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Obery, Angela D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study examined the influence of the 2011 Oregon Writing Project (OWP) Summer Institute (SI) on the professional development of six teachers in the following ways: 1. The development of case descriptions of teachers' personal and professional backgrounds relevant to their teaching of writing. 2. An examination of the effects of the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Summer Programs, Institutes (Training Programs), Inservice Teacher Education
Graves, Scott M.; Abbitt, Jason; Klett, Mitchell D.; Wang, Changhua – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2009
The Lewis & Clark Rediscovery Project is a technology professional development program designed to help teachers restructure teaching and learning practices in the classroom, and to foster technology use in the schools. The 5-year program (extended into a 6th) was funded in 1999 with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education: Technology…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
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Wood, Joan B.; Parham, Iris A. – Educational Gerontology, 1996
The first four years of a summer faculty development program were evaluated through participant surveys, quarterly trainee logs, and reports of participant projects. The program received consistently high ratings; number of courses with gerontology/geriatrics content increased; and trainees went on to train peers, students, and laypersons. (SK)
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Geriatrics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Evaluation