This case describes the Diary-in-Group method (personal diary notations combined with group sessions) as used in a participative and action-oriented project which intended to contribute to new practice-based knowledge on what it means to be a first-level manager in a Swedish municipal social care administration, and to the learning and development…

This book is a collection of articles which discusses and describes teacher centers in the United States and England. The articles are grouped into ten chapters, each with an introduction by the editor. The first chapter discusses the rationale for the development of teacher centers. The second chapter gives an overview of teacher centers in the…

The school principal has a key role in working with teachers to enhance the school as a learning community. Chapter 1 discusses the standards that emanate from such organizations as the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) and National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and that serve as a basis for designing staff…

This volume is designed to provide information for teachers and prospective teachers who will teach the basic concepts of algebra normally taught in grade 9. Each section of the book contains background information, suggestions for instruction, and problems. Sections in the book include: (1) Numerals and Variables; (2) Open Sentences and English…

In the fall of 1975, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) sponsored a workshop on planning for staff development, attended by four-person teams from each of 12 two-year colleges in the South. The task of each team was to develop a plan of staff development for its institution, and, on return to the home campus, to refine the plan and begin…

The objective of this book is to identify those mathematical concepts which are relevant to elementary measurement, and to exhibit their logical interrelationships. The book was written with high school mathematics teachers in mind, but it is hoped that it will be useful also to elementary school teachers, science teachers, and college teachers.…

The simulation materials in this booklet have been presented in the form of problems encountered by the elementary school principal. The use of these materials can be directed to serve the following objectives: (1) improve skills related to the adminstrative processing of decision-making, supervision, planning, and problem-solving; (2) increase…

The simulation materials in this booklet have been presented in the form of problems encountered by the elementary school consultant. Their use can be directed to serve the following objectives: (1) improve skills related to the administrative and consultative processes of decision-making, supervision, planning, and problem-solving; (2) increase…

For the purposes of this booklet, staff development is defined as "all those learning activities organized, conducted, and funded by the local school district that are designed to improve the on-the-job performance of district employees." Comprehensive school district staff development programs provide activities focusing on curriculum and…

The simulation materials in this booklet have been presented in the form of problems encountered by the secondary school division chairman. Their use can be directed to serve the following objectives: (1) improve skills related to the administrative processes of decision-making, supervision, planning, and problem-solving; (2) increase…

The opening chapter of this volume attempts to provide a framework for education about the international or global community that is emerging. Chapter 2 notes some of the recent and possible future changes in the world and in the United Nations (UN) system. The third chapter identifies some of the obstacles to learning about the world and the UN…

These materials were developed to help high school teachers to become familiar with the approach to tenth-grade Euclidean geometry which was adopted by the School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG). It is emphasized that the materials are unsuitable as a high school textbook. Each document contains material too difficult for most high school students.…

This monograph provides some suggestions for school administrators -- principals, assistant principals, superintendents, and their management teams -- to enable them to understand their own attitudes and behaviors regarding their use of time, recognize the practices which most effectively use time well, incorporate sound principles of time…

This manual describes a parent involvement program on the elementary level. Although the primary aim of such a program is to broaden the learning opportunities of each child through increased personal attention and support, there are also many advantages for the teacher, the school, and the parents. The teacher has more time to devote to the…

This is one of a series of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses how to plan and conduct a competency-based staff development program as part of an overall accountability program. Short sections focus in turn on various steps in the…