Edwin G Ralph
Biographic Data
| ID | 1603693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edwin G Ralph |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edwin G |
| FAMILY NAME | Ralph |
| SIGNATURE | RALPH E G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
College Applicants with Felony Records: The Impact of Race and Offense Type on College Students’ Attitudes
Practicum Teachers’ Perceptions of Success in Relation to Self-Efficacy (Perceived Competence)
How do student teachers gain confidence in their teaching abilities as part of their school-based practicum experience while increasing their self-efficacy from the successes of their practicum? To understand this question better, we explored preservice teachers’ post-practicum accounts of experiences of success in relation to efficacy (Bandura, 1977, 1982) with some reflection on motivational perspectives as found in self-determination theory (R…
Interns' and Cooperating Teachers' Concerns Dining the Extended Practicum
This study examined teacher interns' and their classroom cooperating teachers' concerns about the extended practicum both before and after their completion of the 16-week program. Respondents completed pre- and post-internship surveys identifying their initial concerns about the internship and the subsequent alleviation of these concerns (or the emergence of others). All the respondents reported that some of their initial apprehensions were allev…
Aligning Mentorship Style With Beginning Teachers' Development: Contextual Supervision
Contextual Supervision (CS), a developmental mentoring model recently designed, applied, and refined in a teaching internship setting in Western Canada, has been shown to be useful in providing guidance to the supervision of teacher-interns during their extended practicum. The present study (in which the author was a participant observer) provides further qualitative and quantitative evidence that illustrates the effectiveness of CS in guiding pr…
Hiring New Teachers: What Do School Districts Look For
What qualities do Canadian school administrators seek in prospective teachers? In this study, part of a larger survey investigation of school district hiring preferences in a Western Canadian province, we sought to answer this question. Educational institutions and organizations are encountering sustained social and economic pressures for demonstrable accountability in providing educational services. The two provincial teacher education instituti…
Enhancing the supervision of beginning teachers: A Canadian initiative
Middle and Secondary L2 Teachers Meeting Classroom Management Challenges Via Effective Teaching Research
This paper presents for second‐language educators a synthesis of key principles of successful classroom management and instruction, which have been doubly validated by a quarter‐century of effective‐teaching research and by 30 years of personal education experience of the author. This summary of practices, verified in classrooms from the elementary through to the post secondary levels, describes what effective L2 teachers do in both the short‐ an…
Helping Beginning Teachers Improve Via Contextual Supervision
Hiring New Teachers: What Do School Districts Look For
What qualities do Canadian school administrators seek in prospective teachers? In this study, part of a larger survey investigation of school district hiring preferences in a Western Canadian province, we sought to answer this question. Educational institutions and organizations are encountering sustained social and economic pressures for demonstrable accountability in providing educational services. The two provincial teacher education instituti…
Enhancing the supervision of beginning teachers: A Canadian initiative
Enhancing the supervision of beginning teachers: A Canadian initiative
Middle and Secondary L2 Teachers Meeting Classroom Management Challenges Via Effective Teaching Research
This paper presents for second‐language educators a synthesis of key principles of successful classroom management and instruction, which have been doubly validated by a quarter‐century of effective‐teaching research and by 30 years of personal education experience of the author. This summary of practices, verified in classrooms from the elementary through to the post secondary levels, describes what effective L2 teachers do in both the short‐ an…
Helping Beginning Teachers Improve Via Contextual Supervision
Hiring New Teachers: What Do School Districts Look For
What qualities do Canadian school administrators seek in prospective teachers? In this study, part of a larger survey investigation of school district hiring preferences in a Western Canadian province, we sought to answer this question. Educational institutions and organizations are encountering sustained social and economic pressures for demonstrable accountability in providing educational services. The two provincial teacher education instituti…
Aligning Mentorship Style With Beginning Teachers' Development: Contextual Supervision
Contextual Supervision (CS), a developmental mentoring model recently designed, applied, and refined in a teaching internship setting in Western Canada, has been shown to be useful in providing guidance to the supervision of teacher-interns during their extended practicum. The present study (in which the author was a participant observer) provides further qualitative and quantitative evidence that illustrates the effectiveness of CS in guiding pr…
Interns' and Cooperating Teachers' Concerns Dining the Extended Practicum
This study examined teacher interns' and their classroom cooperating teachers' concerns about the extended practicum both before and after their completion of the 16-week program. Respondents completed pre- and post-internship surveys identifying their initial concerns about the internship and the subsequent alleviation of these concerns (or the emergence of others). All the respondents reported that some of their initial apprehensions were allev…
Practicum Teachers’ Perceptions of Success in Relation to Self-Efficacy (Perceived Competence)
How do student teachers gain confidence in their teaching abilities as part of their school-based practicum experience while increasing their self-efficacy from the successes of their practicum? To understand this question better, we explored preservice teachers’ post-practicum accounts of experiences of success in relation to efficacy (Bandura, 1977, 1982) with some reflection on motivational perspectives as found in self-determination theory (R…
College Applicants with Felony Records: The Impact of Race and Offense Type on College Students’ Attitudes
Mathematics education (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (4 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Reflective Practices in Education (4 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (3 works) · Practicum (3 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 works)