State and federal regulators use a variety of evaluation systems intended to improve teacher quality by "holding teacher education accountable" through assessments and ratings or rankings - of states, institutions, programs ...
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2016
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A new video assessment tool that can inform teacher selection and hiring has implications for education reform.
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2015
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Building an awareness of dispositions in teacher education can help future teachers be better prepared and morally sensible, according to Deborah Schussler, associate professor in Penn State's College of Education.
Social Sciences
Oct 17, 2013
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Virtually unknown a decade ago, big online teacher education programs now dwarf their traditional competitors, outstripping even the largest state university teachers' colleges.
Internet
Aug 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An increasingly influential national organization evaluating and grading teacher education programs misleads its audience by claiming to be "non-partisan" when, in reality, the group is part of a growing ...
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study conducted by researchers in Penn State's College of Education and College of Health and Human Development identifies several challenges and tensions for Early Childhood Education teacher education ...
Social Sciences
Jan 4, 2011
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Beginning teachers in urban school districts quit at an alarming rate - often from lack of support - and Michigan State University education experts are targeting the problem with an innovative mentoring program.
Other
Feb 24, 2009
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