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Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2001
Group effectiveness skills, including interpersonal communication, negotiation, and teamwork, are essential in today's diverse classroom and workplace. Various ways have been identified to prepare learners to be effective in group situations and to aid teachers to prepare themselves to be skillful group facilitators. The following are some…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Group Dynamics
O'Connell, Jessica; Smith, Stuart C. – 2000
This digest in Spanish examines school districts' efforts to reap the greatest benefit from smaller classes. Although the report discusses teaching strategies that are most effective in small classes, research has shown that teachers do not significantly change their teaching practices when they move from larger to smaller classes. Although…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Class Size, Educational Facilities, Educational Strategies
Travis, Jon E. – 1996
Based on a longer report with the same title, this digest summarizes what college faculty can do to improve their teaching. It maintains that faculty need to stop viewing college teaching as "covering the content" and start viewing it as "helping students learn." To help faculty achieve such an instructional transformation,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development
Travis, Jon E. – 1995
This report presents a collection of teaching models to help college faculty improve their teaching. Six categories of teaching models are presented: (1) assessment and feedback models, including the Classroom Assessment model created by Angelo and Cross and already widely used among community college faculty; (2) discussion and sharing models,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development
Barnes, Cynthia A., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1992
The critical thinking movement is responding nationwide to the challenge of teaching thought processes to students. This volume contains 10 articles addressing critical thinking and the instruction of higher-level thinking skills: (1) "Critical Thinking: What, Why, and How," by Richard Paul; (2) "Teaching Critical Thinking across the Curriculum,"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Faculty Development
Oromaner, Mark – 1998
This digest describes faculty and staff development as crucial elements for institutional effectiveness and quality. These programs allow faculty to improve instructional material, keep abreast of new technology and methods, and network with colleagues. When change takes place, perhaps through reorganization, restructuring, or a change in…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Gonzalez, Josue E.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – 2000
Schools and teacher education programs have begun to rethink preservice and inservice professional development to take into account the need for teachers to work effectively with students learning English. New approaches to teacher education are based on the belief that English language learners' access to challenging content can be enhanced…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Faculty Development
Bonwell, Charles C.; Eison, James A. – 1991
This monograph examines the nature of active learning at the higher education level, the empirical research on its use, the common obstacles and barriers that give rise to faculty resistance, and how faculty and staff can implement active learning techniques. A preliminary section defines active learning and looks at the current climate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cooperative Learning, Debate, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Cole, Charles C., Jr. – 1982
The literature relating to instructional improvement since 1978 is examined. After a review of implications of recent learning theories, it is concluded that theorists agree generally that: learning is enhanced when the student is active rather than passive; learning is improved by practice and feedback; learning is improved when directed toward…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Faculty Development
Lonergan, James M. – 2001
This digest reviews the current state of teacher preparation for using educational technology to improve student performance and achievement, describing promising initiatives for improving teachers' technology training. Though most teachers have some familiarity with computers, many do not incorporate computer skills into classroom instruction.…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education, Educational Technology
Parsons, Michael H., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1980
In the first section of this collection of essays on part-time faculty development, Carol Eliason outlines the problems inherent in current staff development practices and a systems approach to their solution. Then, David Harris voices concerns and challenges from the college president's perspective. Richard Smith explains the benefits of…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Financial Support
Stanley, Linda C., Ed.; Ambron, Joanna, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Designed to assist program planners and administrators at community colleges in initiating a Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program or determining the future direction of one already in existence, this sourcebook provides 15 articles on various aspects of WAC theory and practice. The following articles are included: (1) "History of WAC and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
Schwartz, Wendy – 2001
This digest reviews educational policies and practices that have been proven effective in closing the achievement gap, offering a list of resources with detailed information about them. The digest focuses on state and district roles (e.g., developing and implementing educational goals, rigorous standards, and accountability standards and providing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Diversity (Student), Early Childhood Education