Assesses technology and its use in Georgia public elementary schools, as well as teachers' technology training needs. Findings indicate: computers are prevalent in the schools, teachers use them largely for administrative tasks, instead of as an integral part of instruction, and staff development courses reinforce this use because the majority of…

Focuses on decisionmaking about delivery media, and introduces CADDI's Performance-based, Accelerated, Customer-Stakeholder-driven Training & Development(SM) (PACT) Processes for training and development (T&D). Describes the media decisions that correspond with the design three levels of PACT: Curriculum Architecture Design, Modular Curriculum…

Presents techniques for developing a communication plan, or awareness plan, for education and corporate change programs. Discusses three basic components: message definition, audience definition, and the event plan. Addresses communicating for cultural change; communicating for management support; and communication influence on system design.…

Considers the learning theories that support work-based learning and how these have been used to develop an MA in Management. The mode of the study for this Masters is wholly by work-based learning. The course was offered for the first time in September 1998 and to date 50 students have enrolled. This article outlines the course and considers some…

Competency-based pay provides an incentive for employees to enhance their capacity for performing their jobs. Salary increases are not linked to past performance, but to future professional growth to meet increasingly higher expectations. Discussions to identify key teaching competencies must precede implementation. (MLH)

Assesses the influence of three history of science (HOS) courses on college students' and preservice teachers' conceptions of nature of science (NOS). Examines whether participants who entered the investigated courses with a conceptual framework consistent with contemporary NOS views achieved more elaborate NOS understandings. Explores the aspects…

In a partnership with a technology magnet junior high, preservice teachers mentored public school students through an electronic learning community, an e-Professional Development School. The approach blends critical thinking, problem solving, and the Internet to help preservice teachers articulate their vision of teaching in a technology-driven…

Presents a way to help English as a Second Language (ESL) students make the transition to mainstream English classes that mitigates many of the problems these students encounter. Suggests that high school English teachers need professional development to relate their instructional and assessment practices to what is known about second-language…

Discusses types of authority (bureaucratic, personal, technical-rational, professional, moral, cultural, and ideological) and their implications for teacher supervision. Supervision is a helping profession, in service of the teacher. The heart of supervision lies in its relationships and its mission to improve the total teaching/learning…

Investigates how distance learning (DL) can be designed to meet the high demand of professional workforce development of knowledge workers (non-programmed, self-managed) in the 21st century. Addresses issues related to curricula reengineering and explains customization of learning environments. Examines how DL can be a viable tool for providing…

Explored Scottish clinicians' perceptions of the workplace as an environment for learning. In-depth interviews with junior and senior clinicians revealed the process through which novice clinicians become part of a "community of practice" and their senior colleagues continue to learn in an environment, which poses fewer professional…

Provides an overview of current staff development practices and procedures in Kenya and suggests that teachers and head teachers need staff development opportunities to grow professionally, although current inservice training programs in Kenya are skewed to meet the needs of only a few teachers. Discusses the role of the head teacher in…

Surveyed 245 New Jersey teachers to provide a baseline for examining how the introduction of state standards and assessments affects the teaching of mathematics and science in fourth grade. Changes in the delivery of professional development have not yet resulted in substantial changes in instructional practice. (SLD)

Discusses two series of professional books (dealing with an integrated approach to literacy instruction and using poetry to help children feel the music of language) as well as three poetry collections that will be of interest to both teachers and teacher educators. (SR)

Describes some of the history of portfolios and how to develop a portfolio to assist learning or for professional development purposes. Discusses some of the current thinking about the use of portfolios for formal assessment. Contains 29 references. (DDR)