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Kane, Ruth G.; Francis, Andrew – Teacher Development, 2013
Today the quality of teachers is held to be increasingly important yet there continue to be doubts about whether teacher education programs graduate teachers ready to meet the challenges of their initial years of teaching. In some jurisdictions, other agencies (Ministries of Education, school districts, and private providers) are supplementing the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Ross, John A.; Bruce, Catherine D. – Teacher Development, 2012
The authors extend findings from qualitative research on the effects of action research by reporting two linked quantitative studies (N = 80 and 105). They found that teachers who participated in collaborative action research experienced statistically significant improvements in attitudes to educational research and teacher efficacy. The pre-post…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Research, Qualitative Research, Data Analysis