The purpose of this "Equity Tool" is to provide explicit guidance and resources for the facilitation of a professional learning experience to educate staff in schools about LGBTQ+ students in rural communities. It strives to support this effort by offering an introductory professional learning session for school personnel to engage in…

The newly updated "Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners" provides a solid introduction to curriculum development in gifted and talented education. Written by experts in the field of gifted education, this text uses cutting-edge design techniques and aligns the core content with national and state standards. In addition to a revision…

Discusses the author's success in teaching English. Describes his experiences in achievement, including what has sometimes felt like a slow and even painful process of professional development. Presents an outline of a unit that illustrates a movement through approaches: from personal growth type activities, to post-structuralist and critical…

Introduces a three year project on the investigation of science assessment. Explains the approach that teachers used in studying the standards, then building a grade-specific unit. Focuses on Content Standard D of the National Science Education Standards (NSES). (YDS)

Analyzes the role of standards in science curriculum development and professional development. Discusses the difficulty of interpreting standards and describes experiences from a curriculum forum. (YDS)

Describes general development of multiculturalism and multicultural education. Emphasizes multicultural education as a valuable resource for science education, which should be acknowledged, respected, and implemented into the existing science curriculum. Suggests implications of multicultural education for science supervisors. (KHR)

An outline for a professional development and administration course in an optometry curriculum model is provided. It is designed to develop organizational, communicative, and management skills so the optometrist can become successful in the development and administration of a professional practice. Legal and professional development bibliographies…

Presents Grabiner's Use-Discover-Explore-Define (UDED) paradigm as a tool for a teachers' own acquisition of authentic historical accounts of the evolution of mathematical topics and as a pedagogical stratagem for their students as well. (KHR)

History has a vital role to play in the math classroom. It prompts teachers and students to think and talk about mathematics in meaningful ways; enriches the curriculum; demythologizes mathematics; and promotes communicating, connecting, and valuing mathematics. (KHR)

Analyzes changes in the science supervisor's role and responsibilities from three National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) sourcebooks for science supervisors. Discusses teacher-supervisor interaction, educational environment, curriculum development as a responsibility of the science supervisor, administrator-supervisor interaction,…

Some considerations and proposals are introduced to improve the efficiency of information management training based on the results of experiments done in this field. The integration of different parts of the information training program into scientific and technical specialties curricula is discussed. (KR)

This booklet compares the Pacesetter English course in English language arts for twelfth-grade students with the "Standards for the English Language Arts," recently published by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. The aim of the booklet is to demonstrate the links between the Standards…

Presents the case for employing an action research framework for curriculum development in The Netherlands. Argues that this bottom-up strategy can be effective because many teachers are willing to refine and modify their practices. (DDR)

Presents an overview of case-based instruction and a description of how this method might apply to teaching instructional design. Benefits of case studies are reviewed, including promoting professional and personal growth; challenges for instructors and participants are considered; and guidelines for the development and use of case studies are…

Based on research of literature-based instruction in elementary schools that serve large numbers of economically-disadvantaged children, this paper discusses 10 factors that can enhance the implementation of literature-based instruction. The paper suggests that teachers: (1) provide extensive professional development opportunities; (2) provide for…