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versions of print journals. Whatever format they take, professionally sponsored publications stimulate thinking by
discussing issues and dilemmas faced by professional educators, and sometimes also by presenting recent
educational research and the recommendations for teaching that flow from that research. We discuss ways of using
these publications further in the next section of this chapter.
Table 46: A sampling of journals related to professional education- Annotated Bibliography of Education Journals - annotations of over 426 education related journals
and extensive links to educational organizations and institutions that sponsor them. - CSS Journal - Computers in the Social Studies - dedicated to the encouragement of the use of
computers and related technology in K-12 social studies classrooms. - Education Policy and Analysis - published by the College of Education at Arizona State University
- Educational Theory - publishes work in the philosophy of education and other disciplines.
- Effective Teaching - electronic journal devoted to the exchange of ideas and information relevant to
college and university teaching in North Carolina. - Harvard Educational Review - quarterly journal that provides an inter-disciplinary forum for
innovative thinking and research in education. - Interact - European platform for interactive learning and new media.
- Journal of Computing in Higher Education - publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of
the issues, problems, and research associated with instructional technology - New jour - electronic journal and newsletter archive.
- Revista Iberoamericana de Educacion - Revista de la OEI.
- Scholarly Electronic Journals - Trends and Attitudes: A Research Proposal
- WORLDSPEAKER online - an international academic journal written by and for international
scholars, university administrators, and researchers.
Meetings and conferences sponsored by a professional association also take a variety of forms. Depending on the
size of the association and on the importance of the topic, a meeting could be as short as a one half-day workshop or
as long as a full week with many sessions occurring simultaneously. Sometimes, too, an association might sponsor a
more extended course—a series of meetings focused on one topic or problem of concern to teachers, such as
classroom management or curriculum planning. In some cases, the course might carry university credit, though not
always.
As you might expect, the size of a professional association makes a difference in kinds of professional
development experiences it can provide. In general, the smaller the association, the more exclusively it focuses on
local news and educational needs, both in its publications and in its meetings or other activities. At a professional
development workshop sponsored by a local teachers’ association, for example, you are relatively likely to see
colleagues and acquaintances not only from your own school, but from other neighboring schools. Locally
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