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Supon, Viola; Williams, Bonnie; Clarke, Robert; Craven, Marie – 1997
This booklet describes a framework for helping preservice teachers learn and implement behavioral intervention strategies in inclusive classrooms. A partnership of Human Services Consultants and Bloomsburg University taught 19 preservice early childhood and elementary teachers behavioral intervention strategies for mainstreamed students with…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Disabilities
Knudson, Ruth E.; Wiley, Mark – 1997
The National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association recently released language arts standards. California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has been engaged in collaborative projects with local school districts in two counties (Los Angeles and Orange). This paper highlights CSULB's efforts with language arts…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Reimer, Judy – 1997
An alternative curriculum program, a School-to-Work Transition Academy, has the potential to assist secondary special education students in developing workplace skills, knowledge, and competencies. Major elements are as follows: a collaborative team of special, regular, and career/technology teachers; advisory committee; transition-specific,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Academies, Career Development, Career Education
Mullen, Carol A., Ed.; Lick, Dale W., Ed. – 1999
This book offers narrative accounts of action research carried out by teachers, administrators, and professors operating a school-university collaboration. Following a preface, "Navigating a New Mentoring Pathway: The Search Begins" (Carol A. Mullen), there are 18 chapters in 3 parts. Part 1, "Mentoring a New Culture,"…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrators, College School Cooperation, Collegiality
Spann-Hite, Tracy; Picklesimer, Billie K.; Hamilton, Gloria J. – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a study designed to assess teacher attitudes about an interdisciplinary approach to the inclusion of students with behavior disorders. The interdisciplinary approach involved four components: responsible inclusion, language intervention strategies, self-management programs, and pragmatic skills for classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Blalock, Ginger; Benz, Michael R. – 1999
Part of a series designed to provide practical resources for transition personnel on a variety of topics critical to the process of preparing individuals with disabilities for adulthood, this guide focuses on using transition teams to improve transition services. Chapter 1, "The Roles of Community Transition Teams," discusses the benefits of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Disabilities
Whitman, Nancy C. – 1999
This paper discusses practices, issues, and trends in Japanese middle school education that have bearing on U.S. education, grouping them into four categories. Section 1, "School Reform," discusses central control of education, opportunities for student creativity, improved teacher education, and the examination system. Section 2,…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum, Educational Change
Bromfield, Marcia – 1999
This paper describes college-school partnerships between Lesley College, Massachusetts and surrounding local schools. The partnerships fall into three categories: 1) training of preservice teachers in intensive, 1-year, field-based clinical masters programs, where coursework and field experience are integrated in an onsite clinical model; 2)…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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Miller, Beth Ann – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1996
Reviews a study that used a collaborative action research model to explore ways to integrate music authentically into the curriculum of a particular whole-language first-grade classroom. Presents a more differentiated definition of integration, identifying five types: topical, associated skills, conceptual, higher-level thinking, and pedagogical.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Planning, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Bucci, Shelly M. – State of Reading, 1995
Describes a pilot project designed to foster quality literacy projects by fifth-grade students; establish a positive working relationship between fifth-grade teachers and the Chapter 1 reading teachers; and provide an enriching atmosphere for the use of computers. Notes that the project uses portfolios and a process model of writing. Notes staff…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
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Marchant, Gregory J. – Teacher Educator, 2002
Evaluated the impact that an association with the Teachers College of a midwestern university had on student achievement at schools designated as Professional Development Schools (PDSs). Data were collected from the state mandated achievement test and from ratings of the PDSs. Comparison of PDS and non-PDS sites showed no significant differences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, College School Cooperation, Educational Research
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Andrews, Lanna – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2002
A study investigated the use of Web-enhanced instruction and an inclusion teaching case to teach 40 pre-service teachers to adapt instruction for limited English proficient students with disabilities. A collaborating teacher provided feedback regarding adapted lessons online using WebCT. Intense, elaborated adaptations were developed as a result…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Case Method (Teaching Technique), Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities
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Alspaugh, John W.; Harting, Roger D. – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1998
Studied the effects of interdisciplinary teaming versus departmentalization on student achievement in middle schools. Found no significant differences for reading, math, science, and social studies achievement. Results suggest that team teaching merits further investigation as a potential strategy for mediating the student achievement loss…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Departments, Educational Cooperation, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Carey, Linda K. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1997
Discusses a partnership between Northern Arizona University and a local school district that enables preservice teachers to practice innovative strategies for facilitating inclusion of students with disabilities into general classrooms. Strategies such as cooperative learning, collaborative teaming, peer tutoring, student empowerment, and creative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
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Teitel, Lee – Teachers College Record, 1997
Investigates the impact of involvement with professional development schools (PDS's) on how colleges prepare teachers, following several partnerships longitudinally. The paper examines how changes in teacher education have resulted from PDS involvement, discusses the question of institutionalization of PDSs, and describes the potential for PDSs to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Change
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