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Download full textHowey, Kenneth R. – 1980
Current thinking about and operational examples of school-focused inservice teacher education are synthesized. The primary data sources for this report were the ideas and materials shared in case studies conducted in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. The report begins by examining how several writers have contributed to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Global Approach, Government Role, Inservice Teacher Education
Hering, William M.; Howey, Kenneth R. – 1982
In 1979, the Teachers' Centers Exchange, working through the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, began a program that provided financial awards for the conduct of collaborative research on exemplary teachers' centers practices. From September 1979 through March 1982, 15 teachers' centers participated in 14 research…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Governance
Peer reviewedHowey, Kenneth R. – Teacher Educator, 1992
This article notes that there are more issues and problems than positive programmatic trends; it looks at eight major challenges that U.S. schools of education must overcome if they are to become professional schools, analyzing where teacher education currently is vis-a-vis the challenges. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Howey, Kenneth R.; Zimpher, Nancy L. – 1987
Six midwest institutions, consisting of two major universities, three large state-supported colleges, and one smaller liberal arts college, were studied in an effort to provide an indepth description of how elementary school teachers are prepared in preservice teacher education programs. Objectives were to provide a clearer picture of: (1) the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Howey, Kenneth R. – 1983
This paper first examines different conceptions of collaborative research. It then reviews problems and benefits in collaborative research as perceived by teams of researchers and teacher center/teacher personnel in 14 projects funded by the Teachers' Center Exchange at the Far West Laboratory. Criteria for effective collaborative research are…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Interviews
Peer reviewedHowey, Kenneth R. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1976
There is presently a great diversity of objectives within the concept of inservice teacher education; definite standards and guidelines are needed to give a better perspective on the basic goals of this kind of continuing education. (JD)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, Consortia, Cooperating Teachers
Howey, Kenneth R. – 1988
This paper reports on findings from a survey of teacher education faculty and students solicting opinions on the effectiveness of foundations courses in the teacher education curriculum. The survey population was drawn from member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Perceptions were sought on: (1) the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foundations of Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
