Participatory approaches to behaviour change dominate HIV- and intimate partner violence prevention interventions. Research has identified multiple challenges in the delivery of these. In this article, we focus on how facilitators conceptualize successful facilitation and how these understandings may undermine dialogue and critical consciousness,…

Researchers in the fields of humanistic psychology, counseling, organizational change, and implementation science have been asking a question that is at the heart of today's early care and education quality improvement efforts: When it comes to changing one's behavior, what makes a person ready to change? Although the concept of readiness to…

The present paper contains a review and analysis of several recent developments in instructional improvement techniques. (Author/RK)

Historically, a close working relationship has existed between psychology and management. The holistic approach emerging in psychology from Lazarus' multimodal model will have a major impact on management practices, ultimately leading to the development of multidmodal management. The scientific psychology most managers are familiar with was based…

Widespread teacher negativism toward supervision, stemming from organizational sources (the supervisor, removed from day-to-day teaching concerns, as evaluator) and behavioral sources (distancing, ritualism, nonauthenticity) can only be changed by openness and willingness to examine past neglects and by developing new methods of behavior. (MB)

The research study reported in this monograph was designed to assess the effects of three types of feedback-evaluation procedures (two of which involved the use of video tape) in changing the question-asking behavior of inservice teachers. Three randomly formed groups of sixth-grade teachers participated in the three-stage study, with each group…

Focusing on various facets of the supervision of teachers in all capacities, this selected annotated bibliography was prepared for those cooperating teachers, student teachers, university supervisors, school supervisors, administrators, and other school personnel who wish to investigate in greater detail any number of aspects of the theory and…

The purpose of this research project was to ascertain the medium (i.e., video tape, audio tape, or regular supervisory feedback) that had the greatest impact in changing the classroom interactive behavior of selected student teachers as measured by Flanders' interaction analysis categories. The study involved three matched groups of student…

Educational Leadership/Research Supplement, v3 n1 Oct 1969. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, February 7, 1969, Los Angeles, California. Research supported by U.S. Office of Education.

This study examined changes in behavior as a result of intensive workshop activity that trained supervisors to apply clinical supervision skills in their supervision of student teachers. Workshops in clinical supervision attempt to foster a "freeing," less "direct" approach in supervisory behavior by establishing a collegial…

Describes a process known as behavior modeling, used by more than 300 companies to train managers and supervisors by showing videotapes of company managers effectively motivating others in a variety of situations. Participants rehearse the modeling behavior and apply the skills to the job. Includes an actual model script. (MF)

Twenty-nine graduate students training to become speech-language service supervisors were provided with 35 hours of lecture, role-playing, and simulation concerning supervisor/supervisee conferencing skills. Pre/post measures of conferencing skills indicated that the trainees modified their conference behaviors and achieved grade-contingent preset…

Researchers investigated the use of a one-way mechanical third ear communication device that allows prompting by the student teachers' supervisors during teaching. Results showed that some student teachers can and do effect immediate change in teaching behavior during the teaching process while receiving prompts via the device. (SM)

The professional growth of teachers and improvement in teaching skills are often the results of skillful use by supervisors of clinical procedures of observation in both inservice workshops and student teaching situations. The observation cycle for improving pupil learning has five stages: (1) pre-observation conference between the student…