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Reille, Audrey; Kezar, Adrianna – Community College Review, 2010
This study examines how to fill the growing need for community college leaders by creating "grow-your-own" (GYO) leadership programs through a national interview study and a case study involving action research. The findings demonstrate design flaws that are typical in the development of GYO programs. Strategies for overcoming these flaws are…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Action Research, Leadership, Leadership Training
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Morrison, Judith A.; Raab, Fred; Ingram, Dale – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
To explore how elementary teachers may differ from secondary teachers in their views about NOS, a professional development experience involving explicit reflective instruction on NOS, discussions about science with scientists, and exposing the teachers to the practices, techniques, and collaborations fundamental to scientific research was…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Professional Development, Job Shadowing, Scientific Principles
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Bluteau, Patricia; Krumins, Marie Anne – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
This article explores the importance of giving academics the space to be creative in developing new teaching materials in the context of a government drive to increase the quality of the student experience, and what this means for "academic staff development". Academics who have engaged with a UK Centre for Excellence in Teaching and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Staff Development, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Wennergren, Ann-Christine; Ronnerman, Karin – Educational Action Research, 2006
This article describes a national school improvement project involving five compulsory schools for hard-of-hearing pupils, located in different parts of Sweden. Using action research, the teachers tried to change the communication patterns among the pupils by changing their own classroom practices, In this process the teachers tested and used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Professional Development, Educational Change