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Exploring the Impact of Faculty Reflection on Weekly Student Evaluations of Teaching
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Winchester, Tiffany M.; Winchester, Maxwell – International Journal for Academic Development, 2011
This exploratory study considered Larrivee's assessment of teachers' reflective practice levels by using a formative, weekly, online student evaluation of teaching (SET) tool through a virtual learning environment (VLE) as a means to encourage reflective practice. In-depth interviews were conducted with six faculty members in three departments at…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Reflective Teaching, Reflection, Formative Evaluation
What Has Action Learning Learned to Become?
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Pedler, Mike; Burgoyne, John; Brook, Cheryl – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2005
This inquiry originates in a conversation between the first two authors which concluded with the challenge that a Revans Institute for Action Learning & Research should not only be doing research "by" action learning and but should also be researching "into" action learning itself. Action learning has been a recognised…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Research
Looking at Answers about Reform: Findings from the SB 2042 Implementation Study
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Hafner, Anne L.; Maxie, Andrea – Issues in Teacher Education, 2006
In September 1998, the California State Legislature passed SB 2042, legislation that authorized the reform of teacher recruitment, certification, and licensing in the state. Its provisions are unique in that they represent the first time in California's history that almost all of the standards dealing with teacher preparation and induction were…
Descriptors: Credentials, Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Is There Anybody out There? Teaching Assistants' Experiences of Online Learning
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Townsend, Mark; Wheeler, Steve – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
This paper reports on the learning experiences of a small group (n = 13) of teaching assistants who volunteered to participate in a pilot online Foundation Degree module. As part of the evaluation methodology, participating students were randomly assigned into two groups, with each group having clearly defined but different types of tutorial…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Online Courses
Process Evaluation in Dropout Prevention Programs: Detecting and Predicting Problems and Benefits through the Use of Problem Survey.
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Southard, Margarida F. – 1990
Results of a process evaluation of dropout prevention programs in the Leon County (Florida) school district during the school year 1989-90 are presented. Altogether, 11 dropout programs were operationalized in that school year. The methodology used for developing a problem survey among teachers and administrators, the results of the evaluation,…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Process Evaluation in Dropout Prevention Programs. Detecting and Predicting Problems and Benefits through the Use of Problem Benefit/Survey.
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Southard, Margarida F. – 1991
Results of a process evaluation of dropout prevention programs in the Leon County (Florida) School District during the school year 1989-90 are presented. Altogether, 11 dropout programs were operationalized in that school year. The methodology used for developing a problem and benefit survey among teachers and administrators, the results of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs