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Ravitz, Jason – Buck Institute for Education, 2008
In the fall of 2007, the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) conducted a national survey of high school reform and project based learning (PBL). The study included teachers from several major high school reform networks that emphasize PBL as an instructional approach: New Tech High, High Tech High, Edvision Schools, and Envision Schools. It also…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Projects, School Restructuring, Active Learning
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Zuljan, Milena Valencic – Educational Studies, 2007
In the first part of this paper, conceptions of trainee teachers are defined, together with their importance for the process of teacher education. Many studies concerning teacher conceptions and models of teacher development show that the conceptions of instruction, knowledge, and teacher and learner roles are a key part of the teacher's…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Student Teachers, School Restructuring, Teacher Education
Driscoll, Amy; Nagel, Nancy – 1992
This study describes two phases of the planning of a professional development center for teaching and teacher education, utilizing a reflective and collaborative inquiry approach. Two themes guided the study: (1) the dissonance between teacher education and teaching; and (2) preparation of teachers to respond to the changing population of children…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development