Examined the use of online collaborative consultation in providing social, emotional, practical, and professional support to beginning teachers. Beginning and experienced teachers and teacher educators communicated via an email list over 6 months. Qualitative and quantitative data indicated that these discussions provided teachers opportunities to…

Describes Web conferencing in a staff development program for lecturers at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), designed to enhance the quality of learner support in higher education through the use of learning technologies. Highlights include use of the Web conference; perceived usability; appropriate use; and whether it influenced…

Explores efforts to reform physical education, noting why they might not have succeeded in the past; examining the general and physical education reform literature with attention to the current standards, assessment, and accountability reform movement prevalent in most states; developing themes facilitating South Carolina's effort to gain support…

Describes and examines the nature of the Balanced Scorecard as a conceptual framework and as a management information tool. Identifies and discusses the potential and the limitations of the approach in a school context. Outlines a research agenda. (Contains 3 figures and 33 references.) (AUTHOR/WFA)

Discusses the New Faculty Orientation (NFO) program developed at St. Louis Community College, Missouri. Reports that about 35% of the college's 430 full-time faculty retired between 1999 and 2002, and the trend is expected to continue. Describes the NFO as a yearlong program that includes an intensive week of activities and the completion of a…

Describes advantages of using learning objects for technology-supported instruction, with a focus on higher education. Explores why teachers would want to use them, and explains how to facilitate their use. Emphasizes effective implementation of existing learning objects, rather than the separate issue of designing learning objects. (AEF)

Examined how elementary educators conceptualized time with respect to their work, particularly professional development activities. Interviews with teachers and staff found eight dimensions of time and three underlying themes (connections between life-worlds and teaching, school as a time-based economy, and strategies for using time according to…

Describes the development and organization of Care Teams, an in-service program designed by the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri, to help elementary school staff deal with students from dysfunctional families. Indicates that the project works with psychologists from Saint Louis University and the community. Reviews key elements of the Teams'…

Presents a rationale for student affairs professionals to serve as campus consultants on learning. Identifies particular areas in which they can work with students and faculty as consultants and also provides examples. Discusses assessment, student peer groups, conflict resolution, faculty development, student learning, collaborative efforts, and…

The authors argue that faculty development is a crucial aspect of curriculum reform in general education. This article describes 10 principles for conducting successful faculty development, including: (1) identifying key people; (2) helping faculty listen to each other; (3) focusing on students; (4) encouraging faculty to accept responsibility for…

Surveyed Egyptian secondary science and mathematics teachers following a 12-week inservice in the United Kingdom regarding their views on barriers to changing their classroom practice and what changes they have introduced or can introduce to their practice. Overall, demands of final examinations were the most important inhibitor, and the…

Discusses instructor-training techniques developed for graduate students teaching large introductory science courses. Describes the training materials developed for laboratory-centered introductory chemistry, including e-mail, written cases, and real classroom scenarios captured on videotape. Reports that outcomes of the training indicate that…

Compared two groups of preservice teachers participating in a field experience based on cooperating/mentor teachers' supervisory practice. Both groups received traditional orientation to student teaching and supervision. The experimental group's teachers had received in-depth training in supervision using the Praxis III/Pathwise framework. Results…

Describes a method for teaching writing based on a psychodynamic theoretical orientation and critiques other conceptualizations. Gives examples of the hermeneutic dialogue that teaches writing through an interpretive exchange between student and instructor. Explores the difficulties with this method as well as others reviewed. (Author/NL)

The University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry, has begun the process of evaluating a strategic plan through the design of a performance evaluation system. Renovation of the predoctoral curriculum focused on decompressing the curriculum, adding flexibility, and improving basic science instruction and the clinical experience. (MLW)