NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 8,761 to 8,775 of 9,377 results Save | Export
Frels, Kelly; Horton, Janet L. – 2003
This short monograph details a simple system of documentation that can be used with any school district's personnel evaluation process. The goal of the monograph is to help supervisors, especially principals, accord fair treatment to employees who are systematically evaluated. The documentation system is founded on the concept of communication.…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics, Discipline Policy, Dismissal (Personnel)
Wetherill, Karen; Calhoun, Diane; Thomas, Carol Chase – 2000
This paper advocates an examination of practices for inservice teacher preparation and career-long professional development, proposing the consideration of Goodlad's moral dimensions as a framework and suggesting an alternative approach to professional development that holds important implications for teacher education and teacher educators.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Democracy, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education
Sattler, Joan; Kiley, Therese – 2000
This paper describes how one Professional Development School (PDS) partnership successfully implemented a comprehensive integrated services approach that promoted interprofessional development and multidisciplinary leadership. Research suggests that collaboration is necessary if teachers, professional support staff, administrators, parents, and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Watkinson, Ailsa – 1996
This document provides the framework for six other related documents in a series that focuses on diversity in the classroom. Section 1, "Introduction," explains that children in any Canadian classroom are not homogeneous, and such diversity presents teachers with challenges and obligations. The chapter reviews the subjects addressed in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Educational Legislation
Pratchler, Joan – 1996
This document, the sixth in a series on diversity in the classroom, encourages schools to reflect on and explore current research and practical applications regarding gender issues, both inside and outside the classroom. Section 1, "Introduction," discusses what gender equity is and is not. Section 2, "Gender Equity is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Chi-chung, Lam; Yun-peng, Ma; Ngai-ying, Wong – 1999
Chinese researchers investigated how mathematics teachers in two elementary schools in northeast China adapted the national curriculum. One school was in a very poor, mountainous area, and the other school was in a very large city. Both used the national curriculum and the same set of teaching materials. Researchers used ethnographic methods to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Bull, Barry; Buechler, Mark – 1996
This document presents a set of principles for effective professional development and a series of practical suggestions to help schools and school districts implement these principles. The document also profiles several Indiana schools and programs that exemplify the type of school-based approach to professional development that is so promising.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Boards of Education, Educational Finance
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Berg, Marlowe; Grisham, Dana L.; Jacobs, Victoria R.; Mathison, Carla – 2000
This study examined the Model Education Center (MEC) Professional Development School (PDS), formed by San Diego State University and a nearby school district in 1984. The study investigated whether core beliefs embedded in the PDS had a lasting effect on the teachers it graduated. Participants included teachers at three target schools; teachers…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Educational Environment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Galbraith, Lynn – Studies in Art Education, 1996
Describes a project where an exemplary art educator's class presentation was recorded on videodisk along with background information and a personal interview. The lesson plan and other instructional materials are entered in hypertext. The two are combined in an integrated multimedia program organized under instructive, hypertext headings. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Emme, Michael J. – Art Education, 1996
Describes a project for preservice art educators where they design their ideal classroom and then build a diorama expressing this vision. The students' ideal schools go through an evolutionary process involving decisions, modifications, and visual risks. Eventually, the dioramas come to express individual philosophies. Includes several…
Descriptors: Art Education, Discovery Learning, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bampton, Matthew; French, Robert – Journal of Geography, 1996
Argues that geography often is relegated to a negligible role in social studies curricula and that geography instruction suffers from a lack of standards and educational research. Recommends establishing intensive cooperative programs developing a thorough knowledge base for geography teachers and encouraging instructional research. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Geography
Sellars, Neal; Francis, Dawn – British Journal of In-Service Education, 1996
This study explored, through phenomenological interviewing, the impact of a semester-long collaborative professional development course on the perceptions and practices of four teachers in relation to their supervisory roles. Results indicated that the teachers valued work that was self-directed, considered their expressed needs, and let them…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Instruction, Collegiality, Course Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Swaminathan, Sudha; Yelland, Nicola – Childhood Education, 2003
World-wide incorporation of new technologies into the classroom has revealed many common issues. These include the following: governments link educational technology to their country's stature; appropriate teacher training is lacking; equity and accessibility vary; and because technologies engage children with learning in new and dynamic ways,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Alternative Assessment, Computer Literacy, Computer Use
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Galbraith, Michael W.; Shedd, Perry E. – Community College Review, 1990
Identifies barriers to the improved effectiveness of adjunct faculty teaching of adult learners. Addresses three categories of skills and attributes essential for the adult educator: interpersonal skills, instructional planning skills, and teaching and learning transaction skills. Considers on-the-job training, in-service training, and graduate…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Adult Educators, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Solomon, Irvin D. – Social Studies, 1988
Examines the pedagogic concept of cultural pluralism and outlines specific methods for implementing the concept in the social studies curriculum. Identifies and analyzes various forms of cultural biases, reviewing means for identifying such biases, and presenting remedies for eliminating them from the instructional setting. (LS)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  581  |  582  |  583  |  584  |  585  |  586  |  587  |  588  |  589  |  ...  |  626