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Basic skills teacher licensure test scores as college of education admission criteria
… Skills Test (PPST) cut-scores as teacher education program admission criteria. PPST and American College Test (ACT) scores of 372 graduates, and PPST scores and other academic characteristics of 1,062 graduates of a Nevada teacher education program were examined. Findings of this …
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Special education teacher licensure curricula: Creating a pipeline of trauma-informed special educators
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Are the gates open to all? Teacher licensure accessibility at a large Midwestern urban university
… of ethnically and linguistically diverse teachers in public education is very low, especially when compared to students. This is problematic for a number of reasons. First, the racial mismatch between the student body and teacher workforce in public schools perpetuates the achievement gap. …
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Summative Evaluation of an Alternative Teacher Licensure Program Sponsored by a Large Suburban School Division
The number of alternative licensure programs has increased significantly over the past decade. Faced with critical shortages of public school teachers in several subject areas, the Commonwealth of Virginia first approved an alternative route to licensure in 1998. In accordance with the No Child …
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Virginia Teacher Licensure Examination Policy: Intended and Unintended Effects on Teacher Availability and Minority Representation
… of the screening process for prospective teachers is the licensure examination. The examination serves two important functions: (a) sorting and screening candidates and (b) defining the knowledge base for professional practice. The first function receives the most attention from …
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Factors Influencing African Americans To Select Teaching Careers In Vocational Education And Experiences That Relate To Their Progress In Vocational Teacher Licensure Programs
… a shortage of African American vocational teachers. If the shortage is to be averted, vocational professionals must find ways to increase the number of African American teachers in vocational education (Arnold & Levesque, 1992; Martinez, 1991; Young, 1989). The purpose of this study was to …
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The NNER and pre-service teachers' philosophic orientations
… the philosophic orientation of pre-service teachers at one National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) member institution to determine the impact of the teacher licensure program on pre-service teacher beliefs. Results indicate significant philosophical shifts in pre-service teacher …
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An Examination Of The Relationship Between Instructional Modality And Pedagogy Licensure Exam Scores In Post-Baccalaureate Educator Preparation Programs in Indiana
… of varying modalities in relation to teacher licensure exams has been limited in research and can serve as a critical quantitative measure for EPPs to assess. This longitudinal study examined the relationship between instructional modality and pedagogy teacher licensure exam scores in …
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Transition from military life to teaching
… a federally sponsored program known as Troops to Teachers. Only one of the men hired had completed a teacher licensure program; the other seven were utilizing the alternate route to licensure allowed by the Virginia Department of Education. These men were hired and placed in the classroom without …
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Career choice decisions of Family and Consumer Sciences education recent graduates: implications for recruitment to address the teacher shortage
A national teacher shortage in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) prompted the development of this study. This study examined career motivations of recent graduates of FCS to determine target audiences and marketing strategies for recruitment to address the teacher shortage. Personal, educational, …
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Qualified Teachers and the "No Child Left Behind Act"
… regulations of the concept of highly qualified teacher under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The problem that keeps emerging is teachers are not deemed qualified despite their credentials and are being blamed for the lack of student achievement. The purpose of this project is to explore the …
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Building Better Bridges: Toward More Effective Strategies for Promoting Teacher Diversity in California Secondary Social Science Classrooms at the Pre-Service Level
… and significant shortfalls in their levels of teacher diversity relative to that of their students. While efforts to recruit larger numbers of minority teacher candidates have produced, at best, mixed results overall, in the subject area of social science - where teacher diversity can be …
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Teacher Perceptions about Diversity and the Achievement Gap: Understanding the Discursive Construction of Whiteness
Teacher perceptions about diversity and the achievement gap were examined. Participants were alternative teacher licensure candidates at the student teaching phase of their preparation program. Two-hour individual, in-depth, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with each of the …
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SECONDARY HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY REGARDING GEOGRAPHY TEACHING
Teacher education remains a significant issue affecting the quality of geography instruction in the United States. Teachers’ self-efficacy has been identified as a crucial factor for improving teacher education and promoting educational reform. This study intended to develop a better understanding …
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A Study to Explore the Strategy of Field-Based Teacher Preparation: Professional Development Schools.
… differences in performance measures of student teachers with varying levels of participation in professional development schools. The population in my study was the 2002 through the spring of 2006 kindergarten through 6th-grade student teachers from a small, private postsecondary institution. A …
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Corporal Punishment: Opinion Vs. Research
… research, what are the opinions of the teachers entering the field regarding this topic? Current research provides little insight into the opinions of education students regarding the use of corporal punishment. This study is designed to examine the opinions of Teach Mississippi …
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An Exploratory Study of Project Lead the Way Secondary Engineering Educators' Self-Efficacy
Researchers find that teacher self-efficacy influences student performance and student academic interest (Anderson, Green & Loewen, 1988; Ross, 1992; Ashton & Webb, 1986; Woolfolk & Hoy, 1990; and Muijs & Reynolds, 2001) and that prior teaching and teacher preparation experiences influence teacher …
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The Implications of Virginia Licensure Regulations on Teacher Retention in Lighthouse City Public Schools
… systems have encountered difficulties retaining teachers. The ramification of teacher attrition is that the neediest students are often taught by those with the least educational experience. The purpose of this study was to determine the implications of Virginia teacher licensure regulations on …
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An Investigation of Factors Identified By Novice Teachers That Influence Performance on Standardized Assessments and Teacher Performance
… the variables assessed and factors involved in teacher preparation have not been investigated. This study was designed to investigate the nature of such relationships in one particular case. In the spring of 1997, the Louisiana legislature changed the Louisiana Teacher Assessment Program to …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Candidates' Performance on Praxis I and Praxis II in New Jersey
… study is to examine the relationship between teacher candidate performance on the <em>Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills </em>test and select <em>Praxis II: Subject-Area Assessments.</em> <em>Praxis I</em> is a set of three basic skills tests in reading, writing, and mathematics most often used …
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