With growing teacher shortages nationwide, particularly in high-need subject areas and underserved communities, educator preparation programs (EPPs) have a big task at hand: prepare more pre-service ...

One thing is immediately apparent when Erica Vuolle teaches: Not a moment of time is wasted. When she speaks to her class here at the Match Community Day Charter Public School, she expects all ...

Vol. 36, No. 2, Evidence-Based Research and Diverse Methods of Teacher Development (Spring 2009), pp. 143-161 (19 pages) Caddo Gap Press, founded in 1989, specializes in publication of peer-reviewed ...

Despite considerable differences in interpretations and agendas, reflective teaching programs are governed by the assumption that thoughtful and critically questioning novices will develop expertise ...

Teaching is hectic. The combination of precision work and chaos theory can make the school year feel like an attempt to knit a sweater while riding a Tilt-A-Whirl. Most of us collapse on the couch at ...

The principal’s next question was more probing. “Why did you leave your previous school?” “The school wanted me to be a mechanical, or rather, ‘robotic’ teacher,” was the candid reply. “I didn’t feel ...

Dr. Elizabeth Isidro obtained her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Language and Literacy from Texas Tech University. She also engaged in more advanced work in literacy ...