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Learning to Teach Nothing in Particular A Uniquely American Educational Dilemma
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This article is published in The American Educator.The article was published on 2011-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 10 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Economics education & Teacher education.read more
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Uncovering the Skills That Preservice Teachers Bring to Teacher Education: The Practice of Eliciting a Student’s Thinking:
TL;DR: Although teacher education is the formal means by which novices are prepared for teaching, they come having already had significant experience in schools as mentioned in this paper, and they have formed habits of...
Examining Historical (Mis)Representations of Christopher Columbus within Children’s Literature
TL;DR: This paper investigated how children's non-fiction and fiction books depict and historicize a meaningful and frequently taught history topic: Christopher Columbus's accomplishments and misdeeds, and found that children's books are engaging curricular supplements with age-appropriate readability yet frequently misrepresent history in eight consequential ways.
Adult learning in a K-12 setting; job-embedded professional development: Teacher identity and self-efficacy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhD) at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM).
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Leadership with a Purpose: Nine Case Studies of Schools in Tasmania and Victoria Where the Principal Had Undertaken the Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) Program
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on Australian case study research in schools where principals completed the Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) program and gather data about the effects of PALL on principals' leadership and the impact of interventions in reading on teaching, student learning, and achievement.
Powerful Alignment: Building Consensus around the Common Core State Standards.
TL;DR: The authors examines a sampling of arguments for and against the Common Core State Standards from the period surrounding their adoption, revealing a model for achieving rapid, dramatic change in the modern educational landscape.
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The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
TL;DR: The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition compiles over half a century of scholarship by leading Carrollian experts to reveal the history and full depth of the Alice books and their enigmatic creator as discussed by the authors.
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Too Little Too Late: American High Schools in an International Context.
TL;DR: The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports continue to remind the public that a large majority of twelfth graders are below proficiency in most subject matter areas, including mathematics, science, U.S. history, civics, and geography as mentioned in this paper.