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Download full textJarrett, Denise, Ed. – Northwest Teacher, 2000
This publication features articles that illustrate how several Northwest teachers are using problem solving to achieve rigorous and imaginative learning in their classrooms. Articles include: (1) "Open-Ended Problem Solving: Weaving a Web of Ideas" (Denise Jarrett); (2) "Teenager or Tyke, Students Learn Best by Tackling Challenging Math" (Suzie…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Integrated Activities
Jorgensen, Cheryl M.; And Others – CISP Issue Brief, 1997
This report analyzes how curriculum, especially current standards-based reform efforts relating to curriculum, are impacting students with disabilities in inclusive settings. Curriculum is defined as both the content and methods a teacher uses to plan and conduct a class. The issue brief contrasts two different high school social studies programs…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Change
Richey, Nancy, Ed.; Byrom, Elizabeth, Ed.; Bingham, Margaret, Ed.; Guerrero, Jeanne, Ed.; Thrift, Beth, Ed.; Holton, Brook, Ed. – NewsWire, 2001
This document contains five issues of "NewsWire," a newsletter created for the SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium (SEIR-TEC). Topics addressed in these issues include: leadership and educational technology; technology program development; resources for teaching and learning with technology; U.S. Department…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Administration, Educational Resources, Educational Technology
Kaplan, Matthew, Ed.; Lieberman, Devorah, Ed. – To Improve the Academy, 2000
The year 2000 volume of this annual publication contains 18 articles on issues relating to organizational change, collaboration and partnerships, and teaching and faculty development in higher education. The articles are: "Diversity and Its Discontents: Rays of Light in the Faculty Development Movement for Faculty of Color" (Edith A.…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, College Instruction, Diversity (Faculty)
Lenze, Lisa Firing – NEA Higher Education Research Center Update, 1996
In higher education, there is an increasing emphasis on development of discipline-specific pedagogical knowledge among faculty, whose central precept is the interconnectedness of content and teaching method. Some college and university faculty development centers have begun providing services in this area. The University of Washington's Center for…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Consultation Programs, Departments, Educational Principles
Lenze, Lisa Firing – NEA Higher Education Research Center Update, 1996
Research on the effectiveness of specific strategies for faculty and instructional development at the college level is reviewedd, focusing on five delivery strategies: (1) workshops; (2) instructional consultation; (3) grants for instructional improvement; (4) colleague collaboration; and (5) print resources. In each case, the strategy is…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Consultation Programs, Faculty Development, Grants
Education Week, 1993
Six articles by Lynn Olson, published in various issues of "Education Week" starting in January 1993 and ending May 1995, describe a Maryland project to improve elementary education in the State: (1) "Winning NASDC (New American Schools Development Corporation) Project Takes Flight" (the basic skills children need to succeed in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Webb, Rodman B.; And Others – Florida Educational Research and Development Council, Inc. Research Bulletin, 1983
This manual presents a program of instruction, the Basic Skills Instructional System, which coordinates a number of teaching strategies into a single instructional system. Section 1 describes the organizational phase of the system: (1) teacher expectation; (2) resistance from low achieving students; (3) avoiding confrontations; (4) management of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Instructional Development
Watts, Gordon E., Ed. – Journal of Staff, Program & Organization Development, 1984
"The Journal of Staff, Program and Organization Development" is published quarterly as a medium for the exchange of information, both practical and theoretical, regarding the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of practices and programs related to the effective and efficient functioning of institutions of higher education and the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Carpenter, Don A., Ed. – Focus: A Forum on Teaching and Learning in Utah Community and Technical Colleges. Volume 2, 1983
A series of articles is presented on teaching and learning in Utah community and technical colleges. After an editorial comment by J. Marvin Higbee on the goals and purposes of the Utah Association of Community Colleges, V. Lowell Hansen discusses the role of the technical instructor in the information society of the 1980's. Next, Ace G.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Roueche, Suanne D., Ed. – Innovation Abstracts, 1997
The 52 abstracts in these 29 serial issues describe innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the community college. Sample topics include a checklist for conference presenters, plan to retain students, faculty home page, improvements in writing instruction, cooperative learning, support for high risk students, competitive colleges and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedBorman, Kathryn M., Ed.; O'Reilly, Patricia, Ed. – Educational Foundations, 1991
This theme issue of the serial "Educational Foundations" contains five articles devoted to the "Images of the Foundations." In "Through the Disarray of Social Foundations: Some Some Notes Toward a New Social Foundations" (Erwin V. Johanningmeier) traces developments in the field and challenges a move beyond the images…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Foundations of Education, Higher Education, Instructional Development
Acheson, Keith A.; Smith, Stuart C. – OSSC Bulletin, 1986
Instructional leadership is leadership that is directly related to the processes of instruction where teachers, learners, and the curriculum interact. These three elements constitute the domains of the instructional process. The principal alone often cannot be effective in the supervisory role because of lack of time, lack of specific training and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Instructor Coordinators, Leadership
Roueche, Suanne D., Ed. – Innovation Abstracts, 1992
This series of 30 one- to two-page abstracts covering 1992 highlights a variety of innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the community college. Topics covered in the abstracts include: (1) faculty recognition and orientation; (2) the Amado M. Pena, Jr., Scholarship Program; (3) innovative teaching techniques, with individual abstracts…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Hughes, Maria; Gray, Sue – FE Matters, 1998
In 1996, small and medium-sized enterprises constituted 99% of all businesses in the United Kingdom in all but the electricity, gas, and water supply sector, providing 46% of nongovernment employment. SMEs' concern with day-to-day demands leaves them with limited time and resources to consider their training needs. Although providing support and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Delivery Systems
