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Student achievement through staff development / Bruce R. Joyce, Beverly Showers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joyce, Bruce R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teachers--In-service training--United States.
- Teachers.
- Continuing education--United States.
- Continuing education.
- Career development--United States.
- Career development.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Here s a book that erases--forever--any doubt that better staff development can lead to higher student achievement and spells out which kinds of professional development are most apt to produce substantial gains in student learning, in relatively short periods of time.
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword By Michael Fullan""; ""Preface to the 3rd Edition""; ""Part I: Linking Staff Development and Student Achievement""; ""Chapter 1: Student Learning as the Goal: Learning by Everyone as an Ethos""; ""Chapter 2: Testing the Proposition: Cases in Point""; ""Chapter 3: Sources of Tested Content: Inquiries on Teaching and Learning""; ""Part II: The Structure of Staff Development""; ""Chapter 4: Choosing Content: Teaching Students How to Learn""; ""Chapter 5: Designing Training and Peer Coaching: Our Needs for Learning""
- ""Chapter 6: Implementation: Moving from Workshops to the Classroom""""Chapter 7: Inquiry and Evaluation: Learning What Our Students Are Learning""; ""Part III: People, Organization, and Leadership""; ""Chapter 8: People and Initiatives: Studying States of Growth""; ""Chapter 9: Creating Communities in Districts and Schools: The Organizational Aspects of Growth Environments""; ""Chapter 10: Three Studies and Their Implications for Leadership: Ethos, Ethos, and Ethos""; ""Chapter 11: National Standards: The Fit with Aspirations for Student Achievement""; ""References and Bibliography""
- ""Index""""About the Authors""; ""Search this Book""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-87120-896-2
- OCLC:
- 55664294
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