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Download full textLee, Hea-Jin – Professional Educator, 2005
This paper presents a model of a teacher needs-based (TNB) professional development program. The TNB model formed the foundation of three externally funded professional development programs. The objectives of this model are to maximize the effects of a professional development program, and to help participants sustain their learning over the long…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Experiential Learning, Discussion
McHaney, Jane; Wallace, Deborah; Taylor, Beverley – 1998
The purpose of the Kennesaw State University (KSU) Coca Cola/Board of Regents Classroom Technology Initiative was to develop preservice and inservice teachers' expertise in educational technology such as computers, presentation software, and multimedia and to teach educators to apply those skills to content instruction. Project goals were to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Cherry, David; Sanders, Barbara – 1999
Collaborative action research has been a central focus of the Masters in Teaching (MIT) program at Whitworth College, Washington. This paper focuses on two aspects that are essential in any effective teacher education program: collaboration between preservice and inservice teacher education and schools and action research to enhance what K-12…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
Lieberman, Ann, Ed.; Miller, Lynne, Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers focuses on what is known and practiced in professional development. Part 1, "The Purposes of Professional Development," includes (1) "Educational Purposes and Teacher Development" (Maxine Greene); (2) "Going Public: The Imperative of Public Education in the 21st Century" (Carl D. Glickman and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Clair, Nancy; Adger, Carolyn Temple – 2002
This videotape and viewer's guide kit is designed for use in a teachers' study group that is part of a comprehensive professional development plan. It encourages teachers to critique and inquire about standards and standards-based teaching in their diverse schools and classrooms. The kit was designed based on a 3-year project in which researchers…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Diversity (Student)
Hines, S. Maxwell; Murphy, Maureen; Singer, Alan; Stacki, Sandra – 2000
This paper discusses reported strengths and weaknesses in models for university involvement in preservice teacher education and support for new classroom teachers, models that tend to be either institutional and continuous or independent and transitory, and examines an alternative approach that combines institutional independence with the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Conferences
Direct linkBass, Hyman, Ed.; Usiskin, Zalman, Ed.; Burrill, Gail, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2002
The Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) and the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) took advantage of a unique opportunity to bring educators together. In August 2000, following the Ninth International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME-9) in Makuhari, Japan, MSEB and USNCMI capitalized on the presence of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Workshops, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Peer reviewedWard, Phillip; Doutis, Panayiotis – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Presents a framework for interpreting educational reforms, situating existing reform efforts in physical education within that framework. The role of professional development in these reforms and implications for physical education are discussed. The paper also reviews workplace conditions in physical education and draws conclusions for reform in…
Descriptors: Accountability, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Change
Peer reviewedDoutis, Panayiotis; Ward, Phillip – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Describes changing workplace conditions encountered by middle school physical education teachers and administrators engaged in the Saber-Tooth Project, sharing data from interviews about their perspectives of this project. Findings are organized around the themes of collegiality, planning and assessment, and professionalism, all of which empowered…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Change
Peer reviewedJohnson, Judith; Hynes, Michael C. – Action in Teacher Education, 1997
Describes one approach to teacher leadership that views teaching, learning, and leading as synonymous, supporting this view with data from a Florida school improvement project. The Lockheed Martin/University of Central Florida Academy for Mathematics and Science is a school-university-business partnership which creates a network of school-based…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Paulsen, Michael B.; Feldman, Kenneth A. – 1995
This report reviews the research and literature on the improvement of college teaching through use of a model that stresses a supportive teaching culture and helps motivate individual faculty members to improve their teaching by utilizing a variety of sources of informative feedback. The sources include: colleagues and consultants, department…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Educational Environment, Faculty College Relationship
da Costa, Jose L.; Marshall, Jody L.; Riordan, Geoffrey – 1998
This study focused on innercity elementary school staff perceptions of the process they engaged in, which emerged from the principal's initiative to move the school culture in a more collaborative direction and thus further develop pedagogical practice and student social and academic growth. Research in this case study involved observations and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Collegiality, Elementary Education
Achinstein, Betty; Meyer, Tom – 1997
Nine San Francisco (California) second-year teachers who had conducted structured weekly meetings during their preservice program continue to meet monthly with two Stanford University researchers. At these meetings they discuss emerging values, philosophies, and pedagogical practice. The meetings involve formal check-in times for individuals to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Critical Thinking, Criticism, Discussion Groups
Hicks, Jean Wolph – 1997
This paper examines a Midwestern site of the National Writing Project for teachers, a professional development summer institute that fosters collaborative learning, increases teacher confidence and enthusiasm, and promotes reflection. The examination involves observations of and interviews with 19 Midwestern Writing Project (MWP) participants and…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Arani, Mohammad Reza Sarkar – 2001
This paper uses the case study method to describe the characteristics of Japanese school-based inservice teacher training programs, which are designed to help teachers improve their competence and the quality of their teaching activities. Data come from observations of and interviews with teachers in classrooms within 10 public elementary schools.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
