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Bourn, Douglas – Development Education Research Centre, 2014
Development education and global learning, whilst being part of the landscape of education in England for over thirty years, have to date not had a high profile. What the terms mean, and their value and contribution to educational goals, have been described and defined in only a handful of publications. The introduction of the Global Learning…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Global Education, Global Approach, Agenda Setting
Robb, Laura – 2000
An effective teacher must continue to learn, problem-solve, and respond to the evolving needs of his or her students. Ideally a culture of inquiry, reflection, and self-evaluation should develop. Voluntary inquiry-based reflection identifies problems and issues within a school and allows teachers and administrators to develop professional study…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inquiry, Reflective Teaching
Copeland, Glenda; Finley, Sandra; Ferguson, Chris; Aldarette, Karen – 2000
This publication presents a collection of tools that promote instructional coherence. It focuses on the importance of teachers collaborating to develop a deeper understanding of how children learn and exploring relationships between teaching and learning. Coherence leads to improved educational experiences for learners as teachers make their…
Descriptors: Coherence, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Collay, Michelle; Dunlap, Diane; Enloe, Walter; Gagnon, George W., Jr. – 1998
This book shows how learning circles (small groups of learners who come together to support each other in learning) can make great improvements in teaching quality. Teachers can form learning circles based on six key conditions that promote healthy communities of learners and successful professional development. The six conditions are (1) building…
Descriptors: Community, Cultural Awareness, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Cowan, John – 1998
This book is intended to be a practical guide to the encouragement of reflection in teaching and learning within the context of the British higher education system. The book emphasizes the use of questions for focus; the use of examples to answer the questions; more generalized discussions based on the examples; the use of ordinary language…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Innovation, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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Nummedal, Susan G. – Innovative Higher Education, 1996
Based on a classroom teaching incident described elsewhere in the issue, use of reflective teaching to improve college instruction is discussed. Ways in which the professor's changing understanding of the teaching situation can be deepened by teacher-directed assessment in such a context and, in turn, inform future classroom research, are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Yendol-Silva, Diane – 2003
This how-to guide to classroom inquiry takes educators through the process step-by-step, from beginning to end, answering critical questions on developing the research plan, collecting and analyzing the data, and writing and publishing the results. Seven chapters include: (1) "Teacher Inquiry Defined" (e.g., what teacher inquiry is and how it…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Educational Research
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Gillespie, Michael L. – Innovative Higher Education, 1996
Four lines of thought in philosophy that support the use of case studies and narratives to promote reflective teaching at the college level are examined. The four concepts include reflective practice or reflection in action; practical wisdom (contrasted with abstract wisdom); use of concrete cases for rational, practical decision making; and a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Decision Making
Burton, Diana; Bartlett, Steve – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005
This book considers education policy throughout the 1990s. It outlines curriculum innovation, teacher professionalism and school improvement. Whitty evaluates Labour education policy in terms of its fostering of social justice and inclusion. Though challenging, this is an interesting book for those working in education who are seeking a political…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Politics of Education, Research Methodology, Biographies
Kinginger, Celeste – 1998
An instructional module designed to help prepare college-level teaching assistants (TAs) for their duties in second language instruction is presented. The purpose of this module is to assist TAs in integrating what they are learning about teaching methods, language acquisition, and the nature of the profession. There are five parts, each…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Shimabukuro, Gini – 1998
This book provides a reflective process through which teachers may consider their distinctness as educators in a Catholic school. After an overview that discusses the ideal Catholic school teacher, the book focuses on five themes: Teacher as Community Builder; Teacher as Committed to Lifelong Spiritual Growth; Teacher as Committed to Lifelong…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Consciousness Raising, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Taggart, Germaine L.; Wilson, Alfred P. – 1998
This guide provides teacher educators and staff developers with strategies to enhance the reflective thinking abilities of preservice and inservice educators. Strategies for reflective thinking are approached at three levels: technical, contextual, and dialectical. Within each level, strategies have been field tested with populations of preservice…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Newton, Anne; And Others – 1994
The goals of the five chapters in this guide are to help both new and experienced educators develop as reflective practitioners and to integrate a mentoring program into the fabric of a school's community. The first chapter discusses adult learning and development, reflective practice, change, and diversity. The second chapter presents an overview…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Guidelines, Inservice Teacher Education
Ash, Tom – 1993
The purpose of the documents in this series is to provide educators in Saskatchewan with practical and relevant guides to teaching and learning as a means of expanding or refining teaching repertoires. This booklet explores reflection, a form of problem solving in which one tries better to understand and solve problems or concerns of personal…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gillespie, Diane – Innovative Higher Education, 1996
One college teacher's narrative of events and interactions within her classroom, focusing on differing perceptions of racial issues and ethnicity, is used to illustrate the value of narrative as a means of reflecting on teaching practice. It is argued that narrative allows the storyteller to explore self-identity by configuring personal events…
Descriptors: Blacks, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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