Drawing on literature since 1997, this review explores the effects of teacher induction on
beginning teachers' conceptions and practice of teaching, and it identifies three approaches …

While mentoring programmes have proven to be successful in reducing attrition and
improving teaching ability in beginning teachers, there remains a lack of research …

The previous Handbook on Research in Teacher Education (Sikula, 1996) includes two
chapters dealing with the “inner life” of the teacher: Virginia Richardson's review of research …

Co-Published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group and the Association of Teacher
Educators. The Handbook of Research on Teacher Education was initiated to ferment …

Research on new teachers identifies two critical challenges in relation to how novices view
their students:“practice shock” that results in an overfocus on controlling students and a …

To understand the relationship between induction policies, programs, and practices, we
conducted case studies of three long-standing induction programs. Drawing on interviews …

This study focuses on the process of novice teachers' adjustment to the teaching profession
and to school culture in Israel. Forty-six beginning teachers who participated in a support …

New teachers in the US often are unprepared to meet the needs of culturally and
linguistically diverse students. Preparing teachers for diversity has generated widespread …

The purpose of this essay is to describe quality teacher induction that has evolved from
“fourth-wave”(1997–2006) teacher induction program development and research. A …

With the goal of helping teacher candidates become well-started beginners, it is important
that methods courses in teacher education programs focus on high-leverage practices …