult Learning Theory were present in the planning and implementation of...
- Title
- The Generalized Effects of UPGRADE Your Performance on Employment Soft Skills of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Study of Generalization
- Author
- Clark, Kelly
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Teachers--Training of, Disability studies
- Description
- This was the third study investigating the effects of UPGRADE Your Performance on soft skills (e.g., attitude, cooperation, reliability, productivity, on-task behavior, quality of work, and teamwork) of students with disabilities. UPGRADE Your Per...
- Title
- THE FIGURED WORLD OF ADVOCACY IN A HIGH IMMIGRANT POPULATION URBAN SCHOOL IN THE NEW SOUTH
- Author
- King, Elena
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- This participatory qualitative inquiry explored the fluctuating subjectivities of, and advocacy performed, by three content area teachers in a high-immigrant population, urban high school in the New South. Using a neo-Vygotskian theoretical framew...
- Title
- Using Tools to Support Productive Mathematical Discussions: A Multiple Case Study
- Author
- Bacak, Julie
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Education, Elementary, Mathematics--Study and teaching
- Description
- Facilitating productive mathematical discussions is considered a core practice of mathematics education. The complexity of this teaching practice presents the need for pedagogical tools to provide structure for preservice teachers (PST) developing...
- Title
- Does practice make perfect? Evaluating the impact of deliberate practice and coaching in teacher training
- Author
- Kissau, Scott, Dack, Hilary, Fitchett, Paul
- Date Created
- 2022, 2022, 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Education, Higher
- Title
- The Impact of a Multilevel Coaching Intervention on Preservice Teachers' Fidelity of Implementation of a Reading Intervention
- Author
- Kingsbery, Corinne
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Teachers--Training of, Education, Elementary
- Description
- Teacher preparation programs (TPPs) can equip preservice teachers (PSTs) with skills to implement evidence-based interventions in reading with fidelity by engaging PSTs in carefully designed clinical experience opportunities. Providing PSTs with e...