Issues in Teacher Education articles from March 2008

Issues in Teacher Education archives from March 2008

Editor's introduction.(Editorial)
March 22, 2008... What are the issues that haunt us, perennial conundrums that occupy our profession, giving rise to both personal passion and scholarly endeavor? Two that are probably close to the top of every teacher educator's list include literacy and No...

Claiming the contentious: literacy teachers as leaders of social justice principles and practices.
March 22, 2008... Teaching literacy skills is inextricably meshed with the work of transformation. James Berlin (1996) argued, "Literacy enables the individual to understand that the conditions of experience are made by human agents and thus can be remade by...

Early childhood educators' knowledge of early literacy development.(Report)
March 22, 2008... The foundation of all learning is rooted in the development of language and literacy abilities. Literacy development begins well before children enter school and can accelerate in an early childhood classroom setting. As teacher educators, we...

Improving reading comprehension in K-12 education: investigating the impact of the reading specialist credential on the instructional decisions of veteran teachers.(Report)
March 22, 2008... Research has identified certain comprehension strategies that seem to work in an optimal manner to increase the reading comprehension of K-12 students. However, little evidence exists about whether teachers use identified, research-based...

School district and university co-teaching: toward instructional synergy in an induction/M.Ed. program.
March 22, 2008... All courses should be taught like this. We need the college professor to help us think broadly about our subject areas. I didn't realize until I took this course how important it would be to me to also have the district instructor there, too,...

To adapt or subscribe: teachers' informal collaboration and view of mandated curricula.(Report)
March 22, 2008... California public schools serve a highly diverse student population, including: 65% minorities, 24.9% English Language Learners, 10.6% disabled, and 19% in poverty (Quality Counts at 10, 2006). In the face of this diversity, all teachers are...

Book review introduction.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... My husband bought me a new camera for my birthday. It has an automatic zoom feature that reminds me of how important it is for we educators to systematically zoom in on our profession to find out what is current in the literature about...

Enriching the Brain.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Enriching the Brain by Eric Jensen San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006 Enriching the Brain, a reader-friendly affirmation of real-world learning, offers enthusiasts in the educational field an unequivocal insight into powerful...

You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices by Swen Nater & Ronald Gillimore Introduction by Bill Walton Fitness Information Technology, 2006 In You Haven't Taught Until They...

The Girl with the Brown Crayon: How Children Use Stories To Shape Their Lives.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... The Girl with the Brown Crayon: How Children Use Stories To Shape Their Lives by Vivian Gussin Paley Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997 There are many critiques of No Child Left Behind and it's effect on teaching and...

Awards and Recognition for Exceptional Teachers: K-12 and Community College.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Awards and Recognition for Exceptional Teachers: K-12 and Community College by Hans A. Andrews Matilda Press, 2006 Introduction One of the most interesting problems to be solved in education today is how to acknowledge...