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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
Lowenstein, Ethan; Martusewicz, Rebecca; Voelker, Lisa – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2010
In the summer of 2009, a group of teachers, community activists, and university professors came together in a Summer Institute on EcoJustice Education and Community-Based Learning held by the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalitions at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). A series of workshops were organized to help participants examine the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Workshops, Summer Programs, Educational Change
Herron, Sherry; Gopal, Tamilselvi – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2012
We conducted a series of summer workshops on bioinformatics to increase educators' knowledge of this new field of inquiry with the assumption that their knowledge will, in turn, impact student achievement. The workshops incorporated experiential learning and self-reflection (Loucks-Horsley et al. 1998). Educators demonstrated significant increases…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Experiential Learning, Teacher Workshops, Biology
Walters, Kirk; Garet, Michael; Leinwand, Steve – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This paper describes the PD program that was delivered during the first year of the study. The main goal of the intervention was to increase teachers' capability to teach positive rational number topics effectively. The program included a 3-day summer institute (18 hours per teacher), five 1-day seminars held during the school year (30 hours per…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Teachers
"Situating the Learning" of Teaching: Implementing Lesson Study at a Professional Development School
Suh, Jennifer M.; Fulginiti, Kerri – School-University Partnerships, 2012
This paper examines how Lesson Study (Lewis, 2002) was used in an elementary mathematics methods course held at a Professional Development School and intended to support pre-service teachers to become reflective practitioners while working alongside clinical faculty. Attention is given to detailing the features of Lesson Study that situates the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Professional Development Schools, Teacher Educators
Hayden, Katherine; Ouyang, Youwen; Scinski, Lidia; Olszewski, Brandon; Bielefeldt, Talbot – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
The iQUEST (investigations for Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers) project is designed to promote student interest and attitudes toward careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The project targets seventh- and eighth-grade science classrooms that serve high percentages of Hispanic students.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Student Interests, Science Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Lieberman, Ann; Mace, Desiree H. Pointer – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
This paper describes the signature role played by accomplished, experienced teachers in professional learning communities, and the importance that these practitioners make their teaching public and shared. In so doing, the authors describe how accomplished practices can be shared between classrooms and between practitioners with varying levels of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Communities of Practice, Teacher Leadership
Wayne, Andrew; Garet, Michael; Taylor, James; Song, Mengli – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This paper will describe results concerning the impact of the PD on the three primary study outcomes: teacher knowledge of rational number topics, teacher instructional practices, and student achievement in rational number topics. All analyses are completed. However, the results cannot be shared at this time because the report is currently under…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
Bardin, Joe – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2008
Each August, teachers from around the state gather for the Arizona K-12 Center's Tech Camp, a week-long immersion in technology for the classroom. The Arizona K-12 Center's mission is to improve teaching and learning in Arizona's schools through high-quality professional development and teacher leadership. The formula Tech Camp follows is a simple…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Leadership, Cooperation, Educational Technology
Kaplan, Jeffrey S. – Theory Into Practice, 2008
This article describes an effort to create a teacher learning community in which university and local school teachers worked together to improve the teaching of writing at elementary and secondary levels. I describe how a university's National Writing Project (NWP) engaged in developing a cadre of selected teachers to share understandings about…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Writing Instruction, Communities of Practice

Cordero, John B., Jr.; Schwartz, Stuart E. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1978
The article describes the administrative structure, content, presentation, and evaluation of a summer inservice training program for vocational teachers of handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions

Priestley, Herbert – Physics Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions, Science Teachers
Paul, Alice; Meredith, Keith – 1975
This booklet describes the training strategies and materials developed as part of the Tucson Early Education Model (TEEM) program for training Program Assistants to foster implementation of TEEM in local school districts. The booklet contains samples of various training materials, as well as descriptions and outlines of the Summer Training…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Innovation, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Parker, Linda G.; Mohr, Laura L. – 1978
Experience a Practicum with Exceptional Children (EPEC), university lecture courses and practicum experience within a local school district, offered field-based teacher education on the needs of handicapped students. The EPEC summer program recruited elementary students who were gifted, learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, mildly…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gifted, Handicapped Children, Higher Education
Cooperative College-School Science Program, College Park, MD. – 1972
The report describes the summer institute of the cooperative College-School Science Program, Prince George's County/University of Maryland, which met from June 21 to July 28, 1972 in Riverdale, Maryland. Participants consisted of twenty-five teachers who were enrolled for six hour credits from the University of Maryland. The overall objectives of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions