Professional Development and Teacher Change: Encouraging News from the Trenches.

Bos, Candace S.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Professional Development and Teacher Change: Encouraging News from the Trenches.

Bos, Candace S.

Remedial and Special Education, v16 n6 p379-82 Nov 1995

This review provides a framework for evaluating professional development programs designed to enhance the education of students with disabilities. Common components of three successful professional development programs are considered, with attention to connecting theory and practice, involving teachers in collaborative and supportive roles, and developing a common language. (SW)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Professional Development, Program Evaluation, Teacher Role, Teamwork, Theory Practice Relationship

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