Actual Schools, Possible Practices: New Directions in Professional Development

Creator

Rebecca Novick

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

August 1996

Abstract

There is increasing recognition that school reform and staff development are integrally related. Yet, despite a rich literature on adult learning and human development which supports teachers' need for a wide array of opportunities to construct their own understandings and theories in a collaborative setting, top down mandates have frequently left teachers out of the reform process. It is argued here that effective staff development should be tied directly to the daily life of classroom and grounded in the questions and concerns of teachers. ...

Keywords

Education and state, Educational change, Teaching

Extent

18

Volume

4

Issue

14

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00063

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Novick, Rebecca, "Actual Schools, Possible Practices: New Directions in Professional Development" (1996). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/7