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Lieberman, Ann; Grolnick, Maureen – Teachers College Record, 1996
Reports a study that examined 16 educational reform networks that are used as alternative forms of teacher and school development. The results identified five shared organizational themes and five shared tensions. This paper describes educational reform networks, discusses essential elements, examines the themes and tensions, and suggests…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cooperative Planning, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
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Lieberman, Ann; Miller, Lynne – Teachers College Record, 1978
An understanding of the social realities of teaching combines a social systems understanding of teaching as a profession with a description of the dailiness of teaching as an activity based on experience. A framework for utilizing these understandings in staff-development/school-improvement programs is presented. (JMF)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Inservice Teacher Education, Socialization, Staff Development
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Lieberman, Ann – Teachers College Record, 1977
The author discusses the thought and behavior of educators faced with the growing gap between scientific rationality (application of linear procedures, cause-effect relationships, and other simplistic systems) and control of the schools, in the one hand, and the growing body of knowledge about the social reality of schools which eschews such…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement, Local Issues
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Lieberman, Ann; Miller, Lynne – Teachers College Record, 1984
Many guidelines for school improvement have emerged from recent research and experience. The connected issues of school improvement and staff development are explored. Guidance for staff development as a part of school improvement is delineated. (DF)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Lieberman, Ann – Teachers College Record, 1987
This article responds to the twin calls for teacher leadership and collaboration between schools and universities made by the Holmes Group and the Carnegie Forum. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Lieberman, Ann; Miller, Lynne – Teachers College Record, 1990
Focuses on professional practice schools as contexts for the continuing professional development of experienced inservice teachers. A framework for developing a culture of inquiry in a school is provided, appropriate professional growth activities are considered, and problems and dilemmas associated with teacher development in professional…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry
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Lieberman, Ann – Teachers College Record, 1992
This commentary expands on Patricia Graham's discussion, in her book "S.O.S.: Sustain Our Schools," of the role of higher education institutions in school reform. The article discusses issues surrounding how knowledge is being created in teacher education and the forms it is taking, the role of school-university partnerships, and new…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education