Abstract
This article presents a model that describes the process of teacher change, particularly through staff development programs. The model suggests a temporal sequence of events that is hypothesized to typify the process front staff development to enduring change in teachers' perceptions and attitudes. Research evidence supporting the model is summarized and the conditions under which change might be facilitated are described. Several principles for enhancing the change process to improve staff development efforts are also outlined.
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Process (computing)PsychologyProfessional developmentPerceptionProcess managementTheory of changePedagogySociologyComputer scienceEngineering
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- 1986
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- article
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 5-5
- Citations
- 182
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Thomas R. Guskey
(1986).
Staff Development and the Process of Teacher Change.
Educational Researcher
, 15
(5)
, 5-5.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1174780
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- 10.2307/1174780