David G Imig
Biographic Data
| ID | 1603804 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David G Imig |
| GIVEN NAMES | David G |
| FAMILY NAME | Imig |
| SIGNATURE | IMIG D G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Professionalising teaching and combating teacher shortages: The case of the State of Maryland
Maryland’s persistent teacher shortage, despite decades of professionalisation efforts, highlights the complexity of staffing public schools in the state. At the beginning of the 2022–2023 school year, Maryland reported over 2,000 teacher vacancies, with shortages most pronounced in high-demand areas such as special education, STEM, and world languages, particularly in rural and urban schools. Factors like high turnovers, increasing retirements, …
Enhancing the teaching profession through quality teacher education: Policy and practice in times of teacher shortage
The phenomenon of teacher shortages is global and has been exacerbated over the years. While the problem of the lack of teachers is not new, it is essential to find ways of addressing the crisis wo
International trends in contexts marked by teacher shortages: Implications for teacher education, professionalism and the teaching profession
Teacher shortages and strategies to mitigate them, including reforming initial teacher education, have been put into place in many contexts. It is, thus, necessary to look at international trends and to discuss how issues of professionalism and the role of the teacher have been (re)framed. In this article, we examine emerging themes arising from articles included in this Special Issue and we discuss what has been accomplished and what remains nec…
Responding to Covid-19 With the Aid of Mutually Beneficial Partnerships in Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the structures and routines of K-12 education. Districts and school systems worldwide continue to adapt their ways of working to address a variety of challenges–many of whose dimensions are complex, dynamic, and not entirely known. Without cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders, institutions, and communities, we will be less able to address students’ social, emotional, and learning needs. In this paper,…
What do Beginning Teachers Need to Know: An Essay
Do we prepare teachers for the schools we wish all children could attend or do we prepare teachers for the schools where they are most likely to find a position? The authors address the often-asked question What do beginning teachers need to know? by making the case that we must prepare teachers for the disparate conditions found on the educational landscape. Public policy decisions, economic conditions, and the teaching profession itself have cr…
The Teacher Effectiveness Movement: How 80 Years of Essentialist Control Have Shaped the Teacher Education Profession
The locus of control in teacher education has been outside the hands of those who educate our nation's teachers for more than a century. Essentialists have long controlled the agenda for public schooling in America, and it is evident as well that their influence has prevailed in both the form and function of teacher education. The authors suggest that the contest between progressives and essentialists regarding teacher education has been repeated…
Whither Selects of Education? A Reaction: For All the Wrong Reasons
In a few pages, John Goodlad dredges up the demon of status deprivation that has beset him for nearly a half century. Why can't schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) be valued and loved and respected like other professional schools? What is it about teacher education that makes SCDEs a pariah on so many campuses? Why do so many SCDEs flee from their professional role? Goodlad has a set of remedies--seven conditions or lessons de…
Professionalization or dispersal: A case study of American teacher education
An important hallmark of American teacher education has been its integral role in 4-year or comprehensive colleges and universities for the past 100 years. In more than 1,100 colleges in the United States, teacher education is offered as one of many baccalaureate or graduate-level programs. The preparation of elementary and secondary and special and vocational teachers is offered as an integral part of comprehensive or university-based programs. …
A Commentary
The Phoenix Agenda: [Essential Reform in Teacher Education]: A Commentary
The Teacher Effectiveness Movement: How 80 Years of Essentialist Control Have Shaped the Teacher Education Profession
The locus of control in teacher education has been outside the hands of those who educate our nation's teachers for more than a century. Essentialists have long controlled the agenda for public schooling in America, and it is evident as well that their influence has prevailed in both the form and function of teacher education. The authors suggest that the contest between progressives and essentialists regarding teacher education has been repeated…
What do Beginning Teachers Need to Know: An Essay
Do we prepare teachers for the schools we wish all children could attend or do we prepare teachers for the schools where they are most likely to find a position? The authors address the often-asked question What do beginning teachers need to know? by making the case that we must prepare teachers for the disparate conditions found on the educational landscape. Public policy decisions, economic conditions, and the teaching profession itself have cr…
Whither Selects of Education? A Reaction: For All the Wrong Reasons
In a few pages, John Goodlad dredges up the demon of status deprivation that has beset him for nearly a half century. Why can't schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) be valued and loved and respected like other professional schools? What is it about teacher education that makes SCDEs a pariah on so many campuses? Why do so many SCDEs flee from their professional role? Goodlad has a set of remedies--seven conditions or lessons de…
A Commentary
The Phoenix Agenda: [Essential Reform in Teacher Education]: A Commentary
Professionalization or dispersal: A case study of American teacher education
An important hallmark of American teacher education has been its integral role in 4-year or comprehensive colleges and universities for the past 100 years. In more than 1,100 colleges in the United States, teacher education is offered as one of many baccalaureate or graduate-level programs. The preparation of elementary and secondary and special and vocational teachers is offered as an integral part of comprehensive or university-based programs. …
Whither Selects of Education? A Reaction: For All the Wrong Reasons
In a few pages, John Goodlad dredges up the demon of status deprivation that has beset him for nearly a half century. Why can't schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) be valued and loved and respected like other professional schools? What is it about teacher education that makes SCDEs a pariah on so many campuses? Why do so many SCDEs flee from their professional role? Goodlad has a set of remedies--seven conditions or lessons de…
What do Beginning Teachers Need to Know: An Essay
Do we prepare teachers for the schools we wish all children could attend or do we prepare teachers for the schools where they are most likely to find a position? The authors address the often-asked question What do beginning teachers need to know? by making the case that we must prepare teachers for the disparate conditions found on the educational landscape. Public policy decisions, economic conditions, and the teaching profession itself have cr…
The Teacher Effectiveness Movement: How 80 Years of Essentialist Control Have Shaped the Teacher Education Profession
The locus of control in teacher education has been outside the hands of those who educate our nation's teachers for more than a century. Essentialists have long controlled the agenda for public schooling in America, and it is evident as well that their influence has prevailed in both the form and function of teacher education. The authors suggest that the contest between progressives and essentialists regarding teacher education has been repeated…
Responding to Covid-19 With the Aid of Mutually Beneficial Partnerships in Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the structures and routines of K-12 education. Districts and school systems worldwide continue to adapt their ways of working to address a variety of challenges–many of whose dimensions are complex, dynamic, and not entirely known. Without cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders, institutions, and communities, we will be less able to address students’ social, emotional, and learning needs. In this paper,…
Professionalising teaching and combating teacher shortages: The case of the State of Maryland
Maryland’s persistent teacher shortage, despite decades of professionalisation efforts, highlights the complexity of staffing public schools in the state. At the beginning of the 2022–2023 school year, Maryland reported over 2,000 teacher vacancies, with shortages most pronounced in high-demand areas such as special education, STEM, and world languages, particularly in rural and urban schools. Factors like high turnovers, increasing retirements, …
Enhancing the teaching profession through quality teacher education: Policy and practice in times of teacher shortage
The phenomenon of teacher shortages is global and has been exacerbated over the years. While the problem of the lack of teachers is not new, it is essential to find ways of addressing the crisis wo
International trends in contexts marked by teacher shortages: Implications for teacher education, professionalism and the teaching profession
Teacher shortages and strategies to mitigate them, including reforming initial teacher education, have been put into place in many contexts. It is, thus, necessary to look at international trends and to discuss how issues of professionalism and the role of the teacher have been (re)framed. In this article, we examine emerging themes arising from articles included in this Special Issue and we discuss what has been accomplished and what remains nec…
Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Teacher education (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic shortage (3 works) · Higher education (3 works)