First, teach the teachers

How do teachers teach? Insights from teachers and students

Are They Helping Teachers Teach Comprehension ?

The report describes the last In a series of three studies whose purpose is to learn what is done with comprehension instruction in three settings: classrooms, basal reader manuals, and reading methodology textbooks. To find out whether authors of the methods books treat comprehension instruction with sufficient frequency and specificity as to be helpful to both teachers and prospective teacher...

Teaching excellence: what great teachers teach us.

Given the shortage of nurse educators, we sought to better understand teaching excellence because it is crucial for developing the next generation of nurses. A grounded theory approach was used. The sample included 17 respondents, thought to be excellent teachers, from universities across the United States. Consenting respondents were asked, "What do you do to bring nursing to life with your st...

Selecting a first programming Language to Teach Prospective Teachers – Case Examples from Two Programs

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that influence the decision to select a programming language to teach students enrolled in a graduate level course in education. The paper illustrates the experience of two degree programs: First, the master degree of business education (M.Ed.) at Eberly College of Business and Information Technology – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)...

Making the Transition: Helping Teachers to Teach Online

Teaching in the cyberspace classroom requires that we move beyond old models of pedagogy into new practices that are more facilitative. Teaching in cyberspace involves much more than simply taking old models of pedagogy and transferring them to a different medium. Unlike the face-to-face classroom, in online distance education, attention needs to be paid to the development of a sense of communi...