Education and Learning in the Information Age
Education and Learning in the Information Age

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Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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A triad of educational information specialists--counselors, librarians, and educational media personnel--play a pivotal role in the acquisition, evaluation, and use of information by students across the educational spectrum. In order to explore how these specialists use information, how collaboration can draw disparate specialization areas together, and how networking between educators and the university can be promoted, the ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse hosted a conference at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The "Education and Learning in the Information Age" Conference covered the following topics: (1) "Starting an Educational Process We Can't Finish" (B. Dessy); (2) "Responses to Blane Dessy's Keynote Address Setting the Context for Learning in the Information Age" (K. Wright); (3) "Media and Counseling Professionals Use of Technology" (S. T. Gladding); (4) "Running as Fast as We Can Just To Keep from Falling Too Far Behind" (R. Purdom); "Reactions by an Experienced Educator of Librarians" (M. Miller); (5) "Information-Coin of the Realm" (J. N. Lester); (6) "Libraries and Librarianship in the Information Age" (D. J. Hulbert); (7) "Teaching, Learning, Technology and Higher Education" (A. E. Uprichard); and (8) "A Summing Up and a Look to the Future" (G. R. Walz). A list of presenters is included, and ERIC and ERIC/CASS resource lists are appended. (EMK)

IJER Vol 19-N1
IJER Vol 19-N1

Author: International Journal of Educational Reform

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2010-08-16

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 147581660X

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The mission of the International Journal of Educational Reform (IJER) is to keep readers up-to-date with worldwide developments in education reform by providing scholarly information and practical analysis from recognized international authorities. As the only peer-reviewed scholarly publication that combines authors’ voices without regard for the political affiliations perspectives, or research methodologies, IJER provides readers with a balanced view of all sides of the political and educational mainstream. To this end, IJER includes, but is not limited to, inquiry based and opinion pieces on developments in such areas as policy, administration, curriculum, instruction, law, and research. IJER should thus be of interest to professional educators with decision-making roles and policymakers at all levels turn since it provides a broad-based conversation between and among policymakers, practitioners, and academicians about reform goals, objectives, and methods for success throughout the world. Readers can call on IJER to learn from an international group of reform implementers by discovering what they can do that has actually worked. IJER can also help readers to understand the pitfalls of current reforms in order to avoid making similar mistakes. Finally, it is the mission of IJER to help readers to learn about key issues in school reform from movers and shakers who help to study and shape the power base directing educational reform in the U.S. and the world.

The Essential Career Guide to Becoming a Middle and High School Teacher
The Essential Career Guide to Becoming a Middle and High School Teacher

Author: Robert W. Maloy

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-09-30

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 031300157X

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Throughout the country, a growing number of college students, recent college graduates, and mid-career adults are thinking about becoming teachers. Teaching in middle and high schools combines a lifelong pursuit of learning, a long-held dream of joining a field that they respect, a chance to work with young people, and an opportunity to make a difference in society. The Essential Career Guide to Becoming a Middle and High School Teacher offers a step-by-step guide to preparation, certification, and employment as a teacher. It provides guidance about issues and choices facing prospective educators, including making the decision to teach, assessing the differences between middle schools and high schools, identifying an excellent teacher education program, understanding alternative pathways to certification, taking state-mandated teacher tests, succeeding as a student teacher, and finding a first job in the profession. A complete state-by-state listing of programs, including current U.S. News & World Report Top Fifty rankings and certification requirements rounds out this valuable guide.