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Melissa King – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
Professional learning that includes coaching is an effective method of supporting teachers to make changes to their teaching practice. This article provides an overview of the initial in-situ professional learning and coaching in a primary school in Western Sydney facilitated by a Mathematics Teaching Educator. In this article I present the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Change
Kirchner, Regina E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In 2022, Ohio House Bill 436 went into effect. The law required Ohio reading teachers to shift their literacy instructional practices to be consistent with structured literacy based on The Science of Reading research. This large body of research may be in direct conflict with widely used instructional practices that are generally thought of as…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Literacy Education, Curriculum Implementation, Primary Education
Tifane Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, educational systems worldwide have faced unprecedented challenges, particularly concerning the support of students based on traditional face-to-face instruction. This study focused on the concerns surrounding 2nd grade students at LEA and DRA, two urban elementary schools, who have faced multiple layers of…
Descriptors: Data Use, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, COVID-19
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Bundock, Kaitlin; Shumway, Jessica F.; Burnside, Monika; King, Jessica – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2023
A critical challenge for elementary mathematics teachers is meeting the learning needs of all students, especially when there is variability in students' number knowledge. Because young students' number system knowledge (NSK) contributes to future success in mathematics, NSK activities must be designed to engage all students, particularly students…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Numeracy
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Kilinc, Sultan; Marley, Scott C.; Kelley, Michael F.; Millinger, Jenny – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2023
This study examined a professional development (PD) intervention that provided kindergarten-through third-grade teachers with drama-based pedagogy to improve student reading achievement. The PD consisted of collaboration between teaching artists and teachers to integrate drama into English language arts instruction for a school year. Twenty-six…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Drama, Teaching Methods
Shari Y. Ehly – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In 2019, declines in reading achievement across Texas motivated changes for teacher recertification, which required 60-hour professional development in the science of teaching reading (STR). The problem this study addressed was the challenges K-Grade 3 reading teachers encountered when implementing the recently adopted Reading Academy content at a…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Cara Nicole Scales-Judkowitz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
An increasing number of U.S. teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) across the nation are not receiving adequate in-service training to provide instruction within students' zone of proximal development (ZPD). Vygotsky's ZPD is the difference between what a person can achieve when acting alone and what the same person can achieve when acting…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, English Language Learners, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
Theresa Hasenauer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed-method study examined the balance of narrative and informational text instruction in alignment with Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and teachers' professional learning opportunities in elementary classrooms. Surveys were sent to teachers in one midwestern state, and audio recordings of literacy instruction were collected in one…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Alignment (Education), Faculty Development, Elementary Education
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McKenzie Rabenn; Pamela Beck – Learning Professional, 2024
Many teachers have strong beliefs about the way literacy should be taught, despite what the research shows about how students learn best. If an educator's existing beliefs about literacy clash with updated instructional understandings and methods about the science of reading, there's a likelihood that teachers may resist embracing change and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Professional Autonomy, Literacy Education, Teacher Participation
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Yelitza Freitas; Fernando Martins; Silvia-Natividad Moral-Sánchez; Francisco-José Ruiz-Rey – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: This article aims to identify and analyze the actions of a trainee teacher in orchestrating mathematical discussions in an Exploratory Teaching environment. Materials/methods: This qualitative study of an interpretative nature and case study design focuses on analyzing the content of four Multimodal Narratives. Results: The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Questioning Techniques, Learning Processes
Carol Ligon McGinnis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning have increasingly become a part of educational practice and pedagogy. Educators, business leaders, and policy-makers seek to get involved with funding and making decisions for STEM initiatives. Stakeholders include those looking forward to preparing students for future…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, STEM Education, Engineering Education
Jessica Levine – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A problem exists in southeastern United States where technology integration is limited in classrooms. Although researchers have found benefits for integrating technology, it was unknown why teachers were not integrating technology into instruction. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of teachers of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten
Trenae Shontel Howard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem was the commonly held belief that lack of confidence, preparedness, educational neuromyths, and little or no professional development are factors that impede early childhood teachers' implementation of brain-based learning strategies in the daily curriculum design structure. This qualitative narrative inquiry aimed to explore…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Grade 1, Grade 2
Kathryn E. Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The importance of effective reading instruction in the primary grades cannot be overstated. Teachers are expected to be qualified and capable literacy teachers to produce proficient readers (Bornfreund, 2012; Walsh et al., 2006). The purpose of this study was to explore Pennsylvania kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers' perceptions,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Teacher Attitudes
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Rumsey, Chepina; Guarino, Jody; Gildea, Rachael; Cho, Christina Y.; Lockhart, Bethany – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
Early career K-grade 2 teachers in a yearlong project explored discourse and mathematical argumentation through monthly professional development (PD) sessions. The goal of the project was to develop an understanding of the types of K-grade 2 tasks that promote argumentation, the types of discourse and argumentation that K-grade 2 students engage…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Primary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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