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Jaclyn Carter; Patti Dyjur; Kimberley A. Grant – International Journal for Academic Development, 2025
While scholarly writing on trust in academic development (AD) is still relatively limited, current literature explores trust within a number of institutional relationships. Here, we reflect specifically on the relationship between academic developers (ADs) and faculty groups, consider how we as ADs aim to build rapport and trust when supporting…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Trust (Psychology), College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Jeanette Lancaster – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
Small human complex systems, here called co-present groups, are found across all fields of human social life. Complexity thinking suggests why this is so: that these groups, irrespective of formal content, have a meta-function of providing maximum complexity to manage the "indeterminacy" or "uncertainty" that characterises the…
Descriptors: Groups, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Relationship, Experience
Scott Langford; Mel Sawyers; Christy Wall – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between Marsick and Watkins' (2003) dimensions of a learning organization, Bandura's (1977, 1986) collective and self-efficacy, and teacher level of effectiveness (LOE) in a Rural Tennessee School District (RTSD). School districts invest significant amounts of time and resources to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Rural Schools, Learning Processes, Self Efficacy
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Yoon, Keejoon; Lee, Changhyun; Jung, Hyunwoo – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: Over the last two decades, communities of practice (CoPs) have been regarded as an effective approach for teachers' professional learning within physical education (PE) literature. There has been increasing academic interest in the instructional model approach as a way to overcome the limitations of traditional PE pedagogies. However,…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Communities of Practice, Group Dynamics, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Johnson, Christie W.; Voelkel, Robert H., Jr. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2021
Increasingly, research suggests that successful professional learning communities (PLCs) worldwide need effective principals to strengthen pedagogy and develop skills that facilitate team planning to increase student achievement. Using immersive simulations to help teachers build skills and increase self-efficacy is also supported in research. Few…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Principals, Central Office Administrators, Administrator Attitudes
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Coenen, Laurien; Schelfhout, Wouter; Hondeghem, Annie – Education Sciences, 2021
Whereas Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are a frequently applied professional learning tool in education, their use is often limited to an application among (a) teachers and (b) within-schools. This article contributes to the nascent research evidence on PLC usage for principal professional learning. As outcomes align with PLCs' phased…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Social Networks, Communities of Practice, Principals
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Chuang, Nien-Ching; Ting, Yi-Ku – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2021
The purpose of this study is to explore how participating in professional learning communities influenced teachers' curriculum design skills during the recent curriculum reform in Taiwan. A cohort of high school teachers in suburban areas participated in a semester-long professional learning community, strictly based on a well-planned agenda as…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Curriculum Development, Competency Based Education, Professional Development
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Alansari, Mohamed; Rubie-Davies, Christine Margaret – Education Sciences, 2021
Literature shows cooperative learning has positive benefits for students' learning and social outcomes. Even though cooperative learning studies have been conducted in all areas of the curriculum, few studies have investigated whether there are similar effects for students across several curriculum areas or age groups. Moreover, less attention has…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Professional Development, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation