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Staff Development: Enhancing Human Potential.
Orlich, Donald C. – 1989
In 10 chapters, this book offers a clear nonlinear vision for continuously preparing professional and classified staff for the purpose of improving schools and student academic achievement. Chapter 1 shows the importance of inservice education and provides a rationale for conducting systematic, if not empirically based, programs. Chapter 2 details…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Higher Education, Inservice Education
Special Education in Transition: Concepts to Guide the Education of Experienced Teachers.
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Corrigan, Dean C., Ed.; Howey, Kenneth R., Ed. – 1980
Eleven papers focus on issues in inservice education for helping experienced teachers accommodate handicapped children in the regular school setting. Two introductory chapters ("Overview" and "The School Based Teacher Educator: Developing a Conceptual Framework" both by K. Howey and D. Corrigan) make a case for developing a…
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
School Improvement in an Era of Change. School Development Series.
Hopkins, David; And Others – 1994
The United Kingdom's approach to planned educational change is called school improvement. This book presents a new approach to school improvement based on the experiences of 30 British schools that are being monitored by the Improving the Quality of Education for All (IQEA) project. Following the foreword by Michael Fullan and the preface and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Staff Development in Higher Education: An International Review and Bibliography.
Teather, David C. B., Ed. – 1979
A review and bibliography of staff development in higher education in several countries is presented. Contents are as follows: Australia by Geoff Foster and Ernest Roe; Britain universities by John Nisbet and Ray McAleese; Britain polytechnics by Harriet Greenaway and Derek Mortimer; Canada by Bruce M. Shore; Denmark by John Conrad; The Federal…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Education, Educational Status Comparison, Faculty Development
Managing Productive Schools: Toward an Ecology.
Snyder, Karolyn J.; Anderson, Robert H. – 1986
Intended for use by graduate students in educational administration and supervision as well as by practicing school administrators, this book is a guide to the most effective practices surrounding the school principalship. Ideas in the book reflect current views of good management, including systems approaches, participative and collaborative…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Ecology, Educational Administration
Experiential Learning for All.
Evans, Norman – 1994
This book overviews experiential learning in the various contexts in which it has developed over the last decade. Experiential learning involves the knowledge and skills acquired through life and work experience and study, which are not formally attested through any educational or professional certification. The first chapter defines the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Special Educator's Consultation Handbook. Second Edition.
Idol, Lorna – 1993
This book is written primarily for special educators who offer resource and consultation support for students with mild handicaps and students at risk for school failure. Examples of consultation projects implemented and evaluated in the field are used to illustrate principles of effective consultation. Suggestions and guidelines are provided for…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, At Risk Persons, Classroom Techniques, Consultants