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Direct linkWennergren, Ann-Christine; Ronnerman, Karin – Educational Action Research, 2006
This article describes a national school improvement project involving five compulsory schools for hard-of-hearing pupils, located in different parts of Sweden. Using action research, the teachers tried to change the communication patterns among the pupils by changing their own classroom practices, In this process the teachers tested and used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Professional Development, Educational Change
Download full textEib, B. J.; Miller, Pam – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
When faculty development is viewed as an ongoing need and when we approach faculty development as a long-term, continuous effort, community building becomes a part of the process. Carefully designed faculty development approaches can facilitate and create a culture that supports a thoughtful focus on teaching, while at the same time, nurture a…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Open Universities, Collegiality, Foreign Countries
Norstrom, Bjorn – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2006
Ever since technology became a major component in education, schools have been charged with teaching and integrating technology to enhance learning and ensure technology literacy. However, there is still no consistent definition, process, or assessment in place, leading to concerns about accountability. Because technology standards are seemingly…
Descriptors: Industry, Federal Legislation, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Foster, David; Noyce, Pendred – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
In this article, the authors describe a collaborative effort involving 30 school districts in California's Silicon Valley that are seeking to overcome the ill effects of mandatory high-stakes standardized testing in mathematics. These districts administer, score, and analyze a common set of performance assessments in mathematics in a way that…
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods
Christiansen, Helen; Laplante, Bernard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
This article reports on a study of pre-service French immersion teachers who were required to compile second language (L2) portfolios as part of their professional development. Documents included a brief biography of the students' lives as speakers and learners of French; an action plan in which students assessed their L2 proficiency and set…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Bishop, Keith; Denleg, Paul – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
This article examines the impact of the "new professionalism" on the culture of professional development of science teachers. In the era of "new professionalism" there is an expectation that teachers will engage in professional development, but rather than encouraging an intrinsic desire to learn as professionals, it promotes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Educational Policy
San Francisco, Andrea Rolla; Arias, Melissa; Villers, Renata – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2005
High-quality early childhood education has been shown to improve school outcomes in several developing and developed nations. The history of policy around pre-school education in Costa Rica is described as background to presenting cross-sectional data on the emergent literacy skills of low-income Costa Rican children in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Articulation (Education), Foreign Countries
Huffman, Douglas; Lawrenz, Frances; Thomas, Kelli; Clarkson, Lesa – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
Building the evaluation capacity of K-12 schools is clearly an important goal for the field of evaluation, especially in the current educational environment, which is dominated by issues of accountability and high-stakes testing. The focus on student achievement has forced schools to become more data-driven as they attempt to analyze test scores…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Graduate Students, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Warren, Wendy Zagray – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
This article presents a teacher's story regarding the necessity of a laws such as Indian Education for All (IEFA). According to the law, all school personnel are expected to "gain an understanding of and appreciation for the American Indian people." It is deeply rooted in democracy and reflects so much of what the teachers believe about…
Descriptors: School Personnel, American Indian Culture, Democracy, American Indian Education
Zhou, George; Varnhagen, Stanley; Sears, Myrna R.; Kasprzak, Susan; Shervey, Gail – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2007
The purpose of this study was to evaluate an online professional development course for inservice teachers in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) and concurrently explore the factors that influence online professional development. The study integrated quantitative and qualitative methods including survey, focus group and…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Hezel Associates (NJ1), 2007
PBS TeacherLine, an initiative funded under the U.S. Department of Education's Ready To Teach program, is designed to provide high-quality online professional development for K-12 teachers. Through the first five-year grant cycle, ending in 2005, PBS TeacherLine produced approximately 100 online facilitated courses in reading, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Public Television, Federal Programs, Professional Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Democracy & Civic Engagement: Implications for Teacher Preparation and a National Agenda for Inquiry
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2007
This volume discusses the ways in which teacher preparation programs around the country are actively embracing civic education from the belief that teacher education is inherently tied to both the preparation of civil servants and the work of preparing citizens. In the field of education, specifically the work of preparing teachers, there has been…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Action Research, Democracy
Beffa-Negrini, Patricia A.; Cohen, Nancy L.; Laus, Mary Jane; McLandsborough, Lynne A. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2007
Secondary science teachers who integrate food safety (FS) into curricula can provide FS knowledge and skills to youth while reinforcing science skills and concepts. National science education standards and the Biological Science Curriculum Study 5E Inquiry-based Learning Model were used to design an online training, Food Safety FIRST. The training…
Descriptors: Safety, Web Based Instruction, Food Standards, Pretests Posttests
Austin, Katherine A.; Lawson, William D.; Holder, Eric – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2007
This study compares the efficacy of interactive video (ITV) delivered instruction to traditional course instruction in three distinct learning environments: traditional face-to-face format, ITV host (instructor present), and ITV distant (instructor not physically present) sites. Data were obtained from a half-day professional development course…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Retention (Psychology), Professional Development, Interactive Video
Smolin, Louanne; Lawless, Kimberly; Dede, Chris; Jones, Steve; Johnson-Yale, Camille; Perez, Francisco Seoane; Schuler, Jessica; Pellegrino, James W.; Goldman, Susan R.; Bertenthal, Meryl; Lawless, Kimberly; Vrasidas, Charalambos; Glass, Gene V.; Haertel, Geneva D.; Means, Barbara; Penuel, William; Goldmann, Hilary; Warschauer, Mark; Tettegah, Sharon; Whang, Eun Won; Collins, Nakia; Taylor, Kona; Vasquez, Olga A.; Burbules, Nicholas C. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2007
There is little dispute that technology has transformed people's everyday lives. People shop online, download news in their iPods, communicate via text and video, take digital photos, and conduct all manner of personal and professional business via the Internet. While these technologies have afforded new opportunities to improve efficiency,…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Access to Information, Educational Change, Educational Technology
