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Curriculum Orientations of Pre-Service Teachers in Jordan: A Required Reform Initiative for Professional Development
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Ashour, Rateb; Khasawneh, Samer; Abu-Alruz, Jamal; Alsharqawi, Subhi – Teacher Development, 2012
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the curriculum orientations of pre-service teachers at a university in Jordan. Rigorous translation procedures were utilized to validate an Arabic version of the Curriculum Orientation Inventory (COI) for use in Jordan. The validated COI was administered to a sample of 259 pre-service teachers who…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Teachers' Reflections of Professional Change during a Literacy-Reform Initiative
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Nielsen, Diane Corcoran; Barry, Arlene Lundmark; Staab, Pam Trefz – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
Policymakers recently have targeted teacher quality, and school systems have increased their attention to instructional reform through professional development. The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' views about the change process and professional development that supports change. Semi-structured focus-group data were gathered from 41…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Teacher Effectiveness, Change Agents, Educational Change
A "Reflection" at Mile Three of a Marathon: The Memphis Restructuring Initiative in Mid-Stride.
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Stringfield, Sam; Ross, Steven M. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
The Memphis Restructuring Initiative's first-year data-gathering efforts have yielded implications for policy and practice. This article discusses findings and implications in seven areas: opportunity to choose, goals and directions, professional development, "constructivist" teaching and learning, authentic assessment, disjunctures…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Objectives, Performance Based Assessment, Professional Development
Images from St. Louis: Considerations and Interpretations from Teachers Who Are Applying the Reggio Approach in the United States.
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Fyfe, Brenda – 1994
Fifty teachers from the St. Louis, Missouri area have been involved in a project to bring the development strategies used by the Reggio Emilia preschools in Italy to the United States. Their experiences suggest that teachers need to adopt professional development plans that identify goals, select methods of support to achieve these goals, plan for…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Lifelong Learning at Its Best. Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.
Maehl, William H. – 2000
This book, which is intended for practitioners working with adult learners at the postsecondary level, describes a wide range of lifelong learning program models and educational strategies that have proved successful with adult learners across the nation. Data gathered by the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners in a national study of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Competency Based Education, Educational Cooperation
Best Program Practices.
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Saskatchewan Literacy Network, Saskatoon. – 2000
This document, which is intended for use by adult literacy programs in Saskatchewan, Canada, consists of three questionnaires. The questionnaires were developed under the guidance of Saskatchewan's 11-member Good Practice Task Force to give adult literacy programs an opportunity to reflect on their current initiatives, identify their strengths,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy