Examines factors leading to the growth in direct response marketing; elements that differentiate direct response marketing from marketing as a whole; and workshops designed for educators to develop curriculum in direct response marketing. (CT)

Reports findings concerning (1) identification of inservice needs of teachers, (2) the effects of different styles of inservice programs, and (3) an evaluation of the impact of inservice programs. (Author/RH)

Conceptualization of staff development and a more direct role by school districts are inexorably linked to any effort to achieve greater accountability in staff development. (Author/RK)

Fourteen teachers were surveyed following a professional development trip to Zimbabwe and one year later. Ratings of the experience remained at the same high level after a year. Nearly 50% more reported changes in behavior after one year than did immediately after the trip. (SK)

Describes a professional development initiative based on implementing Japanese lesson study in a U.S. school. Japanese teachers acted as lesson study coaches. Researchers documented processes engaged in by participants. There were many crucial differences between groups. American teachers found it difficult to sustain a vision of teaching as a…

Offers suggestions for administrators to make the opening of a new school year less stressful: induction for new teachers, mentoring, inservice training throughout the year, orientation for returning teachers, and focus on the students. (JOW)

Examined how South African teachers enrolled in an inservice program had adopted learner-centered practices, introducing the notions of forms and substance in learner- centered teaching and describing how they were developed in the program. Data from classroom observations and interviews indicated that such teacher characteristics as prior…

United States educators assisted Czech educators in conducting critical-thinking workshops for Czech teachers. An appropriate definition of critical thinking was formulated and five teaching methods were presented: logic, critical reading, critical listening, rhetoric, and grammar (exemplary use of language). (SK)

An inservice teacher certification program was team taught and focused on mixed ability groups and integrated instructional technology. The mix of individual and collaborative approaches was considered the key to success. (SK)

Describes Critical Friends Group process for helping teachers improve teaching and student learning through collaborative feedback and problem-solving activities. (PKP)

This article summarizes findings from a research review of professional development for teachers of students from traditionally underrepresented populations, including those from diverse cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Questions addressed in this review include: (a) What constitutes professional development for teachers of…

This study examined the International Education and Resource Network Science Technology and Math (iEARN-STM) online professional development course. The study used the constructivist framework as the conceptual model to examine the way in which the constructivist theory has shaped the design and implementation of the course, as reflected by the…

This book presents a schoolwide model of instructional support designed to make the most of available time, resources, and personnel--one that is also fully compatible with other problem-solving models, such as response to intervention. The authors provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for linking assessment and intervention. They show…

Each year, Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization, facilitates the Speak Up National Research Project and, as part of this initiative, tracks the growing student, educator and parent interest in digital learning, and how the nation's schools and districts are addressing that interest with innovative ways to use technology in…

A professional development experience for science and mathematics teachers that included coaches was provided for ten science and math teachers. This professional development experience had the teachers develop a lesson that utilized the engineering context to teach a science or mathematics concept through guided inquiry as an instructional…