Developed as an assessment instrument for the Administrators-for-Change Training program, this survey of 195 administrative personnel in the Fort Worth Independent School District (Texas) identifies their priorities for training in management skills and the intensity of training desired. A synthesis of literature addressing the changing role of…

One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper gives an overview of sex equity issues and suggests alternative strategies for administrators in vocational education to use in reducing sex segregation and fostering sex fairness. In the first section the nature of the problem is discussed; occupational sex stereotyping and…

This book tells how a secondary school can be improved without resorting to radical approaches. It is based on the author's experiences and on the programs at Concord High School, Wilmington, Delaware. Emphasis is placed on organizing a secondary school that can initiate changes from the "inside," by the educators on the firing line. Containing…

Assuming that education will continue to need governance at the state level by agencies responsible for planning, organizing, maintaining, and improving a statewide public system of education and that wide departmental variations will remain nationwide, the author makes several predictions concerning new roles to be played by state education…

After the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan became an independent Central Asian state in 1991. Since its independence, there have been enormous changes in the political, social and economic life of the young state, which strives to become a democratic and aspiring market-oriented economy. Its education system has also begun experiencing changes.…

Montana State University developed a unique way to solve the problems of the state's teachers who are separated by great distances and lack in service opportunities during the school year for sharing ideas and skills. They developed teleconferencing as a skill teachers used for coaching and supporting each other in new teaching strategies. (MD)

Most teachers still are not adequately prepared to cope with the problems or take advantage of the potentials inherent in technological changes in instruction. This article proposes an Instructional Development Course for Teachers, a type of training that rises above the know-how often stressed in educational media courses. (Author/ER)

The need for change in the School Adult Social System (SASS) is stressed. (MM)

Literature is presented maintaining that principals can promote educational change by diagnosing and remedying the organizational health of their schools. A guide for examining levels of organizational health is given and an inservice training model discussed. (MJL)

The author expresses agreement with a preceding article by Gideonse in the same issue but questions his assumption that there is a solid foundation of knowledge on which to base pedagogical training and suggests that reductions in force currently make inservice education more worthy of focus than preservice education. (Author/JM)

As teachers learn new ways of teaching, facilitators of teacher professional development must relearn their craft, expanding beyond workshops and courses and balancing interpersonal sensitivity with the need to challenge prevailing practices and beliefs. The goals of professional development should be to develop teachers as individuals and foster…

Questions and answers about staff development examine: what it is; why it is important; what teachers did not learn in college; collaboration; funding; connections between staff development and student learning; indicators of effective staff development; and improving staff development quality. Data come from six key national reports on…

Profiles of three introspective U.S. corporations show how they have taken significant steps to promote organizational learning. By considering the implications for schools, staff developers can foster organizational learning practices for professional development and school improvement. This paper discusses the learning organization as a common…

Presents a model of teacher learning and an analytic framework linking professional development to student and teacher learning. The approach begins with an analysis of relevant content standards and uses evidence of student performance to gauge areas of need. Professional development is evaluated using reflection, classroom observation, and…

This paper reviews early childhood teacher education in the People's Republic of China in the past years and raises the issues about teacher's education in the future. With thinking about early childhood education reform in China, unevenness in development in different areas and regions, and disparity in resources and programming among teacher…