Applies Donald Schon's concept of the "reflective practitioner" to Robert Goldhammer's clinical supervision cycle (pre-observation conference, observation, analysis and strategy, supervision conference, and postconference analysis), stressing personal growth purposes for teacher and supervisor alike. Explores a clinical supervisor's…

The Model Science Lab, an innovative approach to sustained inservice teacher development and educating underserved youth, has transformed a Houston-area school. Introducing the lab brought an integrationist plot line that has interrupted the school's segregationist and separationist legacy. Layered forms of collaboration aided reform efforts.…

In 1985, the Medicine Hat School District in southern Alberta, Canada, initiated the Model for Teacher Supervision and Evaluation to change school district culture and promote teachers' professional development and empowerment. The change mechanism was clinical supervision--a process allowing teachers to determine and achieve their own goals. The…

Describes the purposes and approach of a global organization of scholars interested in curriculum and instruction research. The research mission facilitates collaboration on cross-cultural investigations of educational systems and problems and the exchange of professional knowledge within a multicultural world community. Discusses current projects…

In Australia, school-based curriculum development (SBCD) encountered significant problems during the 1970s because of insufficient teacher preparation, unchanging school structures, and conservative community expectations. This article examines SBCD as a 1990s policy option and places it within a professionally oriented context. Because of equity…

Presents insights gained from collaboratively designing and implementing a comprehensive evaluation system for a coalition of professional development schools. Highlights structural and governance changes and lessons learned about interpersonal processes and curricular reform. Greater understanding among partners occurred, but programmatic…

Discusses an Israeli study examining the professional development of physics, electronics, and mechanics teachers. Examines whether an externally developed school improvement model could customize the supervision process to each school system and academic discipline's needs. Carl Glickman's developmental supervision model succeeds in identifying…

In 1987, Connecticut Department of Education initiated the CORE Institute to administer its Cooperating Teacher and the Beginning Educator Support Teacher Program. Although findings of a state program evaluation survey were positive, a subsequent case study of the cooperating teacher/student teacher relationship disclosed possible difficulties…