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Phoebe Maria Blanca S. Merino; Romylyn A. Metila – Language and Education, 2024
Producing local materials is a challenge to mother tongue education programs especially in linguistically diverse contexts. To address this, a five-day teacher training program on materials localization for K-3 teachers in a linguistically diverse area in the Philippines was designed and implemented. The program was based on frameworks about…
Descriptors: Native Language Instruction, Instructional Materials, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten
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Neisler, Otherine Johnson, Ed. – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2022
This handbook provides a global overview of the design, implementation and assessment of academic development centers within higher education institutions. The current nature of our complex, rapidly changing world makes it imperative that colleges and universities worldwide find ways to educate their students in new and better ways: this is…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Design, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
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DiBenedetto, Catherine A.; Willis, Victoria C.; Barrick, R. Kirby – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
School-based agricultural education (SBAE) programs have become more diverse with the ever changing and growing agriculture industry. Agricultural education teachers are challenged with expanding their knowledge and competencies to effectively teach and design successful SBAE programs. Needs assessments aid in providing guidance for professional…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Program Design, Teacher Effectiveness
Alyaseen, Haneen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
New innovative methods of teaching and learning adopted from mainstream research and development in educational theory and practice are being adapted to serve the unique needs of the medical professions. The success of these methods requires careful planning and establishment of faculty development programs. The purpose of this study is to perform…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical School Faculty, Dental Schools, Faculty Development
Achieving the Dream, 2018
Helping more students achieve their dreams involves identifying a wider set of student needs--including financial challenges and family responsibilities--and offering redesigned support services to meet them holistically. This holistic student supports approach emphasizes the need for colleges to redefine the way they understand, design, integrate…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Program Design, College Programs, Academic Support Services
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Luneta, K. – Africa Education Review, 2012
Continuous professional development is essential for upgrading and updating teachers because the rate of social and educational change makes pre-service training an inadequate basis for long term professional competence. The design of these continuous professional development programmes must be informed by an effective needs analysis that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Professional Continuing Education, Faculty Development
Toth, Kate E.; McKey, Colleen A. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2010
The purpose of faculty development in terms of the educational role is to assist faculty in becoming better educators. Educational peer review (EPR) is one method of faculty development. This article is based on a study that explored the different development needs of nursing faculty within a school of nursing at an Ontario university. The study…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Program Design, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
Roy, Patricia – National Staff Development Council, 2010
Professional development that improves teaching and student learning meets research-based standards to ensure high-quality educator learning experiences. Since the quality of professional learning affects its results, many states, districts, and schools want to measure the effectiveness of their professional development to make targeted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Faculty Development, Professional Development
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Wood, Fred H.; McQuarrie, Frank O., Jr. – Journal of Staff Development, 1984
Educators and the public must study recommendations from national educational reports to discover strengths and weaknesses and then select those that match their needs. An example of this process is provided. (DF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Faculty Development, Needs Assessment
Magnesen, Vernon A.; Parker, Lynn Sullivan – 1988
This booklet is designed to assist community colleges in the design and implementation of staff and organizational development programs and reviews relevant issues and provides practical ideas for successful development efforts. After chapter I briefly introduces the audience for and intent of the booklet, chapter II describes 12 development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Needs Assessment
Groves, Saundra L.; Groves, David L. – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1980
A study to identify the needs of mature adults by use of a questionnaire sent to undergraduate faculty asking for their perceptions of adult students is discussed. Results indicate interest in the needs of the adult population but that there is little experience with this audience among the faculty. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Case Studies, College Faculty
Helge, Doris – 1985
An effective staff development program for rural teachers will have identified the needs to be met, will incorporate good management principles, and will make use of a variety of resources--the community itself, nonprofessional staff, business and industry, and shared teaching efforts. Distinctive staff development needs of rural teachers may…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Meyen, Edward L.; Yang, Chien Hui – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2003
This study on barriers to online staff development for classroom teachers was conducted as part of the planning activities of a delivery models project designed to develop guidelines for implementing large-scale online staff development programs. The study involved engaging 54 general and special educators in several professional roles from nine…
Descriptors: Barriers, Program Implementation, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1976
The purpose of this project was to develop and disseminate a conceptual model for comprehensive secondary school (7-12) career guidance programs. The model consisted of transportable packages intended to provide a framework for the delivery of career guidance strategies designed to facilitate the achievement of desired student outcomes. Initially,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Ingram, Judith K. – 1982
The practical steps outlined in this manual are based on the experience of establishing Marquette (Michigan) Alternative Senior High (MASH), organized in 1978 to serve rural youth who had dropped out or were not benefiting significantly from the regular high school programs. Chapters are organized in chronological progression and each refers to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dropout Prevention, Employment Potential, Faculty Development