Subjects taught in elementary, secondary and vocational schools are covered by two, more or less, separate programs dtin higher education. One of them aims to educate experts while the other one provides for regular teacher training. The natural “development” of a subject within higher education is that the “experts-only” program should be extended to teacher training when a new social need app...

The Catholic school system in Ontario, Canada, is fully funded by the government. Recently, Ontario’s Ministry of Education mandated an induction year, the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP), for all new teachers. This legislation provides an opportunity for Catholic school boards to take the lead and shape creative and effective programs for new teacher induction. The mission of the Catholic...

The importance of teachers and the roles they play in the educative process are central to basic education, particularly in third world countries, there may be close substitutes for teacher-roles in the form of teaching machines with programmed instruction (Balogun 1988) but in third world countries such as Nigeria, teachers undoubtedly remain the managers of knowledge. Therefore, teacher educa...

IP 95-1 Page 1 This is the story of teacher trainees in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) alternative training program during a labor dispute. The individual stories highlight the stress a labor dispute places on prospective teachers who are not yet full-time teachers but also not the traditional transitory student teachers from a university teacher education program. In the dispu...

INTRODUCTION Low-income children are especially at risk for low fruit and vegetable consumption. Diets lacking in fruits and vegetables are associated with chronic diseases. Successful school-based interventions are key to promoting the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Research has shown that the degree of teacher involvement has a significant impact on students' and parents' interest in a...

We report on first results of a study with mathematics teachers from Germany and Switzerland who took part in a video-based in-service teacher education program. We wanted to find out whether the interpretation of videotaped classroom situations was influenced by the teachers’ professional knowledge and instruction-related beliefs. The findings indicate that cognitive constructivist or direct-t...

This paper presents a model of a teacher needs-based (TNB) professional development program. The TNB model formed the foundation of three externally funded professional development programs. The objectives of this model are to maximize the effects of a professional development program, and to help participants sustain their learning over the long term. The goals, content, main activities, and s...

An important development in higher education is the increased learning possibilities brought by ICT. Many academics seem reluctant to embrace technology. An online teacher training program was followed by 73 academics from nine higher educational institutions. Data were gathered using the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model and the Teacher Beliefs and Intentions questionna...

This study investigates the factors influencing integration of ICT in teacher education in Vietnam, an emerging developing country, at the beginning of integration of ICT. Exploratory multiple regression analysis addresses the importance of different factors at the teacher level and the importance of the teacher education institute for the integration of ICT in teaching practice. The use of ICT...