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van Schalkwyk, Susan; Cilliers, Francois; Adendorff, Hanelie; Cattell, Karin; Herman, Nicoline – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
This article foregrounds the iterative journey of a group of educational development (ED) practitioners at a research-led university towards an enhanced understanding of the ED opportunities we offer. Reflecting on the intention of our interventions to facilitate academics' professional learning, we developed a framework within which the range of…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Professional Development, Intervention, Foreign Countries
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DeChenne, Sue Ellen; Lesseig, Kristin; Anderson, Shawn M.; Li, Sissi L.; Staus, Nancy L.; Barthel, Celeste – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2012
This study describes the development and validation of an instrument to measure graduate teaching assistants' (GTAs) learning about teaching during professional development. In the pilot study, exploratory factor analysis of data from 239 graduate students indicates a single factor structure. The second study, involving 177 science, technology,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Professional Development, Pilot Projects
Council of Chief State School Officers, 2012
This report was written by the Task Force on Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession. The task force is made up of current and former chiefs who are members of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) with input from partners at the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) and the National Governors…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Program Validation, Stakeholders, Principals
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Ashour, Rateb; Khasawneh, Samer; Abu-Alruz, Jamal; Alsharqawi, Subhi – Teacher Development, 2012
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the curriculum orientations of pre-service teachers at a university in Jordan. Rigorous translation procedures were utilized to validate an Arabic version of the Curriculum Orientation Inventory (COI) for use in Jordan. The validated COI was administered to a sample of 259 pre-service teachers who…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Nistor, Nicolae; Baltes, Beate; Schustek, Monika – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: Online programs rely on the use of educational technology for knowledge sharing in academic virtual communities of practice (vCoPs). This poses the question as to which factors influence technology acceptance. Previous research has investigated the inter-relationship between educational technology acceptance (ETA) and the vCoP context…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Intention, Educational Technology, Knowledge Management
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Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This paper presents a study that shows the use of professional standards in field experience assessment in initial teacher education. A Professional Development Progress Map was developed in field experience assessment in a teacher education institution in Hong Kong. The study enriches our understanding of the holistic nature of assessing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Experience Programs, Academic Standards, Student Evaluation
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Manathunga, Catherine; Lant, Paul; Mellick, George – Studies in Continuing Education, 2007
The impetus to broaden the scope of research education is not new. Since the 1970s, concern has been expressed about the suitability of research education as preparation for a research career outside academe. Universities have been criticized for producing over-specialized research graduates, who struggle to apply their expertise to new workplace…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Graduate Study, Research Problems, Research Skills
Maryland State Department of Education, 2005
The Division for Leadership Development at the Maryland State Department of Education was created by Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, State Superintendent of Schools, in the summer of 2000. The mission of the Division for Leadership Development is to build the instructional leadership capacity of present and potential school leaders in the content and…
Descriptors: Program Validation, Politics of Education, Professional Development, Reflection