> On Wednesday, August 28, 1996, the Education Policy Analysis
> Archives will publish Vol 4 No 14 Rebecca Novick, "Actual Schools,
> Possible Practices: New Directions In Professional Development." An
> abstract of the article appears below.
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> Actual Schools, Possible Practices:
> New Directions In Professional Development
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> Rebecca Novick
> Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
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>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. Both a
>theory of pedagogy that advocates teaching for understanding and
>learning as understanding and a model of staff development based
>on practical knowledge enriched by critical reflection are
>discussed.
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