Courses in curriculum and instruction representing philosophical, design and evaluation, and professional development orientations are cited. It is suggested that a general tendency in all of these courses appears to be away from description and analysis and toward the development of skills of design, evaluation, and instruction. (SF)

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) offers members the AGB Board Mentor Service to assist trustees and their chief executives in conducting a workshop to assess and improve board performance. The service is one-time, maximum-impact, and designed to encourage boards to continue improving. (JMD)

Presents a student's eye view of science education. The views emerged from a three-year research and evaluation study carried out at the Manchester Metropolitan University in England that involved preservice primary teachers. (DDR)

Questions some of the traditional assumptions regarding the necessity of objectivity and research in art education writing. Suggests a number of innovative approaches, including intentional ambiguity, determined analogy, myth, comic books, and intentional paradox. Maintains that art is subjective, and it should not try to imitate other…

Discusses the potential extension of awareness-raising techniques to the wider concerns of English as a professional language for teachers. The article reports on the issues raised in a workshop exploring the nature and scope of English as a professional language held at the Dublin Conference for Language Awareness. (22 references) (Author/CK)

The School of Post-Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) of the University of Greenwich (London), whose main purpose is to provide initial training and professional development for teachers, trainers, and lectures, provides a distance-learning program. This article discusses the program and the piloting of a groupware product that permits…

Contrasts traditional professional development and a teacher-as-researcher project implemented at the Saint Francis de Sales School for the Deaf. Discusses ways the project influenced the professional development of teachers, the effects on the school community of group collaboration among diverse professional staff, support mechanisms required,…

Describes a contractually negotiated income/leisure substitution provision commonly used in Canada. The deferred-salary leave plan gives teachers greater control over their work lives by letting them set aside monies to underwrite future leaves of absence. The plan may help teachers alleviate job stress, offset increased demands of reform…

Identifies the Internet as a rich source of materials that provide alternative avenues for learning that are independent of time and distance constraints. Provides tips for searching for information concerning continuing education, research, and professional associations. Includes list of on-line resources, listservs and newsgroups, and selected…

Presents findings from extensive interviews with faculty, administrators, and staff describing how Miami-Dade Community College serves its multiracial and multicultural district through curriculum design, professional development, and hiring policies. Argues that diversity is a characteristic of quality education. Contains 34 references. (JDI)

Argues that other kinds of student diversity such as academic, economic, and social rather than demographic will play a greater role in community colleges in the future. Also looks at the implications of these varying types of diversity in the area of counseling. Contains two data tables. (JDI)

Discusses the use of case studies in the development of professional competence for students in a colloquium in Business Administration at Boricua College, New York (New York). The case study provides an integration of elements that develops personal and professional values in addition to subject content knowledge. (SLD)

Six rural Pennsylvania school districts and three colleges have installed standardized distance-learning classrooms and are now collaborating seamlessly as information providers and receivers. Misericordia College offers an advanced-placement college-level credit program and professional development seminars for teachers in the participating…

Because working nurses found it impossible to take time off to become professionally qualified, Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology (Scotland) converted its conventionally taught course into a distance course with six self-contained modules, each covering two or three subject areas and lasting four or five weeks. Describes the conversion…

Considers whether the role of the school library media specialist is that of teacher or administrator and discusses how media specialists can be proactive leaders. Topics include collaborating with teachers, serving on committees, communicating with the principal, attending professional conferences, volunteering in professional organizations, and…