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2. A LOOK AT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSIVE ... - ed

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ937183.pdf

   Moreover, 15% of teachers expressed a need for additional professional development in special education, indicating perceived inadequacy of the fewer than 8 hours of professional development in special education over 3 years in which 66% of teachers reported participating (Darling-Hammond et al. 2009).

3. Toward Better Teaching: Professional Development in 1993-94 / ...

   nces.ed.gov/pubs98/teaching9394/chapter1.asp

   1. Introduction Teachers' professional development has become a major focus of school reform initiatives. As school reform strategies have evolved since the mid-1980s, policymakers, educators, researchers, and other members of the education community have gradually come to recognize that the kinds of changes in schooling and instruction envisioned by current reform efforts require fundamental ...

4. Teacher Professional Development in 1999–2000

   nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006305.pdf

   before in the history of education has there been greater recognition of the importance of professional development. Every modern proposal to reform, restructure, or transform schools emphasizes professional development as a primary vehicle in efforts to bring about needed change” (Guskey 1995, p.1).

5. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THEN AND NOW - ed

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED542831.pdf

   ABSTRACT. Technological developments have altered pedagogies in classroom teaching but approaches to teacher professional development have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this paper is to describe an evolving learning process that spans the last decade and draws from three different investigations into professional development.

6. High-Quality Professional Development for All Teachers - ed

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED520732.pdf

   In sum, the five characteristics of high-quality professional development, as described by current research, are as follows: Alignment with school goals, state and district standards and assessments, and other professional learning activities including formative teacher evaluation.

7. A Summary of Professional Development Research

   ies.ed.gov/ncser/pdf/PD_2016.pdf

   NCSER has funded a number of projects focused on improving the quality of professional development provided to teachers and instructional personnel of students with or at risk for disabilities. Mary Brownell at the University of Florida developed a program to improve literacy instruction via collaborative professional development groups.

8. ERIC - EJ893833 - Thinking Historically, Teaching ...

   eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ893833

   They are, as teachers like to say, "thinking historically." While there are few easy ways to create these idealized classrooms, the experiences of one Teaching American History (TAH) grant revealed several lessons that might help strengthen the professional development of K-12 teachers.

9. How Do Students Understand the Discipline of History as an ...

   eric.ed.gov/?id=ED466465

   During the 3-year study, the research team traced the principal elements and goals of the professional development programs (via pretests and posttests) from teachers' work with historians and other regional teachers to their subsequent design of lessons and engagement of students in similar experiences in the classroom and finally to students ...