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Serhat Basar; Irem Çomoglu – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2024
This systematic review aimed to provide a comprehensive view of critical pedagogy-informed collaborative professional development practices in English language teaching. Using four databases and relevant keywords, we found 67 studies conducted in Asia, South/Central/North America, Europe, Australia, and the Gulf countries and systematically…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Botha, E. M. – Africa Education Review, 2012
Poor learner performance in South African schools raises concerns related to lack of commitment and accountability from school leaders and teachers with no common vision to promote a culture of high learner performance. This paper provides a literature overview of research available on the impact of professional learning communities (PLC) on…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Faculty Development
Wilcox, Dawn Renee; Samaras, Anastasia P. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
This study explores the impact of an alternative teacher preparation program development from the "inside out" or through the voices of second career teachers, known as "Career Switchers," at a mid-size state university. The major objective of this study was to probe into their perceptions to inform program development with reporting framed in…
Descriptors: Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Case Studies, Alternative Teacher Certification
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Kochendorfer, Leonard – Teaching and Change, 1997
Reviews 73 reports of classroom action research classified into seven groups: seeking quantifiable answers, determining results of change in classroom practice, exploring effects of program restructuring, discovering whether students can learn to use a process, establishing new professional relationships, developing new understandings of students,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Collegiality, Educational Change
Rife, Racheal M.; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 1995
This paper reviews the literature on inclusion of children with emotional and behavioral disorders in regular education classrooms and proposes implementation of an inclusion program at one elementary school in Texas. The literature review covers the following aspects of inclusion: teacher selection and their expectations, professional…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Change Strategies, Educational Practices, Emotional Disturbances
Lauer, Patricia A. – 1999
This paper reviews the research on preservice learning and recommends guidelines for incorporating learner-centered psychological principles (LCPs) into preservice teacher education. The central theme is that because the preservice teacher's primary role is to learn about teaching, factors which support learning should be incorporated into teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Constructivism (Learning)