This group of classroom tips discusses the benefits of peer coaching, peer group conversation about teachers' classroom experiences, using visual displays for collegial sharing, using cultural brokers in educational settings, and the role of picture books in developing literacy skills in diverse students with disabilities. (Author/CK)

Relates curriculum change theory to changes in vocational education and training. Defines dissemination as a central strategy in the change process. Examines the role of top-down educational management and bottom-up teacher collaboration in the change process. (Author/SK)

Discusses current middle school reform efforts and the need to change significantly the structure and practice of middle school education. Examines three practices that hold great promise for meeting the increasingly diverse needs of middle school students (and that boost each others' effectiveness): teacher collaboration, block scheduling, and…

Examines the evolution of a cooperative teaching effort between a general and a special education teacher who team taught kindergarten students with disabilities in a general education classroom. The obstacles they faced and their successes are recounted through excerpts from an open-ended, non-directed journal each kept, accompanied by interviews…

Discusses changes taking place in higher education as a result of incorporating new technologies that affect teaching and learning. Topics include linking pedagogy with technology; the institution's responsibility to distinguish between elements that should be transformed by technology and those that should be preserved; curricular collaboration;…

Draws on three intensive case studies of teacher knowledge, practice, and learning among teachers of mathematics and English in two high schools in order to examine the problem of how classroom teaching practice comes to be known, shared, and developed among teachers through their out-of-classroom interactions. The article also discusses classroom…

Used surveys, interviews, site visits, and achievement data to examine one district's development of school-based communities of instructional practice to improve teaching and increase achievement. Team-based teachers felt more involved in school-related decisions and reported higher levels of collaboration with peers than non-team-based teachers.…

Describes the Japanese professional development practice of lesson study and its articulation within the Japanese educational system, discussing insights gained from research that explored the feasibility of lesson study in a U.S. setting, noting challenges faced by American teachers trying to adopt the research focus that is inherent in lesson…

Presents a history of beginning teacher mentoring, discussing what has been effective and suggesting that the best mentor programs provide funding, time, and expertise. Tips for success include: integrate mentoring with the school community, define "new teacher" and "mentor" broadly, maximize mentor training and ongoing support, and continue…

Assessed student teachers' views of a collaborative cohort experience where four faculty members provided seamless instruction to illustrate effective collaboration. Data surveys and focus groups indicated that, in contrast to campus-based instruction, the collaborative cohort model improved preservice teachers' attitudes toward integrating…

The nature of collaboration in an inclusive classroom and the types of collaborative relationships that will assist the general education teacher in teaching students with disabilities are described. Collaboration is defined and collaborative relationships with special education teachers, parents, paraprofessionals, principals, and ancillary…

A survey of 19 past presidents of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children investigated what they believed would be and would not be important in the future, and the trends in teacher education that concerned them. Results found inclusion, diversity, and teacher collaboration to be dominant themes. (Author/CR)

The principal of a traditional high school in upstate New York asked faculty to reexamine the school schedule. After considerable debate, teachers decided to rotate class time so that no one suffered the afterlunch slump or day's-end rowdiness in a single class. Having gained confidence, a permanent teacher committee has added time blocks and…

Examines how experienced teachers are trained to act as support providers, understandings they glean from the training, and their interpretation and presentation of these understandings during interactions with beginning teachers. The paper explains that the link between support providers and beginning teachers is the core of the induction…

Using an interview methodology, this study examined how three primary schools in Peterborough, England, worked to develop collaborative cultures, handle children with emotional and behavioral difficulties in a respectful and empowering manner, and ameliorate the emotional consequences for staff. Key themes are the roles adopted by headteachers and…