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Direct linkBlair, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
In this article, the author talks about a system of special schools in Colombia which introduces students to teaching careers as early as the 8th grade. The Colombian system is based on a simple idea: Every student is a potential teacher. Principals talk about molding "ciudadano-pedagogos"--citizen-educators who view teaching as a way of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Career Exploration, Experimental Schools
Schleicher, Andreas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
International educational benchmarks make disappointing reading for Americans, but they also indicate a way forward. PISA results show strong performance is possible. Whether in Japan, Korea, Finland or Canada, many countries display strong overall performance and show socioeconomic background doesn't determine results. Some countries show that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Benchmarking, Global Approach
Isenberg, Richard – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
The author has written about his journey to Inner Mongolia, where he helped university students mount a production of a Shakespeare play, which led him to reflect on an earlier, perhaps even more improbable journey. He then describes his growth from a student with dyslexia into a teacher, and principal as the result of guidance and encouragement…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Classics (Literature), Drama
Chokshi, Sonal; Fernandez, Clea – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
Most readers of the Kappan will know that lesson study is a Japanese approach to teacher professional development that has recently become popular in the U.S. Indeed, lesson study activity has been spreading rapidly for several years and continues to proliferate today. However, to date, most of the discussion and research about U.S.-based lesson…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Teaching (Occupation), Educational Change
de Zoysa, Richard – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
The British school system is experiencing an unprecedented wave of teacher strikes due to low pay, limited promotion prospects, eroding status, and increased demands on teachers from rising academic standards and parent expectations. High unemployment rates, diminishing public-sector funding, and the British class system are worsening a chaotic…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Burnout, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Problems
Kerr, Stephen T. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
The U.S. and the Soviet Union face serious problems in trying to reform their education systems. Both countries need to prepare students for productive participation in the world economy, while also addressing significant internal priorities (minority group needs, educator demands as professionals, and changes in educational technology). Includes…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
