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Wilson, Nance S. – Journal of In-service Education, 2008
The present study explores the ways in which participating in a study group helped five US middle school teachers alter their construction of knowledge. The members came together to improve their knowledge on assessment for learning in response to school-level and district-level pressures. The analysis was a recursive review of teacher statements…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Collegiality, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Teachers
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Teitel, Lee – Journal of In-service Education, 2004
In the close to 20 years since the Holmes Group first introduced the term professional development school (PDS), PDSs have grown in the United States from a concept to become a cornerstone of serious attempts to simultaneously improve teacher education and public schools. In the course of this maturation process, PDSs have come in from the margins…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Professional Development, Educational Development, Educational Change
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Haigh, Mavis; Dixon, Helen – Journal of In-service Education, 2007
Sponsored by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative has sought to develop teachers' research capability and to build knowledge about teaching and learning with the intention of improving outcomes for learners. Fortunate to receive a two-year grant, our research collaboration investigated secondary…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers
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Elbaz-Luwisch, Freema; Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah – Journal of In-service Education, 2004
Can teacher-educators and teachers work together in community, to make a difference in society? The aim of this article is to describe a set of strategies the implementation of which will contribute towards the elaboration of a new "culture of teaching". By promoting practices that lead to the development, in students and educators…
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, Professional Development, Intercultural Communication