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Rousmaniere, Kate – 1997
This book describes teachers' work in urban New York City (New York) schools during a time of intense school reform in the 1920s. Teachers and schools coped with an ever-growing and diverse student body. Extensive interviews of teachers from this era shows the complexity of teachers' work, their problems with reform implementation, and the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Guyton, Edith M., Ed.; Dangel, Julie Rainer, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2004
The case studies, research, and projects presented here strike at the very heart of effective teaching. The specific practices to improve student performance will spark classroom discussion and improve teacher practice. After a foreword by Frances van Tassell and an introduction by Edith M. Guyton and Julie Rainer Dangel, this book is divided into…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Intervention
American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC. – 2002
More than 2,100 charter schools serving more than 500,000 students operate in 37 states and the District of Columbia. This book contains a report of a study that examined the first 10 years of the charter-school movement. The study addressed the following questions: (1) What students do charter schools serve? (2) Are charter-school teachers more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Assessment
Shapiro, Arthur – 2000
Constructivism is a response to the depersonalized hugeness of our society and institutions. The constructivist model for education offers a way to decentralize the authority of a large and distant administration and return decision-making to the local level, that is, to learning communities, teaching teams, and individual classroom teachers. This…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
Metropolitan Life Foundation. – 1989
Education has emerged as a leading national issue for the 1990s. To address some of the current and future issues facing education, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company asked members of the Metropolitan Life Foundation Education Advisory Council to articulate their views about recent and future directions in public-school-improvement efforts. This…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Oxenham, John – 2002
The International Working Group on Education (IWGE) met in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2001. Participants came from 26 institutions representing 10 international agencies or institutions, 4 foundations, and 12 bilateral agencies. This publication is a summary of the proceedings of that meeting. It begins with opening and welcoming keynote…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Katzenmayer, Marilyn; Moller, Gayle – 2001
This book presents updated research on and examples of teacher leadership, offering practical tips for educators at all levels, tools for self-assessment, and a new vision of the future. The eight chapters are: (1) "What Is Teacher Leadership?" (e.g., definition of teacher leadership, roles for teacher leaders, and who is responsible); (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Development, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Troen, Vivian; Boles, Katherine C. – 2003
This book is about educational reform, focusing on the role of teachers. Chapter 1 explores the reasons behind the chronic shortage of good teachers. Chapter 2 presents a brief history of teaching in America to explain the structure and organization of schools, the feminization of teaching, the qualifications of those who choose to go into…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Ingersoll, Richard M. – 2003
This book is about the work of teachers in American secondary schools. It addresses the character of teaching as a job, teachers as workers, and schools as workplaces. The book's objective is to reexamine the character of schools as organizations and the implications for those working within these organizations. It draws on research from the field…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Participative Decision Making, Power Structure
Wisker, Gina – 1996
This book focuses on enabling and empowering women in higher education, and it draws both on research and experience with women-centered teaching and learning practices and professional development and training of women staff. The first section of the book concentrates on women students in higher education. Chapters include: "Women Students and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Educational Environment
Chance, Lucindia, Ed. – 2000
This book focuses on the how-to of developing Professional Development Schools (PDSs) without external funding, challenges of developing such partnerships, and benefits of PDSs to schools and universities. The nine chapters are: (1) "Creating a New Institution" (Nate Essex, Vivian Gunn Morris, Marty M. Harrison, and Fred Johnson); (2)…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Blase, Joseph; Blase, Jo – 2001
The ideas presented in this book are drawn from a study of highly successful principals of schools affiliated with the League of Professional Schools. Chapter 1, "Sharing Governance," presents an overview of the literature on professional development and a description of the study. Chapter 2, "Trusting the Experts: Teachers,"…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Leadership
Aaronsohn, Elizabeth – 1996
This book serves as a response to recurring questions from preservice teachers regarding the practice of student-centered teaching within the traditional school culture. The book uses the experience of one beginning teacher, Sheila, to develop its theme. It suggests that if practicing teachers have direct continuing access to teacher educators for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Change Strategies, Educational Change, English Instruction
Thousand, Jacqueline S., Ed.; Villa, Richard A., Ed.; Nevin, Ann I., Ed. – 2002
These 24 papers explain how using the collaborative learning model can help teachers address classroom challenges. Section 1, "Toward Creativity and Collaborative Learning in the 21st Century," begins with "Toward Whole Schools: Building a Movement for Creativity and Collaborative Learning in the 21st Century" (J. Michael…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach
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