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Weaver, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined beginning teachers' perceptions of self-efficacy and professional development while engaged in communities of practice. Wenger's research on communities of practice serves as the conceptual framework for this mixed method phenomenological study. Six beginning and tenured teachers were surveyed using the Ohio State Teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Pretests Posttests, Social Change
Ogletree, August E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Two needs of Georgia State University Professional Development School Partnerships are to show increases in both student academic achievement and teacher efficacy. The Teacher-Intern-Professor (TIP) Model was designed to address these needs. The TIP model focuses on using the university and school partnership to support Georgia State University…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Professional Development Schools, Teacher Effectiveness