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Masami, Matoba; Reza, Sarkar Arani M. – Online Submission, 2005
This paper tries to present a careful analysis of current trends and challenges to importing Japanese model of teachers' professional development. The objective is to examine what "we" can learn from Japanese approach to improving instruction, especially "Jugyou Kenkyu" (Lesson Study) as a collaborative research on the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Cohan, Audrey, Ed.; Honigsfeld, Andrea, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break the traditional mold of teacher education. Section…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Program Descriptions, Vignettes
Zeichner, Kenneth M. – 1979
This paper examines beginning teacher induction programs in both the United States and Great Britain. Descriptions are given of the scope and activities in 11 selected programs in the United States: (1) the NASSP Project; (2) Washington State; (3) Oswego, New York; (4) Hawaii; (5) Wheeling, Illinois; (6) Wilmette, Illinois; (7) New York City; (8)…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Mentors
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. – 1976
As mandated in the 1973 Amendments to the Safe Streets Act, the National Manpower Survey (NMS) of the Criminal Justice System was conducted. Focus of the survey was on the existing and future personnel needs of the nation in the field of law enforcement and criminal justice and on the adequacy of federal, state, and local programs to meet such…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employees, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
STONE, DONALD C. – 1966
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE, HAS A DIFFERENT FOCUS AND COVERS DIFFERENT SUBJECTS FROM THOSE IN TRADITIONAL COURSES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, OR LAW. IN DESIGNING A CURRICULUM, TRAINING CENTERS SHOULD STUDY THE TASKS AND PROCESSES OF DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE OBSTACLES, AND…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Administration, Community Development, Developing Nations
Aker, George F., Ed.; Hanberry, Gerald C., Ed. – 1972
Phase II of an Institute aimed at improving decision-making skills of the participants (State Directors, ABE Coordinators, Assistant State Directors, Special Project Directors and Assistant Directors) so as to enhance the management of Adult Basic Education in the U. S. and its territories is discussed in this report. Part I of the report…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Age
Ellis, Sue, Ed.; McCartney, Elspeth, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2011
Modern primary teachers must adapt literacy programmes and ensure efficient learning for all. They must also support children with language and literacy difficulties, children learning English as an additional language and possibly teach a modern foreign language. To do this effectively, they need to understand the applied linguistics research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Applied Linguistics, Inservice Teacher Education
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Brock, Cynthia; Wallace, Jill; Herschbach, Michelle; Johnson, Christine; Raikes, Bill; Warren, Kim; Nikoli, Melissa; Poulsen, Holland – Curriculum Inquiry, 2006
The purpose of this qualitative investigation was to explore the learning of six in-service U.S. teachers who engaged in a cross-cultural learning experience during the summer of 2001. The teachers were enrolled in a graduate seminar conducted in English and entitled "Literacy Across Languages and Cultures." Cindy (the first author of…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Educational Quality, Mainstreaming, Student Diversity
Keep, Ewart; Westwood, Andy – 2002
The United Kingdom management population is a large and moving target. A growing number of individuals describe themselves as managers; the widely held view is there will be many, many more. Figures suggest the scale of the potential market and need for management education and training development (METD) is considerable. Levels of qualifications…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrators
Martin, Wendy; Hupert, Naomi; Culp, Katie McMillan; Kanaya, Tomoe; Light, Daniel – Education Development Center, Inc., 2004
Intel Teach to the Future was designed to provide a professional development experience that would prepare teachers to use technology with their students. The developers of the Intel Teach to the Future program began with two equally weighted goals, one related to the type of impact they wished to have and one related to the scale of impact. The…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Professional Development, Educational Technology
Becker, Georg – Unterrichtswissenschaft, 1973
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Improvement, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Evaluation
Green, Patricia J.; Sha, Mandy; Liu, Lu – RTI International, 2011
In 2001, the U.S. Department of Education and the Ministry of Education in China entered into a bilateral partnership to develop a technology-driven approach to foreign language learning that integrated gaming, immersion, voice recognition, problem-based learning tasks, and other features that made it a significant research and development pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Middle School Students, Partnerships in Education
Chow, Clement; And Others – 1987
This report from the 1987 annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology contains biographical data on the panelists in a session on selected international distance learning institutions and brief summaries of the following presentations: (1) "The Central Agricultural Broadcasting School of China"…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Thompson, Jay C., Jr.; Cooley, Van E. – 1987
The study was designed to analyze and compare inservice attitudes and practices in England to selected United States schools identified as having outstanding programs. Perceptions of chief education officers in English government schools were compared to those of selected superintendents in United States schools regarding inservice concepts and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Pocklington, Dorothy B.; Guttman, Linda – 1980
This comprehensive annotated bibliography contains 220 references on computer technology in nursing. Selected articles on electronic devices are included if they contribute to the historical perspectives of this area. The bibliography contains all articles that have appeared in nursing journals published in the United States, Canada, and England…
Descriptors: Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Automation, Clinical Diagnosis
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