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Elementary School Journal | 6 |
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Griffin, Gary A. | 6 |
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Journal Articles | 6 |
Opinion Papers | 3 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Griffin, Gary A. – Elementary School Journal, 1985
Discusses institutional regularities of elementary and secondary schools, the nature of teaching, and the teacher as semi-professional in regard to two basic kinds of master teacher plans: one suggesting that master teachers are "better than" and another suggesting that they do "more than" their peers. (RH)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Master Teachers, Models
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Griffin, Gary A. – Elementary School Journal, 1983
Selected research studies useful for planning, conducting, and evaluating school staff development are reviewed, and a set of eight features common to the research is outlined. (MP)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews, Program Content
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Griffin, Gary A.; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1981
Examines the publication "Time to Learn" from the perspective of its relation to programs of teacher education. Discussion of the book is organized around three criteria: (1) utility for teacher education, (2) the perceived reality of schools and their personnel, and (3) expected influence of the book on teacher education. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Griffin, Gary A. – Elementary School Journal, 1989
Summarizes findings of a large-scale, multisite, multimethod descriptive study of student teaching. Sample included 93 student teachers, 88 cooperative teachers, 17 professors. Examines a large number of variables such as site characteristics and participants' personality constructs. Discussion of findings is based on the interaction of variables.…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Teachers, Student Teaching
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Griffin, Gary A. – Elementary School Journal, 1989
Discusses the purposes and activities that were central to satisfying the conditions of a contract between the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois State Board of Education. The contract provided background material for the consideration of an Illinois initial years of teaching program. (RJC)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Griffin, Gary A. – Elementary School Journal, 1995
Reports five teachers' perceptions of how teacher participation in school decision making has affected school and classroom activities. Discusses the consequences in terms of teachers' beliefs about their own competence, the persistence of the culture of teacher isolation, prevailing forms of politesse, professional educators' uncertainty about…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Quality, Elementary Education