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Better Feedback for Better Teaching: A Practical Guide to Improving Classroom Observations
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Archer, Jeff; Cantrell, Steve; Holtzman, Steven L.; Joe, Jilliam N.; Tocci, Cynthia M.; Wood, Jess – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2016
In this book the authors explain how to build, and over time improve, the elements of an observation system that equips all observers to identify and develop effective teaching. It is based on the collective knowledge of key partners in the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project--which carried out one of the largest-ever studies of classroom…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Observation, Teacher Evaluation
Effective Training for Millennial Students
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Werth, Eric P.; Werth, Loredana – Adult Learning, 2011
A generational shift is occurring in training environments worldwide, a shift that promises to bring with it a dramatic and long-lasting impact. Just as years ago, those of the Baby Boomer generation passed the torch to Generation X, today the process is starting anew with Generation X and those who have come to be known as the Millennials.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Generational Differences, Training
Are We Paying Lip Service to Training New School Board Members?
Everett, R. E.; Sloan, Charles A. – 1984
School board members usually have great power but little training. The literature supports the need for orientation and inservice training. A survey of a random sample of newly elected board members and superintendents in Illinois revealed a difference between the two groups in perception of training. Apparently superintendents believe that more…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Manual on Cost-Effectiveness of Training Modalities in Population Education. Population Education Programme Service Series.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1988
This manual is the result of a regional training workshop on the cost-effectiveness of different training strategies in population education by Unesco in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 1-8, 1987. The purpose of the manual is to enable project staff to initiate studies to determine cost-effective training strategies in population growth control education.…
Descriptors: College Science, Family Planning, Higher Education, Overpopulation
Understanding Facilitation: Theory and Principles.
Hogan, Christine – 2002
This book introduces newcomers to the concept of facilitation, and it presents a critical analysis of established and current theory on facilitation for existing practitioners. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) emergence of the field of facilitation; (2) development of facilitation in management; (3) development of facilitation in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Educational Principles
Utah Work-Based Learning Manual.
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Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 2002
This document presents materials to assist Utah school personnel who are initiating, implementing, or improving work-based learning opportunities for students. The document presents detailed guidelines for creating and maintaining work-based learning systems in schools and resource materials for improving existing work-based opportunities. Formal…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Career Counseling, Compliance (Legal)