Teacher Education Quarterly back issues from January 2006:
Editor's Introduction: Furthering Theory, Policy, and Practice through High Quality Research
Jan 01, 2006; ... We at Teacher Education Quarterly are crossing into the New Year by announcing exciting new advancements to the journal. First, we have recently moved to an all electronic submission and review system which has helped expedite correspondence with authors and readers and should prove to be a much ...
Relationships in Preservice Teacher Preparation: From Cohorts to Communities
Jan 01, 2006; ... The cohort seemed like a little family, with all of the group building activities, songs, projects, field trips, and even our gatherings out of class at the Fiesta restaurant! It made a comfortable environment to learn in. I think of our community in our program as I teach this year and try to ...
The Cultural Plunge: Cultural Immersion as a Means of Promoting Self-Awareness and Cultural Sensitivity among Student Teachers
Jan 01, 2006; ... Introduction "The depth of this class to me has been the cultural plunges. I learned so much in those plunges that no other course at (this university) could even remotely compete with. What I learned in the plunges about myself and accepting others is something that I will carry through ...
Integrating Coursework and Field Placements: The Impact on Preservice Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Connections to Teaching
Jan 01, 2006; ... Teacher education programs provide many environments and experiences in an effort to support elementary preservice teacher development. Ultimately the goal is to transform the student into the teacher. Students enter teacher education programs focused on their present education, grades, and ...
Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: Connecting Courses with Field Experiences
Jan 01, 2006; ... The concept of school-university partnerships in pre-service teacher education is not a new idea. School-university partnerships, such as professional development schools, have been discussed in the literature for more than a decade. While popular in concept, partnership efforts such as the ...
Model Versus Mentor: Defining the Necessary Qualities of the Effective Cooperating Teacher
Jan 01, 2006; ... Student teaching is a key event in the lives of future educators; it can make or break their success in their own classrooms. The selection of qualified cooperating teachers with whom these students will work is accordingly imperative. Placing a student in a classroom run by a teacher whose ...
Testing Gone Amok: Leave No Teacher Candidate Behind
Jan 01, 2006; ... Let's face it. Testing has been part of the educational landscape our entire lives. Testing has been used to determine our fate in K-12 education and the types of doors, if any, open to us in college, graduate school, and professional school. As an elementary-school-aged student in the late ...
Convergence of Technology and Diversity: Experiences of Two Beginning Teachers in Web-Based Distance Learning for Global/Multicultural Education
Jan 01, 2006; ... Schools are institutions that reflect changes in society. One of the most significant social developments over the past two decades is the ubiquity of technology. A fundamental element of life in the information age is the integration of computer technology into nearly every conceivable aspect ...
Your Place or Mine? Reading Art, Place, and Culture in Multicultural Picture Books
Jan 01, 2006; ... Introduction Many teacher education programs, no matter how well planned and coordinated for program coherence, continue to produce fragmented experiences for students. For the student, this fragmentation is often experienced as the juggling of separate courses in subject matter content, ...
Research Funding in the U.S.: Implications for Teacher Education Research
Jan 01, 2006; ... Introduction Discussions about appropriate methods for education research have escalated in the wake of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and related changes to federal policies for educational research and its funding. This legislation highlights the importance of ...