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Author : Laura Maurina Shoemaker
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Portfolios in education
ISBN : 0612847020
Author : Susan Schwartz
Publisher : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Educational leadership
ISBN : 0494029307
This research study, using a mixed method quantitative and qualitative design, investigated the use of professional portfolios as a tool for reflective practice by school principals and vice-principals. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the use of professional portfolios on school administrators' personal and professional growth and on teachers and students in their schools. In Phase 1, quantitative data were gathered over a 3-month period through a voluntary online survey completed by school administrators who have a professional portfolio. The survey asked questions about current professional portfolio use, prior experiences with portfolios, as well as enablers, inhibitors, and outcomes of use. Interested administrators were invited through the survey to participate in Phase 2, the qualitative phase of the study, which included 90-minute one-on-one interviews, sharing of professional portfolios and subsequent duplication and analysis, and follow-up e-mail conversations depending on the need. In Phase 2, the connection between portfolio use and reflective practice was explored in greater depth with 12 administrators. Their prior experiences with portfolios and reflective practice, as well as the conditions that supported and hindered portfolio implementation and reflective practice, were investigated. The results provide a description of portfolio use and reflective practice while in the administrator role and reveal that the administrators who participated in this study were enthusiastic about and valued the reflective portfolio process for themselves and for the teachers and students in their schools. Through the process of constructing, organizing, and sharing their portfolios, the administrators in this study reported a positive impact on their professional growth and reflective abilities as well as on their effectiveness as leaders. Many of them became advocates for the portfolio process, openly encouraging teachers, students, and other administrators to use it. Having all stakeholders using portfolios and reflective practice helped to move them towards the development of professional learning communities. The findings also offer suggestions to educators of preservice, in-service, university, and leadership development programs for providing effective professional development about portfolios and reflective practice.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121673219
Author : Joyce L. Epstein,Mavis G. Sanders,Steven B. Sheldon,Beth S. Simon,Karen Clark Salinas,Natalie Rodriguez Jansorn,Frances L. Van Voorhis,Cecelia S. Martin,Brenda G. Thomas,Marsha D. Greenfeld,Darcy J. Hutchins,Kenyatta J. Williams
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483320014
Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Author : Judyth Sachs,Mitch Parsell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400776395
Incorporating both theoretical and practical perspectives, this volume of papers explores varied aspects of peer review of teaching in higher education. The section on theory features contributions from academics based in Europe, North America and Australia. It provides a number of models demonstrating ways in which collegial peer commentary can enhance the quality of learning and teaching. The chapters examine in detail the importance of communication and leadership, and deploy evidence from one-on-one interviews that evince the value of considering collegiality, emotions, attitudes, and spaces in peer review. The analysis shows how these factors are central to the ways in which lecturers and teachers communicate with each other to create constructive opportunities for learning. The chapters on practical considerations detail the peer review process and include case studies from institutions in Africa, Europe, North America and Australia, which focus on different areas of the topic, including peer review as a quality assurance mechanism, peer review in distance education, peer review in foundation courses, and peer review embedded within a department and across a university. The book ends with an international perspective on the role of peer review in ensuring a holistic approach to quality enhancement in learning and teaching.
Author : Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano,Janet A. Hale
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781506385556
A new approach to contemporary documentation and learning What is learning? How do we look for, capture, reflect on, and share learning to foster meaningful and active engagement? This vital resource helps educators answer these questions. A Guide to Documenting Learning facilitates student-driven learning and helps teachers reflect on their own learning and classroom practice. This unique how-to book Explains the purposes and different types of documentation Teaches different “LearningFlow” systems to help educators integrate documentation throughout the curriculum Provides authentic examples of documentation in real classrooms Is accompanied by a robust companion website where readers can find even more documentation examples and video tutorials
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780889368170
Contributed articles presented at a workshop held in 1994.
Author : Heidi Hayes Jacobs,Marie Hubley Alcock
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416623632
What will it take to create truly contemporary learning environments that meet the demands of 21st-century society, engage learners, and produce graduates who are prepared to succeed in the world? What skills and capacities do teachers and leaders need to create and sustain such schools? What actions are necessary? Bold Moves for Schools offers a compelling vision that answers these questions—and action steps to make the vision a reality. Looking through the lenses of three pedagogies—antiquated, classical, and contemporary—authors Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Marie Hubley Alcock examine every aspect of K–12 education, including curriculum, instruction, assessment, and the program structures of space—both physical and virtual—time, and grouping of learners and professionals. In a new job description for teachers, Jacobs and Alcock highlight and expound on the following roles: self-navigating professional learner, social contractor, media critic and media maker, innovative designer, globally connected citizen, and advocate for learners and learning. With thought-provoking proposals and practical strategies for change, Bold Moves for Schools sets educators on the path to redefining their profession and creating exciting new learning environments. The challenge is unprecedented. The possibilities are unlimited.
Author : Gordon Jaremko,Alberta. Energy Resources Conservation Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04
Category : Energy development
ISBN : 0991873424
Author : Paul D. Leedy,Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Research
ISBN : 1292021179
For undergraduate or graduate courses that include planning, conducting, and evaluating research. A do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself manual designed to help students understand the fundamental structure of research and the methodical process that leads to valid, reliable results. Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions based on a solid theoretical framework and sound pedagogy. Suitable as the core text in any introductory research course or even for self-instruction, this text will show students two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design; and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally.
Author : Michael Helge Rønnestad,Thomas M. Skovholt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415884594
First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Betty E. Steffy
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 0761975403
Teachers already know that a career in education involves continual growth'and this book, copublished with Kappa Delta Pi, presents a model for delivery of a lifetime of preservice and inservice training. You'll find practical advice on how administrators and teachers can work collaboratively to create and maintain a model of reflection, renewal, and growth that promotes efficacy as a teacher, particularly through reflective practice. And unlike any other book, you'll follow the entire lifecycle of a teacher, from preservice through retirement, making it an indispensable resource for educators at every phase of their career.
Author : Igor Linkov,Benjamin D. Trump
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030045654
This book offers a comprehensive view on resilience based upon state-of-the-science theories and methodological applications that resilience may fill. Specifically, this text provides a compendium of knowledge on the theory, methods, and practice of resilience across a variety of country and case contexts, and demonstrates how a resilience-based approach can help further improved infrastructure, vibrant societies, and sustainable environments and ecologies, among many others. Resilience is a term with thousands of years of history. Only recently has resilience been applied to the management of complex interconnected systems, yet its impact as a governing philosophy and an engineering practice has been pronounced. Colloquially, resilience has been used as a synonym for ‘bouncing back’. Philosophically and methodologically, however, it is much more. In a world defined by interconnected and interdependent systems such as water, food, energy, transportation, and the internet, a sudden and unexpected disruption to one critical system can lead to significant challenges for many others. The Science and Practice of Resilience is beneficial for those seeking to gain a rich knowledge of the resilience world, as well as for practitioners looking for methods and tools by which resilience may be applied in real-world contexts.
Author : Gerald Schwetje,Sam Vaseghi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783540752677
This book provides the essentials to write a successful business plan. The represented methods and best practices have been approved over many years in practice with many management consulting engagements. The book is beautifully structured, it has a pragmatic emphasis and an autodidactic approach. The reader gets acquainted with the skills and competencies as well as tools, required for the planning and development of the business plan project.
Author : Madhu Singh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319152783
This book deals with the relevance of recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning education and training, the workplace and society. In an increasing number of countries, it is at the top of the policy and research agenda ranking among the possible ways to redress the glaring lack of relevant academic and vocational qualifications and to promote the development of competences and certification procedures which recognise different types of learning, including formal, non-formal and informal learning. The aim of the book is therefore to present and share experience, expertise and lessons in such a way that enables its effective and immediate use across the full spectrum of country contexts, whether in the developing or developed world. It examines the importance of meeting institutional and political requirements that give genuine value to the recognition of non-formal and informal learning; it shows why recognition is important and clarifies its usefulness and the role it serves in education, working life and voluntary work; it emphasises the importance of the coordination, interests, motivations, trust and acceptance by all stakeholders. The volume is also premised on an understanding of a learning society, in which all social and cultural groups, irrespective of gender, race, social class, ethnicity, mental health difficulties are entitled to quality learning throughout their lives. Overall the thrust is to see the importance of recognising non-formal and informal learning as part of the larger movement for re-directing education and training for change. This change is one that builds on an equitable society and economy and on sustainable development principles and values such as respect for others, respect for difference and diversity, exploration and dialogue.
