Reform of and as Professional Development

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 78, Issue MAR, 1996, Pages 465-467

  Sykes, Gary ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542533900     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (7)

1. A number of analyses explore the prospects for innovative professional development. See, for example, Judith Warren Little, "Teachers' Professional Development in a Climate of Educational Reform," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Summer 1993, pp. 129-52; Ann Lieberman, "Practices That Support Teacher Development: Transforming Conceptions of Professional Learning," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1995, pp. 591-96; and Linda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey W. McLaughlin, "Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1995, pp. 597-604.
2. A number of analyses explore the prospects for innovative professional development. See, for example, Judith Warren Little, "Teachers' Professional Development in a Climate of Educational Reform," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Summer 1993, pp. 129-52; Ann Lieberman, "Practices That Support Teacher Development: Transforming Conceptions of Professional Learning," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1995, pp. 591-96; and Linda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey W. McLaughlin, "Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1995, pp. 597-604.
3. A number of analyses explore the prospects for innovative professional development. See, for example, Judith Warren Little, "Teachers' Professional Development in a Climate of Educational Reform," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Summer 1993, pp. 129-52; Ann Lieberman, "Practices That Support Teacher Development: Transforming Conceptions of Professional Learning," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1995, pp. 591-96; and Linda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey W. McLaughlin, "Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1995, pp. 597-604.
4. Donald Schön, The Reflective Practitioner (New York; Basic Books, 1983).
5. The phrase "endemic uncertainties" is from Dan Lortie, Schoolteacher: A Sociological Study (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975).
6. The "implementation dip" refers to the emergence of problems and confusion early in the process of innovation, followed in successful instances by problem solving and gradual improvement. See Michael Fullan, Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform (Bristol, Pa.: Falmer Press, 1993).
7. Arthur Costa and Robert Garmston, Cognitive Coaching (Norwood, Mass.: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1994).