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Msezane, Sikhulile Bonginkosi – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
For teachers to contribute to the development of the environmentally sustainable and wholesome society envisioned in South Africa's Constitution, it was the goal of this paper to evaluate the effectiveness of teacher development workshops designed to equip teachers with environmental and sustainability knowledge and skills in the curriculum. In…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Turner-Adams, Hana; McKinley, Sheridan; Bolstad, Rachel – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2022
Effective strategic planning is an integral part of a principal's role, but this is a skill for which many principals are largely unprepared. The Springboard Trust's Strategic Leadership for Principals Programme (SLPP) is a 10-month leadership development programme for principals in New Zealand. Participants must have 2 years of experience as a…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Principals, Administrator Role, Leadership Training
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English, Helen J.; Lumb, Matt; Davidson, Jane W. – International Journal of Music Education, 2021
In Australia, access to music education is inequitable due to the challenges of distance, different state education systems and a lack of resources in schools. As a means to address this social justice issue, we explore here the viability and effects of a digitally based music outreach programme undertaken in collaboration with Hands on Learning…
Descriptors: Music Education, Outreach Programs, Access to Education, Equal Education
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Trahan, Lisa; Romero, Valeria; Blinderman, Ellen – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
The Lawrence Hall of Science implemented a two-phase project, Building Understanding in Language Diverse Students, to modify school group workshops and drop-in public programs to better support linguistically diverse students and visitors. As we applied language support strategies developed for the school group workshops to additional areas of the…
Descriptors: Museums, Science Education, Program Descriptions, Workshops
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Oliver, Kevin M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
As makerspaces begin to move into school libraries and classrooms, there is a growing need for professional development to help K-12 educators answer common questions such as "what is a makerspace," "why should I bother with a makerspace," "how do I run a makerspace," and "how do I teach from a makerspace?"…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Shared Resources and Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
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Bucey, Janet C.; Provident, Ingrid M. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
This article evaluates a peer mentoring experience for school-based practitioners and its effect on collaborative consultation practices. Best practice and public school policy promote the use of collaborative consultation services but school-based practitioners report significant barriers in achieving effective collaborative consultation…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Peer Groups, Mentors, Pretests Posttests
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Oliver, Kevin M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
As makerspaces begin to move into school libraries and classrooms, there is a growing need for professional development to help K-12 educators answer common questions such as "what is a makerspace," "why should I bother with a makerspace," "how do I run a makerspace," and "how do I teach from a makerspace?"…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Shared Resources and Services, Literature Reviews, Best Practices
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Adams, Stephen; Burns, Paul; Martin-Hansen, Lisa – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2018
As part of a graduate course for supporting K-12 teachers' use of technology in teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects, teachers worked in teams to create workshops for youth at a Boys & Girls Club site. Teachers used curriculum kits from the Engineering is Elementary project of the Museum of Science,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Graduate Students, Technology Integration, Science Instruction
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Burden, Robert; Taylor, William – School Psychology International, 2014
This article describes the evaluation of a project designed to provide in-service training for teachers in rural schools in Outer Mongolia in techniques of independent and co-operative learning. Difficulties faced by Mongolian teachers in implementing a new national standards based curriculum were identified by the Mongolian State Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Psychology, Inservice Teacher Education, Rural Schools
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Maloy, Robert W.; Edwards, Sharon A.; Evans, Allison – Journal of Educators Online, 2014
This paper describes utilizing wiki technology, small group workshops, and reflective writing assignments to "flip" a community engagement/service-learning course for college undergraduates who are tutoring culturally and linguistically diverse students in K-12 schools. Flipped classrooms are gaining popularity in the teaching of…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Workshops, Educational Strategies, Service Learning
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Van Zandt Allen, Laura – Teacher Development, 2014
The Summer Curriculum Writing Institute (SCWI) supports graduates of a university-based teacher education program during the induction years and beyond with the aim of impacting teacher quality. The purpose of this article is to describe the development, goals, research, and lessons learned during SCWI from 2005-12. The week focuses around the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Teacher Improvement, Beginning Teacher Induction
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Dalton, Bridget – Reading Teacher, 2013
The Common Core State Standards call for an expanded view of literacy instruction, one where children learn to critically consume and produce text using technology and media. This article describes how a Digital Writers' Workshop can be a vehicle for integrating multimodal composition into the classroom. It offers general workshop principles and…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Technology, Literacy, Technology Integration
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Meth, Jessica Matthews; Azano, Amy – English Education, 2012
This article examines the outcomes of an eight-month professional development initiative, designed to support six Writing Project teachers' classroom inquiry projects, each focused on improving an aspect of student writing. We begin by introducing the genesis of these classroom research projects as well as the structure and content of the support…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Professional Development, Writing Improvement, Classroom Techniques
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Ross, Paula T.; Kumagai, Arno K.; Joiner, Terence A.; Lypson, Monica L. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
We designed a faculty development workshop integrating scene excerpts from the Academy Award-winning movie Crash and active learning methods to encourage faculty participation and generate participant dialogue. The aims of this workshop were to enhance awareness of issues related to teaching in a multicultural classroom; stimulate discussion on…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Multicultural Education, Active Learning
Reeves, Melissa A.; Brock, Stephen E. – Communique, 2009
After a nationwide search, the NASP PREPaRE Workgroup recently invited Brian Lazzaro, Christina Conolly-Wilson, and Melinda Susan to join the workgroup. This was done in an attempt to meet the ever-increasing demand and associated duties that accompany the dissemination of the PREPaRE Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum. In this…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Curriculum Implementation, Training
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