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Beyond the Lecture: Interactive Strategies in the Health Profession Education Curriculum
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Roberts, Ashley – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2012
Health care is constantly evolving. Health care professionals and the educators responsible for training those professionals need efficient ways to a) assure new information is getting across to the students and/or professionals, b) relay all new and previous information in a timely manner, and c) correctly utilize the information gathered and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Lecture Method, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies
Theological and Pedagogical Implications of the Role of Zionism in Reform Jewish Manifestos: A Bridge from Vision to Praxis
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Rechnitzer, Haim O.; Brandes, Gabriella Minnes – Journal of Jewish Education, 2009
In this article, we explore the transition from philosophical and theological manifestos to their practical and educational implementation as we analyze the official American Reform-Judaism discourse as curricular text. This analysis provides a tool for a discussion of the relationships between vision and its implementation particularly for…
Descriptors: Jews, Educational Change, Institutional Mission, Philosophy
An Exploratory Case Study Comparing the Teaching Practices of Reading Endorsed vs. Non-Reading Endorsed Secondary English Language Arts Teachers
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Greenwell, Sabrina Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This comparative case study investigated the teaching practices of secondary English language arts teachers who are reading endorsed versus secondary English language arts teachers who are not reading endorsed. Florida Department of Education mandated that all reading teachers, and strongly encouraged all English language arts teachers be reading…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, Student Motivation
Teachers' Professional Discretion and the Curricula
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Boote, David N. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
At the heart of many current debates about curriculum and curriculum policy is an inadequately conceptualized and articulated notion of teachers' professional discretion. This paper begins to detail a normative and descriptive theory of the social and individual conditions required for the development of professional discretion. A better…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
What Hinders Change in Classroom Practice? Lessons from the Field and Future Directions in Pakistan
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Mohammed, Razia Fakir – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
This paper discusses a complex issue: why teacher education input and interventions have limited or no impact in the classrooms. It discusses some practical examples and issues and their implications for teachers' learning and motivation to develop teaching. Analysis of the findings suggests that as teachers re-entered the reality of the school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Educational Practices
Cognitive Apprenticeship and Teachers' Professional Development
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Nichol, Jon; Turner-Bisset, Rosie – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
The English government has focused upon a pattern of professional development that involves demonstration and modelling as a key element in the improvement of the teaching of 11-14 year olds (Key Stage 3 strategy). From 1997 the Nuffield Primary History Project (NPHP) has implemented a programme for the professional development of teachers built…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Professional Development, Educational Change, Instructional Effectiveness