This article examines the approaches to professional development for staff in mathematics departments in seven secondary schools when interactive whiteboards were provided under a government funded project. The analysis is based on observations of video-recorded lessons taught in the schools immediately after the technology was installed and again…

The literature suggests that children who struggle with communication during social interactions, called "pragmatic language" in the field of speech language pathology, have fewer opportunities to engage in social practices that promote learning because of inadequate skills in interacting with others. Children with even subtle difficulties in…

Purpose: This paper aims to discuss the teaching and assessment strategies for an organisation-centred curriculum. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a case study. Data were collected from interviews and a focus group with worker-learners enrolled in a Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership) course. Findings: The…

Small schools have always been valued for keeping close community links, for providing a family ethos and for minimizing pupil travel time--especially for the youngest children. At the same time, critics have raised concerns about the limited opportunities for large peer group socialization and about the limited range of teacher expertise and…

Independent reading is proposed as a better method of continuing library education than workshops or seminars. (PF)

THE FOURTH ISSUE OF THE CLE CATALOG LISTS PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1967, AND NEW CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS. AGENCIES REPORTED ON 203 COURSES IN 33 STATES. COURSES ARE LISTED BY STATE AND INDEXED BY SUBJECT AND CHRONOLOGY. SUCH TOPICS AS TAXES, PERSONAL INJURY, ESTATE PLANNING, FAMILY LAW, LABOR LAW, CRIMINAL LAW,…

The qualifications for continuing professional education to be eligible to be a profession are spelled out. Then the efforts of the conference speakers and discussants are divided into seven major categories of testing the criteria of a model for the viability of a profession. The categories included: continuing professional education as a…

The role of the professional in society and problems and advantages of professional education are examined. Summarized in the report are some of the literature concerning factors which influence the form and content of continuing education for professionals; and attention is directed to the implications of this literature for program development…

The article explores the assumptions guiding continuing interprofessional education and describes a variety of approaches, using the experience of the Ohio State University Commission on Interprofessional Education and Practice as example. (MT)

Presents analysis of the American Association of School Librarians' needs assessment for continuing education. Data were gathered by questionnaire in three areas: (1) topics of importance to media specialists; (2) preferred formats for the delivery of continuing education; and (3) incentives to participation in educational activities. Sixteen data…

Collaborative sponsorship arrangements have heightened continuing educators' awareness of the frequency with which rights, obligations, and values come into conflict. In this article, the author identifies the major sources of values conflict for continuing professional education and shows how principles or moral reasoning can be used to resolve…

Argues that if librarianship is to change its outside perceptions, it must first change its self-perceptions. Three areas in which true professions that demand recognition and respect have established clearly visible ground rules are highlighted: (1) credentials and librarianship as a profession or trade, (2) research, and (3) continuing…

Synthesizes literature on cognitive style and considers issues about its role in continuing medical education research, including whether it should be used as a dependent or independent variable and how it may be used in causal models. (SK)

Describes a two year pilot project of continuing education for registered nurses in the state. (Author)

Because it believes the nurse can and must be a participant in the co-professional health team (doctor, nurse), the American Heart Association has become increasingly concerned with planning and carrying out activities that contribute to the continuing education of nurses. (PT)