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Elham Kazemi; Jessica Calabrese; Teresa Lind; Becca Lewis; Alison Fox Resnick; Lynsey K. Gibbons – Harvard Education Press, 2024
A blueprint for structuring the school environment around teacher learning and collaboration as a foundation for equitable learning and student engagement. In "Learning Together," Elham Kazemi, Jessica Calabrese, Teresa Lind, Becca Lewis, Alison Fox Resnick, and Lynsey K. Gibbons share findings from their decade of experience in…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Elementary School Teachers, Cooperative Learning
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Håkansson Lindqvist, Marcia; Pettersson, Fanny – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2019
Purpose: Digitalization has permeated society and schools. In this process, focus has turned to the importance of school leaders in their leadership for digitalization. The purpose of this paper is to explore how school leaders understand digitalization and the digital competencies needed in leading for digitalization in Swedish schools.…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Reflection
Pearce, Kathryn; And Others – 1992
The New Designs for the Comprehensive High School project should provide for an organization of the school that is aligned with learner outcomes and learning process. Components of the organization must be aligned among themselves. High school models for organizing learners that meet student needs for connectedness and improved interpersonal…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Class Organization, Curriculum, Educational Change
Cardellichio, Thomas L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Emphasizing factual knowledge undermines educators' attempts to engage students in meaningful activities. Students involved in process work are more deeply engaged, retain more, and perform better on achievement measures. Teaching methodology, types of knowledge, and school structure are intertwined. Methodology drives structure, and structure…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, School Organization
Smith, Frank L., Jr.; McCluskey, Lawrence – APSS Know How, 1976
Discussions and research of class size would be more useful if they dealt with some of the significant relationships that exist between a resource allocation plan (more teachers for smaller classes) and the social processes that constitute the environment of these smaller classes. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Class Size, Educational Change, Educational Quality
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Prestine, Nona A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1995
Agrees with Brian Rowan's article on learning and teaching research in the same issue of "Educational Administration Quarterly." Builds on Rowan's contributions by presenting three major ideas: the cognitive perspective has yet to define adequately a core technology of teaching; foundational understandings of learning and teaching are inextricably…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bromell, Henry – Change, 1971
Launched with $25 million of support and a "swinging" plan of educational innovation, the new experimental college on the Amherst campus begins its second year to mixed reviews. (Editor/IR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Coeducation, Courses, Curriculum
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Lello, John – History Teacher, 1980
Considers the concept of time in relation to teaching history and suggests that approaches should be based on Piaget's theory of the learning process in terms of space, time, and causality. Suggests that the rigid school structure runs counter to the educational objectives of the history teacher. (KC)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Learning Processes
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Terwilliger, Gloria – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1974
Article presented a description of a rapidly growing kind of academic "service center", and suggestions to faculty for its use. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Learning Processes
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Rowan, Brian; And Others – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1993
Uses contingency theory to examine workplace conditions making high school teaching nonroutine; investigate whether organic management forms arise when teachers' work becomes nonroutine; and investigate whether such management forms have potential for enhancing teacher effectiveness by promoting job-related learning. There is little evidence that…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Processes, Organizational Theories, School Administration
Levin, Benjamin – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Discussions about educational productivity need to recognize that students are producers of their own learning. Equating students with workers, intensifying curriculum requirements, and professionalizing teaching are insufficient. The best strategies involve treating students as capable persons, capitalizing on their knowledge and interests, and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Misconceptions
Carroll, Joseph M. – 1987
The Copernican Plan is a way to organize high schools on the basis of research and experience concerning more effective and efficient instruction. Research indicates that large-block scheduling has proven to be very successful. In the plan, each student will enroll in one class at a time for about 4 hours each day for a period of 30 days. An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Class Organization, Educational Change
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Reilly, David H. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1989
The knowledge base of education must be related to the mission of the schools. In order to develop such a knowledge base a shift in emphasis to cognitive processes utilized by students is required. Implications of such a shift on school organization, teaching strategies, and teacher education curricula are discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison. – 1985
The programs and publications of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research from 1980 to 1984 are listed and described in this document. The center's efforts focus on the study of the nature and effects of diversity among students. The research program adds to knowledge about how children learn, how they are taught, and what characterizes…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Class Organization, Cognitive Development, Cultural Pluralism
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Elmore, Richard F. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1995
Speculates about connections among educators' ideas of best practice, school organization, and policy. Develops six principles of best educational practice. These connect to organization and policy through resolving four recurring problems: how students are grouped, how teachers' work is defined, how content is allocated to time, and how student…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individual Differences
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