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Mapping Sustainability of Professional Development in Four Norwegian Lower-Secondary Schools
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Gamlem, Siv M.; Helleve, Ingrid – Cogent Education, 2022
The aim of this study was to investigate how principals (n = 4) and teachers (n = 20) from four lower-secondary schools perceived and evaluated sustainable professional development processes in their schools. To understand their experiences and perceptions, interviews and focus group conversations were conducted at the end of a one-year research…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Faculty Development, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Into Another World: From Creativity to Creative Learning
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Corner, Claire – Improving Schools, 2012
This article is an account of a creative learning project conducted in the author's school in which she worked with a storyteller to engage a class of 14-15-year-old students in exploring other worlds, inspired by the "His Dark Materials" novels by Philip Pullman. The project was conceived as teacher-led action research in which the author…
Descriptors: Evidence, Action Research, Creative Activities, Educational Change
Teaching Replays, Teaching Rehearsals, and Re-Visions of Practice: Learning from Colleagues in a Mathematics Teacher Community
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Horn, Ilana Seidel – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Research shows that teachers' understandings of students, subject, and teaching influence their classroom practice. Additionally, teachers' colleagues have a role in shaping individuals' approaches to teaching and their responses to reform. Focus of Study: To understand how interactions with colleagues support teachers'…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Participant Observation, Ethnography, Teacher Collaboration