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Lorna Loy – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
This research investigated the role of continuing professional development (CPD) in further education (FE) through a small-scale study involving two general FE colleges and two independent training providers (ITP) in England. Teachers' experiences of their continuing development were collected through focus groups. These encouraged the teachers to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes
Valerie Reed Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Responding to the claim that teacher engagement in professional development is a waste of time, this study employed phenomenology as the approach to explore teachers' perceptions of the role of continuous professional development (CPD) in improving their instructional practices and student learning. A purposive sample of elementary teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Instructional Improvement, Teaching Methods
Wilfried Admiraal – European Educational Researcher, 2024
Teaching in secondary education is mostly grounded in the practical wisdom of teachers. In general, teachers have limited knowledge of, access to, and interest in insights from scholarly work. Teacher research might be a way to move beyond practical wisdom as the only basis for good teaching. This study aimed to explore whether teacher research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Learning Processes, Adult Learning, Professional Identity
Inês Machado; J. Oliveira-Formosinho – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
Despite the extensive international overview of in-service professional development in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), the majority of studies concentrate on short-term training programmes or workshops. The existing scientific literature suggests that these approaches have either minimal or no impact on effective ECEC transformation.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
C. Capucine Chapman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This phenomenological study explores the essence of ancestral knowledge from a belief in reincarnation and consciousness, as it relates to the lived experiences of diverse educational professionals, and its contribution to their growth and development. The study investigates the lived experiences of adult educators from four distinct teaching and…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Metacognition, Beliefs, Death
Best, David R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Access to and engagement with high quality and relevant professional development is essential for educators to keep up with the latest evidence-based practices in teaching and learning. However, teacher dissatisfaction with professional development offerings is an all-too common occurrence in the field of education which often limits the transfer…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Evidence Based Practice, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
Huet, Isabel; Casanova, Diogo – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
The professional development of doctoral supervisors is a relatively new area of academic development that is still non-existent in many higher education institutions worldwide. This is particularly relevant to explore as several other studies indicate that the quality of doctoral supervision has a direct impact on the doctoral student progression…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Supervision, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Students
Susanne Francisco; Anette Forssten Seiser; Anette Olin Almqvist – Professional Development in Education, 2024
It is widely accepted that professional learning is a crucial aspect of the ongoing professional practice of educators. But how should this professional learning take place, and what arrangements enable and constrain practices associated with educator learning? In this article, we explore two case studies of action research projects: one…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Education, Vocational Education, Teachers
Jerdborg, Stina – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
Blending principal education programmes and leadership practice has become a common feature in the education of school principals. However, the need for further research in how programme participants experience learning within an overall structure of a programme has been highlighted since the same programmes are experienced differently. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Education, Principals, Leadership Styles
Jane Asantewaa Appiah-Okyere – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the interplay of digital capacity building (skills) and infrastructure (Internet access) in shaping teaching and learning practices in a rural community. Educators in rural areas, especially in developing nations, face difficulties in accessing digital resources and Internet connectivity, which hinder the integration of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Information Technology, Technology Integration, Rural Schools
Sangrá, Albert; Raffaghelli, Juliana Elisa; Guitert-Catasús, Montse – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The concept of learning ecologies emerged in a context of educational change. While the "learning ecologies" construct has offered a broad semantic space for characterizing innovative ways of learning, it is also true that its potential to promote innovative educational interventions may have been hindered by this same broadness. Based…
Descriptors: Ecology, Learning Processes, Educational Research, Educational Environment
Abbott, Marilyn L.; Lee, Kent K.; Rossiter, Marian J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
To enhance English as a second language (ESL) instructors' understanding and utilization of peer-reviewed research for professional learning and development, we facilitated the establishment of and supported professional reading groups in nine adult ESL programs. We examined the benefits and challenges experienced by the 76 participants over five…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Foster, Colin; Inglis, Matthew – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
Mathematics teacher continuing professional development (CPD) is widely recognised to encompass more than attending courses and engaging in formal activities with colleagues in school. Teachers' professional reading is an under-researched aspect of CPD, which takes place out of view, but which has the potential to shape teachers' beliefs and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Periodicals, Teacher Attitudes
Brion, Corinne; Leigh, Allison – Journal of Catholic Education, 2021
Preparing employees to become stewards of Marianist values has become a priority at Marianist institutions because employees impact the institutions' environment, and faculty and staff directly impact student learning. To date, there is a lack of research conducted among employees of Marianist institutions on how new understandings of the…
Descriptors: Catholics, Institutional Mission, Religious Colleges, Transfer of Training
Postholm, May Britt – Cogent Education, 2018
This review study includes 43 articles from 2016 and 2017 focusing on teachers' professional development, as guided by the following twofold research question: "What characterizes teachers' professional development in school, and how does this development influence school improvement?" The review indicates that teachers' learning…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Content, Educational Improvement, Learning Processes