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Beena Ajmera; Sarah Crary – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2023
Through funding from the National Science Foundation to create a Research Experience for Teachers site at North Dakota State University, the authors provided summer research experiences to current secondary (6th to 12th grade) educators to improve their understanding of the civil engineering field and develop new curriculum modules for their…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Summer Programs, Civil Engineering, Curriculum Development
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Alexis N. Prybutok; Ayinoluwa Abegunde; Kenzie Sanroman Gutierrez; Lauren Simitz; Chloe Archuleta; Jennifer Cole – Chemical Engineering Education, 2024
Engineering curriculum often fails to connect content and decisions to impacts on diverse, particularly marginalized, communities. Given that integration of social justice ideas into curriculum is currently uncommon among most faculty, we provide resources in the form of a workshop to help catalyze these efforts by teaching faculty how to…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Social Justice, Racism, Workshops
Talbert, Christina – Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (Smithsonian Learning Lab), 2020
This post-professional development evaluation study (based on in-depth interviews) assessed the experience of ten educators who had participated one year earlier in workshops about the use of museum digital resources through the Smithsonian Learning Lab (SLL) for curricula development. The project focused on creating SLL collections to integrate…
Descriptors: Ethnic Studies, Learning Laboratories, Teacher Workshops, Museums
Noel, Lesley-Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The last two years of primary school in Trinidad and Tobago are marked by preparation for national standardized tests. The focus on preparing for these tests impacts teaching and learning strategies, as there is a shift to teacher centered classrooms and teaching strategies that depend on rote learning and memorization. This study explored how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Rural Schools, Design
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Ufnar, Jennifer A.; Shepherd, Virginia L. – Professional Development in Education, 2019
This article presents an in-depth study supporting the Scientist in the Classroom Partnership (SCP) program as a model of effective professional development (PD) for K-12 teachers. The goal of this study was to determine the core and structural features of the SCP program necessary for effective teacher PD. The SCP partners a classroom teacher…
Descriptors: Scientists, Partnerships in Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
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Dyehouse, Melissa; Santone, Adam L.; Kisa, Zahid; Carr, Ronald L.; Razzouk, Rabieh – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2019
This paper describes the design principles and implementation of a novel approach for a K--12 teacher professional development (PD) program. The approach integrates training focused on development of model eliciting activities (MEAs) within authentic engineering design tasks, collaborative 3D model design and fabrication, and inspirational site…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Engineering Education, Faculty Development, Design
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Wheaton, Deidre; Moore, Loretta – Journal of Faculty Development, 2019
The Expanding the Network of STEM Scholars through the ADVANCE Women of Color Writing Retreat has become a model for knowledge sharing and intervention adaptation in the areas of scholarly productivity and faculty development. This multi-institutional network reveals the complexity of supporting scholarly productivity for women at minority serving…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Scholarship, Faculty Development, Networks
Mink, Meridith Beck – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2016
In September 2015, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) a grant to investigate the early impacts of the National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) programs, in order to inform subsequent development of similar programs by others with a vested interest in building…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Library Services, Information Management, Library Automation
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Yu, Haibo – Chinese Education and Society, 2014
This article analyzes the content and format of the Overseas University Leadership Program organized by the National Academy of Education Administration in Beijing, China. Universities provide the country with scientific and technological expertise, pave the path to individual advancement, and are major economic engines. China's new mission is to…
Descriptors: Universities, Program Content, Program Descriptions, Leadership Training
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Sobrero, Patricia; Jayaratne, K. S. U. – Journal of Extension, 2014
The leadership institute, targeting new and aspiring county Extension directors, was completely revised to reflect face-to-face and online constructivist learning theory and practice. New co-learning and engagement methods were incorporated, and all facilitators and teachers/presenters were trained and coached to use the new methods and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Leadership Training, Administrator Education, Cooperative Learning
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Hale, Leigh; van der Meer, Jacques; Rutherford, Gill; Clay, Lynne; Janssen, Jessie; Powell, Denise – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
A desire to have every student attending our University be aware of, and reflect on, disability in their studies and future careers, initiated our project to explore how to enhance disability awareness within all our University's papers. In this project we systematically reviewed pertinent literature and ran an action research workshop for staff.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Action Research
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Van Zandt Allen, Laura – Teacher Development, 2014
The Summer Curriculum Writing Institute (SCWI) supports graduates of a university-based teacher education program during the induction years and beyond with the aim of impacting teacher quality. The purpose of this article is to describe the development, goals, research, and lessons learned during SCWI from 2005-12. The week focuses around the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Teacher Improvement, Beginning Teacher Induction
Kinzie, Mable B.; Whittaker, Jessica Vick; Williford, Amanda P.; DeCoster, Jamie; McGuire, Patrick; Lee, Youngju; Kilday, Carolyn R. – Grantee Submission, 2014
"MyTeachingPartner--Math/Science" ("MTP-MS") is a system of two curricula (math and science) plus teacher supports designed to improve the quality of instructional interactions in pre-kindergarten classrooms and to scaffold children's development in mathematics and science. The program includes year-long curricula in these…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
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Weber, Christine L.; Stanley, Laurel – Gifted Child Today, 2012
The focus of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a series of free workshops for parents of gifted children. The parent education workshops provided research-based information as recognized by experts in the field of counseling gifted children. Content areas include the characteristics of gifted children, identification, appropriate…
Descriptors: Gifted, Parenting Styles, Parent Education, Parent Workshops
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Green, Jennifer D.; Gonzalez, Eileen M.; López-Velásquez, Angela M.; Howard, Elizabeth R. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2013
The importance of professional development (PD) is clearly understood; however, little is known about how the most effective PD influences teachers' learning and how teachers perceive PD that goes beyond the typical two-hour session on an aspect of instruction. In this article, the authors present the response of a group of middle school teachers…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Experiential Learning, Urban Schools
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