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Full-Text Articles in Teacher Education and Professional Development
Koinonia, Sarah Beth Baldwin, Damon Matthew Seacott
Koinonia, Sarah Beth Baldwin, Damon Matthew Seacott
Koinonia
A Mandate for Action in Residential Living and Learning
President's Corner
1996 ACSD Annual Conference Photo Highlights
CoCCA: Christian College Dating & Hot Ideas
Book Review: The Abandoned Generation
Regional Directors
Meanings Underlying Student Ratings Of Faculty, Carolyn Ridenour, Stephen J. Blatt
Meanings Underlying Student Ratings Of Faculty, Carolyn Ridenour, Stephen J. Blatt
Educational Leadership Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study was to examine how undergraduate students interpret the items on a faculty evaluation instrument. Most research on faculty evaluation is quantitative (Marsh and Bailey 1993). Our first study was also quantitative. After we produced a profile of quantitative ratings of faculty by students across all departments in our university in an earlier study, we wanted to go beneath the numbers to their meaning. We designed the present qualitative study to investigate what the items on that form meant to students.
Change Trajectories In Teacher Professional Growth, Hilary Hollingsworth
Change Trajectories In Teacher Professional Growth, Hilary Hollingsworth
Dr Hilary Hollingsworth
This paper reports some aspects of the professional growth of two Victorian mathematics teachers involved in the study and introduces the use of 'change trajectories' as a suitable mechanism for describing the growth process. The researcher made use of the Interconnected Model of Teacher Professional Growth for examining the process of change.
The Status Of Middle Level Schools In Berrien County, Michigan Following Michigan Public Act 25, Judith A. Burns
The Status Of Middle Level Schools In Berrien County, Michigan Following Michigan Public Act 25, Judith A. Burns
Dissertations
Michigan Public Act 25 of 1990 mandated public school reform. One of 4 components of Public Act 25 is the development of a 3 to 5 year School Improvement Plan (SIP). The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine middle level school improvement in Berrien County, Michigan, for evidence that developmentally appropriate middle level education is promoted.
This 2-part investigation involved analyzing SIPs submitted for 1992-93 school year using a content analysis format and interviews with each building principal or designee. The content analysis format was developed by Sweeney and Cooper in 1992 to analyze SIPs of Wayne County, …
Volume 09, Number 02, Richard F. Welch Editor
Volume 09, Number 02, Richard F. Welch Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
Full text of Volume 09, Number 02 of Reaching Through Teaching.
Koinonia, Miriam Sallers, Ron L. Coffey, Becky Leithold, Dennis W. Perry Jr.
Koinonia, Miriam Sallers, Ron L. Coffey, Becky Leithold, Dennis W. Perry Jr.
Koinonia
The Purpose of Higher Education
President's Corner
The Editor's Disk
CoCCA: Volunteer Service...Required? & Hot Ideas
New Professionals Retreat, ACSD Archives Announcement
Book Preview: "What on Earth Are We Doing?"
ACSD Northwest Regional Activity
Career Development: Much More Than Placement
An Evaluation Of The Central Washington University "Merge" Teacher Preparation Program, Sara K. Black
An Evaluation Of The Central Washington University "Merge" Teacher Preparation Program, Sara K. Black
All Graduate Projects
The purpose of this project was to assess pre-service teachers perceptions of their training in the Merge Program. Merge is a pilot teacher preparation program at Central Washington University characterized by enhanced early field experience, integration of coursework, and integration of special education and regular education. To accomplish the purpose stated above, participants in the Merge Program were surveyed and data was analyzed. Current research on field experience, integration of coursework, and integration of special and regular education was reviewed.
The Power Of An Idea..., Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
The Power Of An Idea..., Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
IMSA History
It is our privilege to share with you the First Decade Report of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, an educational laboratory engaged in serious inquiry about critical issues of teaching and learning.
Ten years ago, IMSA opened its doors with 210 students, 12 faculty members, 21 courses, no residence halls, no computers, no external programs, many unanswered questions and an uncertain future. During our early years, we faced many challenges; these strengthened our resolve and deepened our commitment to transform teaching and learning in mathematics, science and technology.
While IMSA is still a very young enterprise, in ten short …
Portfolios: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters
Portfolios: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters
Assessment Resource Kit
Portfolios are sources of evidence for judgements of student achievement in a range of contexts, from classroom monitoring of student performance to high-stakes summative assessment. All portfolios, whatever their purpose, contain 'pieces of evidence'. The more relevant the evidence, the more useful it is for inferring a student's level of achievement in a learning area. This issue on portfolios in the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series contains five articles: 1. Different portfolios for different purposes; 2. Working portfolios; 3. Documentary portfolios; 4. Show portfolios; 5. Designing portfolio assessments.
Developmental Assessment: Assessment Resource Kit, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster
Developmental Assessment: Assessment Resource Kit, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster
Assessment Resource Kit
Developmental assessment is the process of monitoring a student's progress through an area of learning so that decisions can be made about the best ways to facilitate further learning. Developmental assessment uses a progress map or continuum that describes the nature of development or progress or growth in an area of learning and so provides a frame of reference for monitoring individual development. Progress is monitored in much the same way as a child's physical growth is monitored: from time to time an estimate is made of a student's location on a developmental continuum, and changes in location provide measures …
Progress Maps: Assessment Resource Kit, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster
Progress Maps: Assessment Resource Kit, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster
Assessment Resource Kit
A progress map describes the nature of development in an area of learning and so provides a frame of reference for monitoring individual growth. An essential feature of a progress map is that it describes and illustrates developing competence. This issue in the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series discusses how to construct a progress map and check against student achievement for revision of progress, elaborating, and refining descriptions of typical progress through an area of learning, and setting benchmarks. It comprises five articles on different aspects progress maps: 1. What is a progress map; 2. Drafting a progress map; …
Performances: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters
Performances: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters
Assessment Resource Kit
The assessment of some kinds of learning requires the observation of student performances. Examples include playing a musical instrument, dancing, using scientific apparatus, operating equipment, performing gymnastics routines, diving, problem-solving in a group, applying ball-handling skills, and participating in small group discussions. 'Performance assessment' is the assessment of students as they engage in an activity. It is the on-the-spot evaluation of performance, behaviour or interaction. This issue on the assessment of performances in the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series contains five articles: 1. What is performance assessment? 2. Informal classroom observations; 3. Classroom performance assessment 'events'; 4. When comparability …
Projects: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters
Projects: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters
Assessment Resource Kit
Projects are extended pieces of work completed over a period of time. They are investigations which involve the collection, organisation, evaluation, and presentation of material or data. Projects are usually completed by individuals or small groups of students with the teacher acting as supervisor. This issue of the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series is intended to give teachers a deeper understanding of how to assess student projects. Topics covered in the five articles include: what is project assessment, ways of assessing the process of project work, ways of assessing the end products of project work, comparing student projects and …
Koinonia, Brenda Salter Mcneil, Erick B. Mowery, Michael Sanders
Koinonia, Brenda Salter Mcneil, Erick B. Mowery, Michael Sanders
Koinonia
The Issue is Power, Brenda Salter McNeil with Barbara Thompson
President's Corner
The Editor's Disk
ACSD '96 Annual Conference Highlight
New Professionals Retreat, ACSD Archives Announcement, Program Announcement
CoCCA: Orientation at Smaller Schools with Not-So-Small Aspirations & Hot Ideas
A Balanced Spirituality
Is There Life After Deaning?
Book Review: Cultural Pluralism on Campus
Active Learning Beyond The Classroom, Edward Neal
Active Learning Beyond The Classroom, Edward Neal
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Attending class is akin to regular religious observance: The ritual or sermon is less important for what it teaches directly than for its motivational impact on what believers do between services. Lowman, 1984, page 165
Even carrying a full course load, students spend a relatively small proportion of each week in class, typically about 15 hours, and research has shown that most undergraduates spend only a few hours a week studying outside of class. How do they occupy their time? According to a national survey of college students (Boyer, 1987), almost 30 percent of full-time students work 21 or more …
Integrating Research And Undergraduate Teaching, Anne Bezuidenhout
Integrating Research And Undergraduate Teaching, Anne Bezuidenhout
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
I would like to describe some of the benefits and difficulties I have encountered in my attempt to integrate my research and teaching in an introductory logic course. My introductory logic students work in groups on semester-long research projects. The research that these students are involved in belongs to the scholarship of integration, rather than the scholarship of discovery (Boyer, 1990). It is highly unlikely that most instructors will ever teach a student who will break new ground in their field. However, what most students can begin to do is to think about what role one body of knowledge or …
Students' Reactions To Performance-Based Versus Traditional Objective Assessment, Anthony L. Truog
Students' Reactions To Performance-Based Versus Traditional Objective Assessment, Anthony L. Truog
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
In summary, the struggle to obtain more performance-based evaluation goes on. The results to date support the idea that more student involvement is better. The issue of cost-benefit analysis must be continually addressed, while not losing either the vision to make assessment intrinsic to the learning process, nor the efficiency of objective detachment. The really exciting aspect will be the personal growth of the students and their instructor.
Transactional Analysis Of The Creative Process, Donna Glee Williams
Transactional Analysis Of The Creative Process, Donna Glee Williams
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Teachers of the creative process understand intuitively that different types of students need different types of teaching. The art students who splash paint with abandon over miles of canvas but have no interest in craftsmanship or self-evaluation need a different sort of intervention than the young artists who are so bullied by their own self-criticism that they can hardly bear to make a mark. The music students who by dint of excessive practice produce music-box accuracy--completely without fire--need a different sort of help than their sloppy but passionate colleagues. Our task as instructors is to understand our students’ needs and …
Honoring The Process For Honoring Teaching, Laurie Richlin, Brenda Manning
Honoring The Process For Honoring Teaching, Laurie Richlin, Brenda Manning
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Few ideas are as appealing on the surface as encouraging professors to gather and reflect on materials that best represent their teaching excellence. Indeed, developing a teaching portfolio, or dossier, has become a popular faculty development activity in many departments and on many campuses. To create a portfolio, faculty select syllabi, tests, student work, and student evaluations about one or more courses, and add a reflective statement, usually called a teaching philosophy, about their teaching goals. In almost all cases, reports from the field state that professors find reaffirming the teaching portfolio process and the opportunity to reflect on their …
School Focused Professional Development And The Interaction Of Teachers, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
School Focused Professional Development And The Interaction Of Teachers, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
This study is concerned with school focused professional development in Fairhills High School. Data from teachers in the school has been analysed in order to provide a basis for planning a professional development program in the light of government initiatives. In particular, the study analyses the communication patterns within the school in an attempt to ascertain the extent of collaboration which occurs between teachers, and the factors which influence professional interaction. Recommendations for professional development at Fairhills High School are based on discussion of the data. In addition, the study suggests implications for all schools. The results reported in this …