This article discusses the characteristics of "positive behavior support," the incorporation of families as collaborators rather than helpers, the ecological validity of positive behavior support, outcomes that stress changes in lifestyle that permit inclusion in community-based activities from which the student was formerly excluded,…

This response to several commentaries on a successful behavior support plan that was used to address the challenging behaviors of a 9-year-old boy with severe disabilities focuses on the importance of multiple perspectives and multiple research methodologies, the benefit and challenge of parent partnerships, and issues related to practice and…

A quality circle of four nursing students (student management team) represented class concerns to faculty at biweekly meetings. Students felt it increased their sense of course ownership and created a positive perception of faculty concern for their learning. (SK)

Argues that college trustees and administrators must move beyond their image as docile and weak followers, and learn how to follow the leader they have chosen. Five follower types are identified, focusing on the characteristics and responsibilities of "exceptional" followers, who work closely with the leader and actively participate in decision…

In Study 1, 439 students identified individual attributes that contributed to team performance. In Study 2, 287 students rated attributes desirable and necessary to know about team members as well as their invasiveness. The more invasive items were also considered the most necessary to know about prospective team members. (Contains 51 references.)…

Employers like the problem-solving approach of technology education because it develops team building, discipline, content and process, knowledge of the capitalist system, and multidisciplinary skills. (JOW)

Discussion of multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders involved in the production of electronic learning materials focuses on a constructivist methodology for course design. Explains concept mapping that provided the basis for an electronic learning development project at the University of Surrey (United Kingdom) and includes examples of concept…

This paper presents and discusses an experiential learning-based team-based assignment, which makes extensive use of information and communication technology available in Blackboard. Student teams, composed of mature, post-experience graduate students in a knowledge management class, were asked to perform a task requiring creativity and then to…

The old adage that "they won't care until they know we care" is pretty accurate in education. This is true of the staff as well as the students, their parents and the community. The highest-achieving classrooms are ones where the students trust, respect and care about their teacher because that teacher trusts, respects, cares about and expects…

This qualitative analysis of 50 couples explored how gender equality is related to the construction of motherhood in their day-to-day interactions. Results identified two models of mothering: (a) mothering as a gendered talent and (b) mothering as conscious collaboration. The first model perpetuated gender inequality through a recursive…

Questions about how best to deploy teaching assistants (TAs) are particularly opposite given the greatly increasing numbers of TAs in British schools and given findings about the difficulty effecting adult teamwork in classrooms. In six classrooms, three models of team organisation and planning for the work of teaching assistants -- "room…

This chapter defines key terms and orients readers to the ideas explored in the rest of this volume.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires inclusive education to the maximum extent appropriate, students with special needs be educated in the "least restrictive environment" (LRE). The scope of inclusive education practice continues to evolve as new technologies and innovative instructional methods emerge.

The author delivers a powerful argument for development of a team approach to literacy leadership, concluding that "Schools that develop a framework for shared literacy leadership become collegial communities of instructional practice where learning is the shared responsibility of all members. These are schools where teaching and learning are…

This paper discusses the implementation of an intergenerational service-learning (IS-L) project with a mentorship component for graduate students at Western Michigan University's Gerontology Program. Two classes of students, one graduate and one undergraduate, taking introductory gerontology courses were brought together to complete IS-L projects…