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Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1991
School librarians have a vital role in improving the curriculum and assisting students to be happy, contented, and achieving individuals. Continuous progress of each librarian is a must through inservice education. Means of assisting librarians to attain well include: (1) a professional library with time set aside for reading and discussing ideas…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Ediger, Marlow – 2001
The role of the school principal in a community of learners is discussed. A "community of learners" refers to a group of individuals with common interests who share ideals and learn from each other. The principal must work with teachers, providing support and receiving support in helping students achieve optimal results. A community of learners…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collegiality, Community, Elementary Secondary Education
Ediger, Marlow – 2003
Reading teachers need to have ample opportunities to experience professional growth. Teachers first need to experience excellent role models in reading instruction. Modeling new curriculum provides teachers opportunities to observe, reflect upon, and ask questions about proposed methods. Literature on new programs should also be passed out to…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Professional Development, Reading Instruction
Ediger, Marlow – 2000
A professional library for inservice education of teachers can be useful in founding a Teaching of Reading Book Club. The Teaching of Reading Book Club, in time and sequentially, needs to become a community of learners in studying, assessing, and trying out new, recommended approaches in reading instruction. Knowing how these trial runs in new…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Elementary Education, Improvement Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
Ediger, Marlow – 2000
Slogans are commonly used to advocate a point or view or a political stance. In education many slogans are used. One of these is the phrase "research shows that..." Many issues must be considered in interpreting research results, and the statement must be considered carefully. "Cooperative learning" is a slogan often advanced,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competition, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Ediger, Marlow – 2002
Currently, many states are providing inservice education for teachers so that higher student test scores result. State mandated objectives are available to teachers for study and used as benchmarks for teaching. The local reading curriculum then needs to be aligned with these objectives of instruction. The major objective of inservice education is…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Experience Charts, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
