A research project explored the potential of collegial coaching and reflective dialogue as mechanisms for school leaders to use to significantly alter the organizational context so that cultural change might occur. The study investigated the possibility that collegial coaching, reflection, and dialogue about teaching practices may provide an…

This paper focuses on the utilization of reflective teaching and thinking as a tool to engage teachers in the process of observing, examining, analyzing, and evaluating their philosophy of teaching and learning and their effectiveness as teachers. Research has indicated that reflection encourages teachers to assess critically "What am I…

Language is a child's major tool for learning about the world. This book presents a naturalistic case study of one child's use of language from two-and-a-half to five years, drawing on systemic functional theory to argue that cognitive development is essentially a linguistic process and offering a new description and interpretation of linguistic…

This report summarizes the data obtained through the administration of the Observation Survey (M. Clay) as part of the K-2 Student Assessment Portfolio of the Durham Public Schools, North Carolina, during the second year of data collection. The database contained a total of 7,752 students in kindergarten through grade 2. The Observation Survey…

This monograph was originally prepared as a thesis for the degree of doctor of philosophy at Clark University, and in its original form was accepted by the faculty of that institution in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree. It presents an unusually comprehensive survey of the provisions for agricultural education and for…

Four evaluation techniques, illustrated with examples in the field, can be used to discover how people interact with their environment, what they like and dislike about it, and what kind of environment they would prefer. (Author/MF)

Professor playfully pursues the possibilities of lesson planning; pedants and other pundits may peruse his premises with profit! (Editor)

Offered to aid the regular teacher in the identification of symptomatic behaviors of learning disabled or otherwise handicapped children is a behavior guide organized into six behavioral categories: visual behavior, motor behavior, graphics, physical health, multisensory skills, and socio-emotional behavior. (DB)

Major findings were that: contingent reinforcement was effective in altering behavior; instructions did not augment the efficacy of contingent reinforcement; noncontingent reinforcement was effective for nondeviant students who were told that the reinforcement was actually contingent; and contingent reinforcement led to greater generalization than…

Examines direct observation procedures which can be used to measure classroom behavior variables. (Author)

A Dutch art educator reports on observations about art education that he made while visiting many schools and teacher education centers throughout the United States. (Author/RK)

An outdoor classroom approach is discussed utilizing resource people (such as conservationists and farmers). Several ideas for developing effective sessions are included. (DF)

If teacher training and certification is to be competency based, those competencies will need to be very carefully described. The author contends that in days to come classroom management will be crucial. (Author)

A monitor was used to observe a college geography course, generate additional information with pre- and mid-course questionnaires, assist professor and class in interpreting and acting on the values of the monitoring process. (Author/JB)