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Howard-Jones, Paul; Jay, Tim; Galeano, Laura – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2020
This pilot study investigated how a brief professional development session on the science of learning impacted teachers' attributions of usefulness to both scientific and performative concepts about teaching. Ratings were collected from teachers attending five events across the United Kingdom (N = 585) before and after receiving a 90-min training…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Learning Processes, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Reid, Anne-Marie – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
Professional and vocational learning requires the sharing of expertise across physical, social and cultural boundaries in developing and delivering programmes of study. Contemporary understandings of workplace learning emphasise the criticality of contextualised learning which considers how learners and workplace environments are reciprocally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Case Studies, School Business Relationship
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Milligan, Colin; Fontana, Rosa Pia; Littlejohn, Allison; Margaryan, Anoush – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the role of self-regulatory behaviours in predicting workplace learning. As work practices in knowledge-intensive domains become more complex, individual workers must take greater responsibility for their ongoing learning and development. Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted with knowledge…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Regression (Statistics), Role, Prediction
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Blum, Nicole; Bourn, Douglas – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
The discourses around globalisation and internationalisation within higher education to date have tended to focus on institutional change. While recognising the importance of these debates, this paper suggests that issues around curriculum change and teaching and learning through global professions such as health and engineering have so far been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Education, Health Education
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Rix, Jonathan; Paige-Smith, Alice – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2011
The need for reflection is widely written about and positioned as a key aspect of continuing professional development. This paper examines the manner in which practitioners are encouraged to be reflective within the English system and the barriers they face. It questions whether such a complex, reaffirming system can allow for genuine critical…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Ethnography, Educational Change, Barriers
Owen, Nick, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Placing Students at the Heart of Creative Learning" shows teachers of key stages 2 and 3 how to introduce creativity into what is often seen as a prescriptive and stifling curriculum, and addresses the tensions that can exist between the requirement to follow the curriculum and the desire to employ innovative pedagogies. It offers…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Creativity, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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Warhurst, Russell P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
Formal teaching development for new lecturers has become commonplace in many higher education systems over the past decade, and research into this practice has burgeoned. However, by contrast to broader professional development practice and research, lecturer development work retains a traditional individual focus. This article, therefore, focuses…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Learning Processes, Higher Education
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O'Brien, Mark; Varga-Atkins, Tunde; Burton, Diana; Campbell, Anne; Qualter, Anne – International Review of Education, 2008
This paper draws on the findings of a research project funded by the Liverpool City of Learning consortium in the UK. The aim is to explore the process of introduction of ten authority wide learning networks, the impact these have on school professionals practice, the opportunities they offer for CPD and the extent to which they may impact on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Social Integration
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Bell, Derek – Education in Science, 2001
Reports on an Association for Science Education (ASE) council meeting focusing on matters of learning, pedagogy, curriculum, professional development, and the role of ASE. (YDS)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Instruction, Learning Processes
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Pohland, Paul; Bova, Breda – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2000
Analytically describes the annual Educational Leadership Development Conference held at St. Peter's College, Oxford University. Highlights the venue, participants, program goals, activity structure, and learning processes, drawing from the literature in adult learning, andragogy, and transformational learning and using Cranston's process model as…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Stephenson, John; Malloch, Margaret; Cairns, Len – Studies in Continuing Education, 2006
This article contributes to current debates about professional doctorates from a lifelong learning perspective, focusing on those who choose to undertake a doctoral programme in mid- or late career and their responses to the challenge of demonstrating their "doctorateness" as evidenced in their previous and continuing professional work.…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, Continuing Education
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Potari, Despina; Jaworski, Barbara – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2002
Attempts to make sense of the complexity of mathematics teaching and its development at secondary school level. Conducts a partnership between teachers and researchers in U.K. schools and analyzes interactions between the teacher and students at whole class and small group level. Uses the teaching triad as an analytical device and reflective agent…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Learning Readiness
Botham, David; Vick, Donna – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1998
Describes the Revans Centre for Action Learning and Research based at the University of Salford (United Kingdom). Topics include collaborations between practitioners and academics, organizational and professional development, change and human learning processes, interdisciplinary teamwork, action learning interfacing with research; and degrees…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change, Cooperation, Degrees (Academic)
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Hayes, John; Allinson, Christopher W. – Educational Psychology, 1997
Reviews the research on the interaction effect of learning style, learning style orientation, and the educational environment on learning outcomes. Considers how the findings from educational research can inform training and development practice. Discusses the lack of reliable measures of cognitive style that can be easily administered to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Education Work Relationship
Moreland, Neil; And Others – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1988
Six articles highlight governmental initiatives to encourage staff development in the United Kingdom. The Grant-Related In-Service Training Scheme (GRIST) is described from the perspectives of sponsoring institutions and local education authorities; course approval criteria established by government are reviewed; and teacher education through…
Descriptors: Criteria, Developed Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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