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Blandford, Sonia – Teacher Development, 2014
Teach First works in partnership with government, business organisations, higher education institutions (providers of Initial Teacher Training, ITT) and schools to offer a two-year integrated Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) Leadership Development Programme; the first cohort of students were accepted in 2003. Its delivery of an integrated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Leadership Training, Partnerships in Education
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Walkington, Jackie – Teacher Development, 2007
A constant dilemma for teacher education in Australia and overseas is the difficulty of finding sufficient numbers of placements for preservice teachers to complete the professional experience/student teaching component of their course. Statements related to quantity of placements gain both public and professional attention while less attention is…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation
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Yuen, L. H. – Teacher Development, 2012
Continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers must be situated within the context of the practice of teachers and be relevant to their teaching and learning needs. A CPD project was conducted in a Hong Kong kindergarten class. For five years prior to the CPD project, the class had used a mixed curriculum of project approach topics and…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
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Bishop, Russell; Berryman, Mere – Teacher Development, 2010
Te Kotahitanga is a research and professional development project that aims to support teachers to raise the achievement of New Zealand's indigenous Maori students in public/mainstream classrooms. An Effective Teaching Profile, developed from the voices of Maori students, their families, principals and some of their teachers, provides direction…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Pacific Islanders, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
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Aubusson, Peter; Steele, Frances; Dinham, Steve; Brady, Laurie – Teacher Development, 2007
Professional learning communities among teachers and schools have been envisioned as a mechanism for development, knowledge building and implementation. However the formation of an effective learning community is more complex than giving teachers a project and asking them to share a room. This paper reports a synergistic interaction between a…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Professional Development, Community, Learning Strategies
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Reid, Ken – Teacher Development, 2007
This paper presents the findings obtained from a detailed questionnaire completed by selected head teachers (n = 129), deputy heads (n = 81), middle managers (n = 178) and form tutors (n = 91) in schools within local education authorities located throughout England and Wales. The questionnaire focused upon the respondents' views on the best ways…
Descriptors: Attendance, School Districts, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires