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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: 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: An Investigation of the Mental Health Literacy of High School Advanced Placement Teachers
Author: Kraftson, Emily
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education, Secondary, Teachers--Training of, Educational counseling
Description: With adolescent mental health problems on the rise, secondary school teachers are in a prime position to support students. This study sought to fill a scholarly research gap and inform future mental health literacy (MHL) training needs for teacher...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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...

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...