PDP 0101. Successfully Managing People. 1.4 Hour. Focuses on key elements to help students meet the current challenges in a changing environment. One’s results as a manager are dependent upon the results of others; therefore, to be successful one must effectively manage others. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to apply proven leadership techniques for coaching, counseling, delegating...

Fostering interdisciplinary learning in biology will require significant changes in the way we teach science to K–12 students. The perspective on interdisciplinary biology teaching and learning in this essay is based on my experiences as a former research cell biologist, high school science teacher, and developer of secondary science curricula and teacher professional development programs used ...

According to the American Society for Engineering Education, the four STEM disciplines should not be taught in isolation in a school curriculum, but interdisciplinary reinforced, and continually cross referenced, as part of a dynamic triangle that ultimately researches, designs, and creates the way we live, work and play. Therefore, it only makes solid academic and professional sense to prepare...

This paper explores the possibilities and limitations of the AITSL Performance and Development Framework (Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, 2012b) as a vehicle for authentic teacher professional learning. It suggests that the Framework offers a range of implementation possibilities, from surveillance of teaching practice at one end of the spectrum to ongoing and generativ...

This study examined development of academic, language, and social skills among 4-year-olds in publicly supported prekindergarten (pre-K) programs in relation to 3 methods of measuring pre-K quality, which are as follows: (a) adherence to 9 standards of quality related to program infrastructure and design, (b) observations of the overall quality of classroom environments, and (c) observations of...

This presentation draws on teacher effectiveness research to consider implications for teacher professional development. The first part provides a critical review of research on teacher effectiveness. The major findings of this field of research are analyzed. It is argued that teacher factors are presented as being in opposition to one another and that the whole process of searching for teacher...

This paper discusses the potential of two information and communications technology tools designed to support the management of school teachers’ professional knowledge. Framed by drawing on experience of teacher education in England, the paper is structured around a consideration of what is meant by teachers’ professional knowledge and issues in technology-mediated professional development. Two...

In this chapter the professional growth of mathematics educators – including teachers, teacher educators, and educators of teacher educators – is presented as an ongoing lifelong process. So far as teachers are concerned, it occurs in various stages and contexts, beginning with their experiences as school students, followed by formal preservice preparation towards an academic qualification and ...