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Schroth, Gwen; And Others – 1997
This paper describes a process that empowered special education teachers in Greenville Independent School District (Texas) to begin moving toward an inclusive model of special education. Specifically, the paper examines special education teachers' levels of concern regarding inclusion during this process. During the summer, 26 special education…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Crowther, David T.; Cannon, John R. – 1998
Science education and the preparation of science teachers have been of great concern over the past two decades. This research investigated the influence of an extended elementary science teaching practicum upon preservice elementary teachers' (N=19) science self-efficacy. It explored both quantitatively and qualitatively the progression of teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Davidson, Lynn; Garton, Susan; Manges, Charles D. – 2000
This study investigated professional development as provided through the Teacher Leadership Academy (TLA) model used in rural Illinois area school districts and district consortia. Surveys were distributed to TLA participants that sought their perceptions of the desirability, involvement, and feasibility of school reform in general and the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Active Learning, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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Hart, Ann Weaver – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
Work redesign to facilitate teacher empowerment was studied in a year-long comparative case study in two junior-high schools implementing a career-ladder program. Journals of 6 teacher leaders (TLs), 23 teachers, and 3 teacher-specialists; TLs' and novice teachers' midyear surveys; and 61 classroom observations by TLs and principals were analyzed.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Ladders, Case Studies, Job Satisfaction
Pena, Delores C. – 1998
This study documents the struggles and successes of three Mexican American teachers over a 40-year period in the Alice Independent School District, Texas. In order to focus on the construction of the subjects' identity as Mexican American teachers, the interviews were transcribed and categorized into themes: parental influence, school experiences,…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity
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Rivard, James J.; Follo, Eric J.; Walsh, Colleen M. – ERS Spectrum, 2004
This study examined teacher empowerment through the development of individual and collective teacher efficacy. A content-centered staff development program implemented in a Michigan school district by the New Zealand Ministry of Education and Oakland University helped teachers develop efficacy in the teaching of mathematics and in the ability to…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Collaboration
Morris, Vivian Gunn; Nunnery, John A. – 1994
This study describes the first-year implementation of a professional development school (PDS) program in an elementary school and reports the extent to which participation in the PDS program influenced teachers' (N=32) perceptions regarding teacher empowerment along four dimensions (mentoring self-efficacy, teaching self-efficacy, professional…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Comparative Analysis
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach
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