A survey of member AACTE and/or NCATE approved institutions was conducted to determine the inclusion of information and skills relative to parent-teacher conferences in pre-service teacher preparation programs. The survey focused on identifying components of program models and the knowledge bases used for identifying components. Data did not provide significant information about program models …
This working paper focuses on the news-based blogs, e.g. the blogs adopting an approach similar to that of the traditional media. The blogosphere is deemed to be, as expressed in many discourses, a redeeming outlet for the hegemony of the traditional media. The former often tends to ignore the citizen's really needed contents. Furthermore, it often misleads the citizens through the practicing o…
Many teacher preparation programs now provide field experiences for preservice teachers as early as students' sophomore year. These field experience typically require students to visit a number of different classrooms. However, because (a) sophomore preservice teachers are inexperienced observers, (b) they are unfamiliar with the routines of the classes they visit, and (c) they rarely are able …
As relevant reform recommendations flowed from The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the Goodlad Consortium, the Holmes Group, the Carnegie Forum, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, an experimental teacher preparation program was being envisioned by a large urban school district, a local community college, and a state university. The Teacher Educa…
Blended learning is increasingly being adopted at all levels of the educational system. It continues to gain primacy in the teaching and learning environment as both students and teachers seek to integrate familiar information communication technology (ICT) into their classroom activities. Additionally, it allows the teacher, as a facilitator of learning, and the learner, the opportunities of w…
Nascent Jordanian television stations want to distinguish themselves from state-owned Jordan TV and pan-Arab satellite channels by announcing their intention to broadcast mostly 'local' items of interest. In Lebanon, several terrestrial stations concentrate heavily on news items from certain Lebanese regions in order to cater to diverse sectarian audiences. Despite some differences, these two e…