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Little, Mary – LD Forum, 1995
This article defines collaborative consultation and teaching and discusses key skills for successful collaboration. Sample forms include a rating scale to evaluate team communication, a checklist to review roles and professional expectations, a lesson plan form, a form for identifying setting demands and classroom expectations, and an…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving
Raju, P. K.; Sankar, Chetan S.; Xue, Yajiong – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2004
Rapidly changing engineering designs and business scenarios make it essential for engineers and technical personnel to be trained to be effective team players and project managers. This paper reports the experiences gained in developing and implementing a workshop to train engineers at a steel manufacturing plant. The objective of the workshop was…
Descriptors: Workshops, Engineering Education, Multimedia Instruction, Teamwork
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2007
The Field Trip to the Moon program uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces students to careers in science and engineering. The program components include a DVD and classroom investigations. The compelling DVD (not included here) provides essential information about Earth and the Moon. The hands-on…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Careers, Career Awareness, Engineering
Miller, Rima – 1984
The School Effectiveness Training Program (SET) and the Secondary School Development Program (SSDP) were school-improvement programs developed by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), a state teachers' organization, and Research for Better Schools (RBS), a regional educational laboratory. Coordinating councils played pivotal roles in both…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperative Planning, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Yaverbaum, Gayle J.; Ocker, Rosalie J. – 1998
Collaborative learning is receiving increased attention within educational environments. With increasing use of technology to support collaborative techniques it is critical that existing research in this area is expanded. This study was initiated to examine and explore the perceptions of students relative to experiences within two types of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Educational Research
O'Connor, Rollanda; And Others – 1992
The study described in this paper explored collaboration between elementary regular and special educators who were motivated by a schoolwide commitment to serve children with learning difficulties in the mainstream. All teachers at one school were invited to join in a collaborative problem solving format to handle student reading difficulties in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Collegiality, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation
Jesien, George; And Others – 1992
This final report of the Wisconsin Family-Centered Inservice Project describes the development, testing, implementation, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary inservice course for early interventionists and parents. The inservice course focused on attitudes, knowledge, and skills in four principal topic areas: (1) family-centered care, (2)…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Independent Study
Heller, Marjorie F.; Firestone, William A. – 1994
Research on leadership for change should focus more on what leaders do and less on who the key leaders are. This study identifies a set of change leadership functions, including providing and selling a vision of change, obtaining resources, providing encouragement and recognition, adapting standard operating procedures, monitoring the improvement…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Central Office Administrators, Change Agents, Educational Innovation
Bailey, Carroll R., Jr.; And Others – 1993
This study conducted a literature review concerning the use of teacher collaboration as a problem-solving process intended to provide educational services to students at risk and with disabilities. Various types of resistance to collaborative service delivery were grouped in the following categories: knowledge, skills, and training perceptions of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change
Sonnek, Ida Mae – 1985
In April 1984, 26 schools were selected as pilot sites for the Minnesota School Effectiveness Program (MSEP). A leadership team composed of four teachers, the building principal, and a district office representative from each site participated in a week-long training session sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education. In August 1984,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Discussion
Novick, Bernard – 1982
These learning modules are part of a series of instructional materials designed for use by trainers working with vocational middle-level managers interested in improving their managerial skills. Addressed in the individual modules are the following topics: conducting problem-solving meetings, expanding creativity, and team building. Each module…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Creativity, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Skills
Toner, Phillip; Marceau, Jane; Hall, Richard; Considine, Gillian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
Australia's competitive success with innovation-based products and services is an influential factor to its long-term prosperity. This study examines the role of vocational education and training (VET) and occupations in innovative industries and firms. The authors find VET is vital to developing knowledge and practical skills across a broad range…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Innovation, Communication Skills

Ottewill, Geraldine A.; Walsh, Frank C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1997
Describes a consultancy exercise in which a small industrial company consults with a chemistry class to solve real-world problems related to chemistry and the environment. The exercise was designed to improve students' skills in design calculations, project management, information assimilation, team working, and problem solving. (DKM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education, Higher Education

Luckner, John L.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
This paper provides an overview of collaborative consultation, a service delivery model emphasizing mediated joint problem-solving efforts between individuals from different fields. Of special emphasis is the role of teachers of mainstreamed hearing-impaired students in providing ongoing support to regular classroom teachers, speech-language…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation

Plucker, Jonathan A.; Gorman, Michael E. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1995
A summer course completed by 30 secondary students with high ability provided team-based, hands-on experience in the invention and design process. The group experiences are examined using three case studies. Implications of the course are analyzed with respect to group problem-solving by students with academic talents. (SW)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Active Learning, Case Studies, Creativity