THE POWER OF COLLABORATION: A CASE FOR TEACHERS HELPING TO DETERMINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS
Related Articles
- An Individual Psychology Approach to School Counselor Consultation. Brigman, Greg; Webb, Linda // Journal of Individual Psychology;Winter2008, Vol. 64 Issue 4, p506
The article presents a description of a practical model for school counselors and other professionals to use when facilitating case consultation sessions with parents and teachers. It is called the School Counselor Consultation (SCC). It was developed by and for school counselors, which uses an...
- What can motivate teachers to learn?ASK THEM. Vaughan, Michelle; McLaughlin, James // Journal of Staff Development;Oct2011, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p50
The article presents a case study conducted in four elementary schools, on six teachers, on professional development as motivation for teachers. It states that Sue Perch, a teacher, felt that with the help of careful collaboration and teacher autonomy, the intention of her associates drove...
- Learning From Collaboration: The Role of Teacher Qualities. Brownell, Mary T.; Adams, Alyson; Sindelar, Paul; Waldron, Nancy; Vanhover, Stephanie // Exceptional Children;Winter2006, Vol. 72 Issue 2, p169
In special education, professional collaboration is viewed as a powerful tool for helping teachers serve students with disabilities. An underlying assumption is that general educators will improve practice if they have opportunities to participate in collaborative professional development aimed...
- Action research facilitated by university-school collaboration. Rui Yuan; Icy Lee // ELT Journal: English Language Teaching Journal;Jan2015, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p1
While Action Research (AR) is promoted as a powerful route for teachers' professional development, different contextual challenges may arise during the process; teachers may be helped to overcome these challenges with the guidance of external facilitators. Drawing on data from interviews and the...
- Learning Circles: Promoting Collaborative Learning Culture for Teacher Professional Development. Fahmi Dajani, Majida "Mohammed Yousef" // Arab World English Journal;2014, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p142
This case study examined Palestinian English language teachers' views of the implementation of learning circles (LCs) and their impact on instructional practices and on promoting a collaborative learning culture for teacher professional development. These learning circles involved designated...
- A Model for Assessment-Driven Professional Development. Kelleher, James // Phi Delta Kappan;Jun2003, Vol. 84 Issue 10, p751
Describes a model of a professional development cycle that can help clarify the connections between adult learning and student learning. Examples of traditional professional development activities; Costs of professional development; Collaboration between teachers.
- Collaboration between Faculty Members and School Counselors: An Experience from a Case-based Course. Llamas, Jose // Innovative Higher Education;Jun2011, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p177
This article describes the experience in Spain of a specific collaboration between university teachers and school counselors, which used case-based approaches in a teacher training program. The collaboration ran for four years and involved 300 graduate students, two university teachers, and six...
- Edcamps & Unconferences. Barnett, Meredith // Principal;Nov/Dec2014, Vol. 94 Issue 2, p22
The article focuses on the tenets of Edcamps as a powerful type of learning and ways U.S. principals can use them to improve professional development (PD) in their schools. It describes Edcamps as participant-driven meetings or unconferences and cites the traditional PD's offering of limited...
- Cultural revolution. Evans, Paula // Teacher Magazine;Jan95, Vol. 6 Issue 4, p40
Opinion. Comments on the professional development of teachers. Inservice programming; Teacher collaboration; Need for outside perspective in teacher development.
- How to... learn collaboratively. Handscomb, Graham // Professional Development Today;2013, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p53
The article discusses the impact of collaboration between schools on professional development of teachers. It highlights that that academic exchanges will help to sustain collaborative professional development between schools as well as improvement in infrastructural facilities of schools. Also...
