This Notebook has been prepared as a guide to resources on several topics related to the improvement of teaching and the renewal of colleges and universities. Topics are: general resources; teaching; learning and students; course development; curriculum development; advising; faculty development; administrative development; faculty evaluation; and…

A review of educational trends leads to the suggestion that general propositions for improving teacher education should be transformed into carefully conceived program specifications that will result in a few rigorously designed, exemplary teacher education models. (JD)

The author deals with instructional competence and training teachers in the basic teaching skills. He lists 13 general instructional components, which provide guidelines for determining the needs of teaching effectiveness, as well as providing a basis for evaluation. (DS)

The standard prescriptions for reforming undergraduate education include better students, more time on basic academic subjects, more clinical experience, and more rigorous and standardized evaluation of students at all points in the program. Further scrutiny of these recommendations is presented. (MLW)

It is likely that administrative failure to draw public attention to the decline in quality in schools is an indication of how little emphasis administrators have placed on quality within their schools. In support of this view, teachers frequently report that quality has a low administrative priority. (MLW)

One of /I/D/E/A/'s major contributions is the creation and implementation of a comprehensive program of teacher education involving teaching methodology, school organization, and professional improvement processes. (MM)

One school district, the Ipswich (MA) Public Schools, has adopted a culture of collaborative leadership that recognizes the strengths of teamwork and commitment. This article looks at some of the history and philosophy, followed by the application of those two elements, and provides a snapshot of a district operating in a unique and innovative…

This paper focuses on Alberta, Canada's 1998 "Teacher Growth, Supervision and Evaluation" policy, examining its origins and adoption along with the significant shift in images of teaching and supervision that it conveys. Both the process and substance of the policy are analyzed within the context of Alberta's larger plan to restructure…

This paper examines the perspective of professional developers as change agents of reform, presenting a self-study of one professional developer/change agent's experiences in an urban school system during the initial year of reform. It highlights obstacles and supports she encountered while working at two early education schools during the…

Occupational inservice education should be part of the teacher's regular workload. (Editor/SB)

A brief outline of some longrange educational goals for American education. (RA)

The author questions basic assumptions for improving teaching and teacher education programs advanced by Donna Kerr (Teachers College Record, Spring 1983). Overemphasis on educational theory and technique separates teaching from subject matter content and from the context of the student teacher relationship. (PP)

If teaching is to become a popular profession, a new model of the educator in action must be developed. The model would take into account new knowledge about teaching and learning and about the teacher-administrator relationship in school improvement. (Response to article by Donna Kerr in Teachers College Record, Spring 1983.) (PP)

The politics of evaluation of instruction in higher education, including an exploration of the processes by which a policy on evaluation is formulated, reformulated, adopted and implemented, is discussed. Suggestions are offered for increasing the chances of implementing an effective evaluation program. (JMD)

Explores aspects of professional development within the Accelerated Schools model and suggests ways to realize teacher's potential for strengthening the mediational skills that are critical to quality education. Additionally, examines examples of the impact on teacher performance and of training that promotes research and inquiry. (GR)