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Elmore, Richard F.; Peterson, Penelope L.; McCarthey, Sarah J. – 1996
The idea that changes in school organization can improve teaching and enhance learning has heavily influenced educational reform over the past decade. With a goal of enabling teachers to promote students' construction of knowledge--so-called "constructivist" teaching--school restructuring has tended to focus on changing: (1) how schools group…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
Black, Caren – 1997
This book argues that the redefinition of teaching begins with teachers' developing a positive attitude about themselves as educators. The book offers suggestions to teachers on how to apply positive practices to themselves, move from passive to assertive communication, redefine their approach and build new beliefs, increase student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Hargreaves, Andy – 1995
This book examines the personal, moral, cultural, and political dimensions of teaching in the context of rapid and far-reaching change within teachers' work and in the world beyond it. The chapters in Part One examine the powerful forces for change in society and how those forces are exerting pressure on existing institutions. Issues such as the…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Influences
Salinger, Marion C.; Wilson, Donald C. – 1984
This study was undertaken to determine what human factors, teaching materials, and situational conditions foster teaching about Canada in American schools. Case studies of secondary schools were conducted, teachers completed questionnaires, and social studies supervisors and other educators were interviewed. This report presents an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Bruno, James E. – 1997
Research about the American experience with school reform has underscored time as the major obstacle to change. This book presents a psychosocial perspective of time and the problems it presents for teachers and administrators in an era of time scarcity. Specifically, it explores the effects of five major concepts (time investment portfolios,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Burnout, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Frase, Larry E.; Conley, Sharon C. – 1994
This book advances the premise that teachers, in addition to students, must be viewed as customers of the school. Teachers' jobs and work environments must therefore be redesigned for maximum professional growth and development. Unless teachers are supported in developing a quality work environment, efforts to improve schools will be marginally…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Organizational Development, Organizational Theories
Saifer, Steffen – 1990
This book is designed to help early childhood teachers deal with common problems that arise in all aspects of their work. Part one addresses daily dilemmas such as schedule planning, meal and nap times, art, and outdoor play. Part two covers classroom concerns such as the physical environment, curriculum, individual student needs, field trips,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Polk, Stella Gipson – 1989
This book describes the teaching experiences of Stella Gipson Polk, who taught in one-room schools in rural Texas. She was 16 at the time she took her first teaching job in 1918. After high school graduation, she had intended to enter a 4-year college or university. However, World War I left numerous schools without teachers as many were called…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Rath, Tom; Clifton, Donald O. – Gallup Press, 2005
A simple metaphor about a dipper and a bucket and decades of research to show how even the briefest interactions affect relationships, productivity, health, and longevity, is used in this book. In the short time since the book's release, educators and administrators have already discovered that creating a positive environment can have a powerful…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, School Culture, Staff Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Schell, Eileen E., Ed.; Stock, Patricia Lambert, Ed. – 2001
This book addresses the counterproductive conditions in which part-time and non-tenure-track composition faculty must teach, using case studies, local narratives, and models for ethical employment practices. It presents and evaluates a range of proactive strategies for change, both for local conditions and broader considerations. Section 1,…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Adjunct Faculty, Collective Bargaining, College English
Howey, Kenneth R., Ed.; Post, Linda M., Ed.; Zimpher, Nancy L., Ed. – American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2006
How can the "revolving door" at the nation's high-poverty schools be slowed down? How can diversity be taught in teacher preparation that relates to teaching and learning? How can teachers learn to use the diverse urban classroom as a rich asset? By focusing on reconceptualizing general education studies, addressing key urban understanding and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Urban Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Diversity
Siskin, Leslie Santee, Ed.; Little, Judith Warren, Ed. – 1995
Subject departments form the primary organizational unit of the high school. The chapters in this book illuminate the ways in which departments shape the views and practice of individual teachers, serve as a locus of professional community, and express institutional and social values. The book examines the implications of subject affiliation and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Departments, High Schools
Brock, Barbara L.; Grady, Marilyn L. – 2000
This book offers a research-based, practical approach to recognizing, managing, and preventing teacher burnout. It provides a description of the origins and symptoms of burnout and a personality profile of teachers who are most susceptible to burnout. Organizational issues and administrative roles that contribute to burnout are identified, along…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Helsby, Gill – 1999
This book examines the effects of reforms in some countries' national education systems, noting that far from improving education, they have often made it more difficult for teachers to do a good job in the classroom. It focuses on how teaching has changed and continues to change in England's educational reform climate. The book argues that many…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Cogburn, Emily, Comp.; And Others – 1991
This book, a collection of photographs of over 40 schools in Murray County, Georgia, from the early 1900s to the present, is divided into sections according to geographical areas of the county. Photographs portray sporting events, original school buildings, school clubs, graduating classes, school classes, teachers, and administrators. With each…
Descriptors: Administrators, County School Districts, Educational Change, Educational History
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