One of the challenges in in-service teacher education is how teachers can be given professional development (PD) that enables them to respond to national curriculum and policy change. In recent years primary teachers in New Zealand have been inundated with Ministry of Education-funded professional development programmes to help them implement a…

A description of Teachers' Centers in England; their characteristics, recent growth and development, objectives, in-service training and curriculum development activities, and an assessment of their strengths, weaknesses, and likely future. (EH)

This monograph reflects some of the current thinking about inservice teacher education, with a particular focus on the role of inservice education in improving reading instruction. Chapter one, an introduction to inservice education, attempts to deal with the problems involved in implementing inservice programs as well as to establish the need for…

FACTORS RELATED TO RESISTANCE TO INNOVATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE CURRICULUM WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF AN INSERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF 290 ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WITH VARIED MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE BACKGROUNDS, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, AND TEACHING OR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS.…

The design of this study was a multiple case study conducted to examine the knowledge, pedagogical principles, and challenges involved in providing engineering-oriented professional development for teachers at the secondary school level. A set of criteria was used to identify five representative projects for analysis in the US. A variety of tools…

Article described an innovative program that combined curriculum reform with inservice teacher training. (RK)

Described a program designed to stimulate teacher involvement and to break down isolation within the profession. This program provided opportunities for important initiatives in the furtherance of the teacher's professional development. (Author/RK)

Discussed inservice courses for Further Education teachers and the responsibilities of employing authorities to organize those courses. (RK)

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to show how entrepreneurship education focuses on the teacher's learning and reflection and how, according to the data, undeveloped reflections impede the development of entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach: The data were collected through content typing in 2008 from 29 teachers at the basic,…

Little attention was paid to professional development of primary teachers in Ireland to support them in teaching physical education (PE) until 2004 when specific support was provided to help them implement the revised Primary Physical Education Curriculum. A significant National In-service Physical Education Programme was undertaken involving the…

Due to a program reform in Israel, experienced CS high-school teachers faced the need to master and teach a new programming paradigm. This situation served as an opportunity to explore the relationship between teachers' content knowledge (CK) and their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). This article focuses on three case studies, with emphasis…

Geographic inquiry increases higher-order thinking skills which can be supported through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The purpose of this research project examines the effect of using a Collaborative Inquiry Model (CIM) model during professional development on the rate of effective GIS implementation in K-12 classrooms. The…

There is a rich tradition of using curriculum materials to foster reform and innovation in science education. A key issue in any materials development effort is how to engender high-quality enactments of new materials, and how to sustain and scale up high-quality use so that the materials have a lasting and meaningful impact on the education of…

In the United States education system a large achievement gap between African American and Latino students compared to White American students exists. Various studies have documented the gap, but there has not been much success in closing it. Recognizing that the educational system is growing more, not less, diverse, including due to the rise in…

The kinds of programs that can be developed and specifically designed to assist all professionals in the identification of human competencies and qualities that have direct relationship to the improvement and effectiveness of curriculum and instruction were discussed. (Author/RK)