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Christensen, Shane W. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Problem: Several reviews of literature have been completed to formalize the PBL approach (Alacapinar, 2008; Baines & DeBarger, 2017; Bell, 2010; Blumenfeld et al., 1991; Condliffe et al., 2017; English, 2013; Holm, 2011; Holmes, 2012; Kokotsaki et al., 2016; Krajcik & Blumenfeld, 2006; Lam, Cheng, & Choy, 2010; Lee et al., 2014;…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Principals, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods
Gardner, Shannon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Problem-based learning (PBL) is increasingly recognized as both effective and associated with high student engagement. This study sought to explore this relationship between PBL and student engagement. Cycle 1 participants consisted of PBL experienced secondary school teachers and one principal. They offered insights on its high value and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, History Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods
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Winn, Pam; Gentry, James; Nguyen, An – School Leadership Review, 2020
This qualitative study examined graduate/post-graduate student perceptions regarding the use of a cohort model and Project-Based Learning (PBL) in a completely online principal certification preparation classes. As part of a TEA funded grant, two districts (a cohort of 17 students) completed 24-semester hours of principal certification courses.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Online Courses
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Volante, Paulo; Jeldres, Rolando; Spero, Ken; Llorente, Claudia; Johanek, Michael – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2020
This article describes the process of designing and creating six computer-based simulations for school leadership training programmes, in the context of the Chilean school system. For the design and construction of the simulations, six scenarios were selected from case analysis of principals with formal training and experience in different…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries, Principals
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Hallinger, Philip; Shaobing, Tang; Jiafang, Lu – School Leadership & Management, 2017
School leader training has become a critical strategy in educational reform. However, in China, there still exists a big gap in terms of how to transfer leadership knowledge into practice. Thus, tools that can integrate formal knowledge into practice are called for urgently in school leader training. This paper presents the results of a research…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Principals, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
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Vokatis, Barbara; Zhang, Jianwei – Frontline Learning Research, 2016
Diffusing inquiry-based pedagogy in schools for deep and lasting change requires teacher transformation and capacity building. This study characterizes the professional identity of three elementary school teachers who have productively engaged in inquiry-based classroom practice using knowledge building pedagogy and Knowledge Forum, a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Innovation, Barriers
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Holter, Anthony C.; Frabutt, James M. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2012
The contemporary challenges facing Catholic schools and Catholic school leaders are widely known. Effective and systemic solutions to these mounting challenges are less widely known or discussed. This article highlights the skills, knowledge, and dispositions associated with mission driven and data informed leadership--an orientation to school…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Action Research, Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning
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Bridges, Edwin – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to conduct a critical analysis of the origins and implementation of problem-based learning in educational administration as a window into the limitations of this approach and more generally administrator preparation. Design/methodology/approach: The author reviewed the published work of the originator from…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Principals, Administrator Education, Management Development
Retnowati, Endah, Ed.; Suprapto, Ed.; Jerusalem, Mohammad Adam, Ed.; Sugiyarto, Kristian, Ed.; Wagiran, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018
This proceedings volume of InCoTEPD 2018 covers many ideas for handling a wide variety of challenging issues in the field of education. The outstanding ideas dealing with these issues result in innovation of the system. There are many innovation strategies resulting from recent research that are discussed in this book. These strategies will become…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Knowledge Level, Skill Development, Vocational Education
Feng, Daming – Online Submission, 2005
In designing and implementing the pilot program of serving principal training, the author of this paper learned the experience from what E. Bridges and P. Hallinger did but didn't imitate fully, rather, created several new strategies because Chinese principals faced different situation from their American counterparts. The pilot program introduced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local Government, Teaching Methods, Educational Policy
Bridges, Edwin M. – 1992
In the Prospective Principals' Program at Stanford University, students are engaged in problem-based learning (PBL), a cooperative, small-group approach providing opportunities to resolve problems likely to confront real-world professionals. To illustrate PBL's background and rationale, chapter 1 briefly describes how the topic of teacher…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Walker, Doris McEwen – 1995
Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) School Leadership Project has adopted as a central educational strategy, problem based learning and its sub-model, problems of practice, in its program to prepare school leaders. Problems of practice is an active learning model that involves students in taking responsibility for their learning by immersing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Education, Certification, College Instruction