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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Professional Development, Past and Present -- Chapter 1. Teachers as Professionals: Evolving Definitions of Staff Development -- Chapter 2. Federal Investments in Professional Development: What Do 50 Years of Experience Tell Us about What It Takes to Make a Difference? -- Chapter 3. High-Quality Research-Based Professional Development: An Essential for Enhancing High-Quality Teaching -- Part II. The Complexity of Professional Development in Today's Schools -- Chapter 4. Shaping the Contours of Professional Development, PreK-12: Successful Models and Practices -- Chapter 5. Changing the Relationship between Professional Development Policy and the Practitioner's Role -- Chapter 6. Communities, Schools, and Teachers -- Chapter 7. District Issues: Administrators at All Levels Involved in Teachers' Professional Development -- Chapter 8. Sociocultural Approaches to Professional Development: Supporting Sustainable School Change -- Chapter 9. Professional Development in Early Childhood Education: Models and Recommendations -- Chapter 10. The Design and Implementation of Effective Professional Development in Elementary and Early Childhood Settings -- Chapter 11. Effective Professional Development in Secondary Schools -- Part III. D eveloping Solutions for Effective Professional Development -- Chapter 12. Characteristics of Adult Learning: Implications for the Design and Implementation of Professional Development Programs -- Chapter 13. Focusing Attention on Beliefs about Capability and Knowledge in Teachers' Professional Development -- Chapter 14. Investing in Youth by Investing in Teachers: Transforming Adolescent Literacy through Responsive Professional Development |
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Chapter 15. Involving Teachers in Their Own Professional Development -- Chapter 16. Using Action Research to Target and Generate Professional Learning -- Chapter 17. Leading Professional Learning in Districts with a Student Learning Culture -- Chapter 18. Developing Partnerships through Collaboration to Promote Professional Development -- Chapter 19. Content Knowledge for Teaching: Framing Effective Professional Development -- Chapter 20. Standards-Based Professional Learning and Certification: By the Profession, for the Profession -- Chapter 21. The School as a Center of Inquiry -- Chapter 22. Supporting Professional Growth through External Resources -- Part IV. Pulling It Together -- Chapter 23. Measuring the Effectiveness of Educators' Professional Development -- Chapter 24. Sustaining Teacher Professional Development -- Chapter 25. Lessons Learned: What Our History and Research Tell Us about Teachers' Professional Learning -- Appendix. Case Studies: Successful Schools That Have Supported Teachers' Professional Development -- Rhoades Elementary and Ball State University Working Together to Impact Student Learning -- Professional Development at Bay-Arenac Community High School, Michigan -- Professional Development at Schaumburg School District 54, Illinois -- Supporting Teacher Researchers in a Rural PreK-5 School, West Virginia -- Successful Staff Development Transforms Writing Instruction in an Oklahoma School -- Professional Development at Candeo Peoria, Arizona -- Professional Development at Peachtree Presbyterian Preschool, Georgia -- Professional Learning at The Hamilton and Alexandra College, Australia -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
"This handbook shares successful models and practices of teacher professional development and learning along with suggestions for sustaining professional development. The handbook is intended to address professional development issues for P-12 educators in all content areas, forges a balance between policy issues and theoretical frameworks, along with presenting recommendations for best practices in professional development. It is divided into four parts: (1) professional development past and present; (2) the complexity of professional development in today's schools; (3) developing solutions for effective professional development; and (4) pulling it all together"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Teachers -- In-service training -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Professional learning communities.
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EDUCATION -- Professional Development.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Study & Teaching.
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EDUCATION -- Leadership.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Essays.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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EDUCATION -- Reference.
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Professional learning communities
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Teachers -- In-service training
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Teachers -- Training of
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United States
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handbooks.
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manuals (instructional materials)
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, Linda E., editor
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Kragler, Sherry, 1944- edtior.
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Quatroche, Diana J., edtior
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Bauserman, Kathryn L., edtior
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| ISBN |
9781462515264 |
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1462515266 |
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1306640539 |
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9781306640534 |
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