This book offers an ambitious new system for evaluating, compensating, and providing professional development for school teachers and administrators. In this realigned system, new forms of accountability are introduced, but they go hand in hand with new rewards and access to enhanced forms of professional development to help educators succeed in…

Evolution was introduced into the senior secondary school Life Sciences curriculum in South Africa for the first time in 2008. Research in other countries shows that evolution is an extremely controversial topic to teach, raising serious concerns for teachers. Curriculum change theory dealing with "stages of concern" suggests that…

The Indiana State University Professional Development Schools (ISU PDS) Partnership sprang from the convergence of two strong needs: (1) the need for real life practice in the way of extended clinical experiences for teacher education students in schools of practice; and (2) the need on the part of the schools in the community to have access to…

This paper describes the construction and use of a set of evaluative instruments to aid in the planning of in-service programs. The four instruments constructed used Stufflebeam's four evaluative strategies: context, input, process, and product. They were designed to provide rating which could be compared in regard to personnel group and local…

During the project period reported, a core of meetings covering 12 distinct topics provided a vehicle for continuing involvement of principals in group development. Project staff members undertook visitations to schools of participating principals to provide needed assistance, support, and encouragement in change and/or program evaluation efforts.…

The struggle for control over teacher education in recent years is changing the traditional dominance of schools of education. The author discusses the power struggle on accreditation, certification, and inservice and preservice programs, and makes some proposals for reform of teacher education and its governance. (MF)

Article described new programs in preservice teacher education and inservice programs designed to usher in open education. (Editor/RK)

Discusses changes made in instructional strategies by an experienced teacher as a result of participation in an inservice training program. Compares two instructional approaches to the same geography lesson. Concludes that the inquiry approach provides more opportunities for students to apply intellectual skills than expository instruction. (CFR)

This study explored the characteristics of elementary science teachers who employ reforms-based practices. Particular attention was paid to the consistency of teachers' practices and their beliefs, the impact of professional development experiences on practices, and how teachers mitigated barriers to reforms-based instruction. Understanding how…

Harold Kwalwasser has put together a call to action for education reform that makes a clear case for what has to be done in order to educate all children to their full potential. He visited forty high-performing and transforming school districts, charters, parochial, and private schools to understand why they have succeeded where others have…

An interview with the director (Jackson) and the assistant director (Andrews) of the O.I.S.E., conducted by members of the Canadian Education Association.

This inservice module would benefit all teachers in grades K-12, as well as administrators, paraprofessional support staff, counselors, social workers, and other helping professionals within the school system. It is intended to aid in diminishing sex role sterotyping. The module contains four separate training units, with instructions for running…

Educational leadership is designed as that behavior among individuals or groups which causes both the individuals and the groups to move toward educational goals that are increasingly mutually acceptable to them. Democratic leadership is situation and goal centered and is a function of the interaction of persons whose uniqueness is respected and…

The author sketches some of the characteristics and trends in programs for the preparation and continuing education of educational administrators. He claims that one of the most pervasive changes in the last decade or two has been toward theory-based content drawn from the social and behavioral sciences. The author sees three paradoxes in current…

Designed as one of 10 institutes for the inservice training of professional personnel responsible for vocational-technical education in western metropolitan areas, the major focus of this institute was to promote optimal opportunities to develop awareness of the value of coordination in expanding the potential of vocational educatio in…