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Ostashewski, Nathaniel; Moisey, Susan; Reid, Doug – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
This report explores the first iteration of a teacher professional development courselet grounded in constructionist theory and activities. This online teacher professional development (oTPD) courselet provided opportunities for teachers to engage in just-in-time, ongoing TPD within a social networking site for educators. The topic of the oTPD was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, Web Based Instruction
Dellow, Donald A.; And Others – 1985
Like most two-year colleges, Chipola Junior College has had to respond quickly to the impact of the microcomputer revolution. A demanding clientele of students and community members, a faculty and staff unprepared for microcomputer technology, and limited equipment resources dictated the rules of change. After it was determined that computer…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Faculty Development
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1976
The teacher inservice minicourse described here is designed to increase the teacher's use of higher cognitive questions, which helps develop student ability to think and is primarily concerned with analysis, synthesis, and evaluation questions. Information is provided here on the purposes and content of the course and materials as well as…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
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Benson, Bernard W. – Science Teacher, 1982
Inservice mini-courses using a learning cycle instructional strategy (exploration, invention, discovery) have been developed. A description of the mini-course format (compatible with inservice programs sponsored by school systems), sample outline, and list of courses developed (with themes of environmental science and/or energy) are included.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Gentry, Ruben – 1979
An inservice mini course training program at Jackson State University was designed to prepare educational personnel for teaching mainstreamed handicapped children as mandated by Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The mini course approach was selected as it is of short duration and is widely preferred by teachers. Among…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Programs, Federal Legislation
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Project on Asian Studies in Education. – 1972
The focus of the Project on Asian Studies in Education (PASE) is assistance to teachers in secondary schools and two and four year colleges in the Midwest to improve their instruction of Asian Studies through better teacher training and guidance in selecting educational materials. This is to be accomplished by: 1) providing a Resource Center with…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, College School Cooperation