Describes the model, strategies, materials, and outcomes of Project CRAFT (Culturally Responsive and Family-focused Training), a training program in which culturally diverse family/professional teams were trained, supported, and mentored to provide inservice training on cultural competencies to service providers working with young children with…

Summarizes a report about professional credentials presented to the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA). Presents a rationale for the involvement of ASTA in the development of science teaching standards, a summary of the state of teacher evaluation, and a discussion of future options for ASTA's involvement in standards. (DDR)

To circumvent typical public schooling restrictions, an upstate New York middle school established a Lab School that functions outside the regular program. Lab School aims to provide practice in intellectual inquiry, delve into complex, demanding topics, create an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented curriculum, and experiment with assessment…

Examines images of principals' instructional leadership, based on 10 supervision textbooks published between 1985 and 1995. Textbooks portrayed principals as experts and superiors, teachers as deficient and voiceless, teaching as fixed technology, and supervision as a discrete intervention. Images of professional growth (stressing collegiality and…

This article responds to critiques of "Natural Supports in the Workplace: The Jury Is Still Out" (Test and Wood) by focusing on what was on trial, the need to define natural supports, the interaction between policy and practice, and implications of natural supports on personnel preparation. (CR)

Articles in this special issue on the theme of cognitive skills acquisition in lifelong learning begins with an analysis of cognitive skills, then moves to various methodologies and approaches for their effective acquisition, and concludes with a specific implementation of computer systems facilitating this acquisition. (AEF)

Describes a collaborative science research project designed to help build strong school and community relationships. Participating students joined with university scientists on a yearlong agriculturally-based research project to study the effect of marigolds on nematode management. (KHR)

This study examined and organized comments made by teachers participating in a variety of learning communities to sort a list of recommendations for future development of Web-based teachers' training, taking into consideration possible technological innovations. Organizes comments under a theoretical framework of scaffolding for professional…

Discusses the differential distribution of opportunities for professional development of science teachers in post-apartheid South Africa. Argues that northern/western ideas about teacher change and development are poorly suited to modeling practices. Proposes that evolutionary ideas on teacher change and development offer a more effective model of…

Rural middle school teachers were recruited and trained to implement Life Skills Training, an empirically-supported school-based prevention intervention to reduce student substance abuse and other problem behaviors. The teacher training model and classroom implementation focused on an interactive process designed to engage students in the…

Provides background information on the existing educational practices in early childhood education in Hong Kong, highlights issues that require attention in order to improve quality, and outlines reforms introduced by the Hong Kong Education Commission. Discusses the implications of these reforms and the associated challenges in the areas of…

Describes a professional development project to increase teachers' understanding of proportional reasoning, the thinking patterns associated with proportional reasoning, and the applications of proportional reasoning across the middle-grades curriculum. (YDS)

Explores reform improvements in teachers' subject matter knowledge. Discusses research and practices relating to subject matter knowledge growth among preservice and inservice teachers. (KHR)

Discusses the importance of lifelong learning for music teachers, addressing the reasons why teachers should seek new professional ideas and experiences, such as advances in technology and the influence of the national standards. Explains the process for planning lifelong learning experiences. Includes exercises to facilitate the goal-setting…

Addresses the problem that teachers are still hesitant to use technology for teaching and learning. Proposes that action research can be an effective professional development strategy to show teachers how to use computer technology in their classrooms. Suggests that since action research provides a structure for reflective practice, it can…