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Lewis, Catherine; Perry, Rebecca; Foster, David; Hurd, Jacqueline; Fisher, Linda – Educational Leadership, 2011
The authors assert that lesson study--a collaborative, teacher-led approach to learning from practice--offers a deeper, broader, more sustainable method of improving teacher practice than one-on-one coaching does. In lesson study, teachers and coaches of all levels of experience can work together, each bringing his or her own professional…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Coaching (Performance)
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Casey, Katherine – Educational Leadership, 2011
As teachers learn new pedagogical strategies, they crave explicit demonstrations that show them how the new strategies will work with their students in their classrooms. Successful instructional coaches, therefore, understand the importance of modeling lessons to help teachers develop a vision of effective instruction. The author, an experienced…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Coaching (Performance), Change Strategies, Protocol Materials
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Guskey, Thomas R. – Educational Horizons, 2009
Achievement gaps concern educators at all levels today. Educators recognize the threats these gaps pose to education quality and equity, and they are working hard to close them--but an equally threatening gap in education with consequences just as serious is largely ignored. It influences every educational-improvement effort and seriously…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Achievement Gap, Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes
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Helsing, Deborah; Howell, Annie; Kegan, Robert; Lahey, Lisa – Harvard Educational Review, 2008
In this article, authors Deborah Helsing, Annie Howell, Robert Kegan, and Lisa Lahey argue that today's educational leaders face a host of complex demands as they strive to implement lasting, meaningful change in their school environments. As these demands often require a level of personal development many adults may not yet have, there is a need…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Change, Case Studies, Leadership Training
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Urban, Mathias – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
In many countries, strategies to further develop services and institutions for the education and care of young children are linked to a discourse on professionalism. Ambitious policy goals, it is argued, can only be achieved by a skilled and qualified workforce whose practice is guided by a professional body of knowledge. This article argues that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Hermeneutics, Theory Practice Relationship, Professional Development
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Mason, Jerry; Poduska, Bud – Journal of Consumer Affairs, 1986
The authors argue that financial counseling and financial planning are significantly different professional fields when examined from both a theoretical and an applied perspective. The authors distinguish between these two professions with respect to the types of client problems presented, the criteria clients use for self-evaluation, and the…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Job Skills, Money Management, Professional Development
Hutchison, Cathleen – Performance and Instruction, 1989
Discusses a shift in career paths from instructional technology to performance technology and describes steps to take to become more aware of the performance technology process. Differences in the design phase of the processes are described, and models that identify areas which can be affected by human performance problems are presented. (LRW)
Descriptors: Career Change, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Models
Spitzer, Dean R. – Performance and Instruction, 1981
Argues that although the training field is evolving rapidly, pre-professional education and continuing professional development are not adequately meeting the needs of the profession. Twelve areas of concern are discussed, and five basic elements to be incorporated in curriculum changes are offered. (Author/MER)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Professional Continuing Education, Professional Development, Professional Education
Blitzer, Roy J.; Dumas, Roland A. – Personnel Journal, 1985
Lists reasons why people shy away from trainer recertification programs, benefits of attending such programs, and considerations that users and purchasers of training programs might keep in mind in order to get the best quality programs and service from their vendors. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Benefits, Professional Development, Program Improvement
Bove, Robert – Training and Development Journal, 1985
Four directors of corporate training answer the question "Should human resource development directors have a training background?" and then each presents a list of recommendations for trainers, involving such areas as internal consulting skills, business experience, sense of timing, the difference between training and teaching, and taking a…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Job Skills, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Ballet, Katrijn; Vandenberghe, Roland; Kelchtermans, Geert; Verbiest, Eric – 2000
This paper evaluates an intensive 2-year Dutch training course, "Magistrum," as one possible answer to the training needs of principals. The paper posits the following question: "Is the Magistrum, as an illustrative example of an intensive training, an effective answer to the principals' need for professional development?"…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Principals
Bailey, Gerald D.; Hortin, John – Performance and Instruction, 1982
Describes a tool for trainer self-development called "mental rehearsal." The process uses mental images (visualization) to practice trainer behavior prior to the actual training session. Trainers use mental rehearsal for: (1) physical relaxation, (2) positive thinking, (3) mental and physical readiness, (4) verbal and nonverbal instructional…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Drills (Practice), Positive Reinforcement, Postsecondary Education
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Bloland, Paul A. – NASPA Journal, 1979
Argues that while student personnel training for the chief student affairs officer may be desirable, it is unnecessary. Suggests that student development education is a field distinct from the administration of higher education. Training programs must reflect these differences. (Author/CMG)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Leadership Training, Professional Development
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – 1995
Mentoring is a creative alternative to direct instruction and teaching that provides an emotionally supportive relationship for the protege. Skills of the mentor travel with the protege long after the relationship has ended. Mentoring has become a vehicle to enhance the skills and abilities of one's associates, colleagues, and proteges. Typically,…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Creativity, Interpersonal Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship
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Aston, Mike – Computers and Education, 1988
Describes and evaluates the various strategies employed by the Microelectronics Education Programme to provide training in computer-based learning to teachers in the United Kingdom. Suggestions for future strategies that focus on the child, the teacher, and the class are presented. (14 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
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