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Veenman, Simon; de Laat, Hanneke; Staring, Corine – 1998
This study describes the effects of a program designed to train Dutch primary school teachers in skills needed to coach and act as mentors for beginning teachers. The study investigated whether mentors who participated in the training program would implement the target coaching skills and whether the beginning teachers coached by the mentors would…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Veenman, Simon – 1996
This paper describes the preliminary findings of a training program to develop skills of Dutch primary school principals in coaching teachers for improved teaching. The major research questions addressed whether the 28 school principals who participated in the training program implemented the target coaching skills whether teachers coached by the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Educational Administration, Elementary Education
Veenman, Simon; Beems, Danielle; Gerrits, Sandra; Op de Weegh, Gabby – 1997
This study addresses the implementation effects of an in-service training program on self-regulated learning for secondary school teachers. A quasi-experimental, treatment-control group investigation was designed to test the effects of this program. Study results suggested that the in-service program on self-regulated learning had little or no…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
Veenman, Simon; Raemaekers, Jan – 1995
This paper describes the long-term effects of a staff-development program, "Dealing with Multi-Grade Classes," based on selected findings from teaching-effectiveness research in schools with multi-grade or mixed-age classes. The short-term effects were examined in two studies conducted in 1986-87 and 1989-90. In 1992 a follow-up study…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Veenman, Simon – 1995
In this study, the implementation effects of a program for the training in coaching skills with Dutch school counselors are described. These school counselors are expected to provide help and support to primary school teachers. Coaching is a form of in-class support intended to provide teachers with feedback on their own functioning, thereby…
Descriptors: Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Veenman, Simon – 1987
This paper presents a comprehensive review of international research on the problems of beginning teachers facing "reality shock" in their first years of teaching. A discussion is given on the question of how teacher educators could anticipate the problems their students will encounter when they enter the profession. Particular focus is on…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries