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Direct linkBoylan, Mark; Coldwell, Mike; Maxwell, Bronwen; Jordan, Julie – Professional Development in Education, 2018
One approach to designing, researching or evaluating professional learning experiences is to use models of learning processes. Here we analyse and critique five significant contemporary analytical models: three variations on path models, proposed by Guskey, by Desimone and by Clarke and Hollingsworth; a model using a systemic conceptualisation of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Learning Processes, Models, Path Analysis
Earley, Peter; Porritt, Vivienne – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This article argues that evaluation of professional development (PD) requires a focus on student learning and an evidential baseline to enable practitioners and school leaders to determine the impact of the PD in which they are engaged. Several models of evaluating PD are briefly considered and it is suggested that most of these enable programme…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Adult Learning
Fluckiger, Bev; Lovett, Susan; Dempster, Neil – Professional Development in Education, 2014
How to best address the professional learning needs of those aspiring to leadership roles in schools is a crucial issue. Robust evaluation practices are needed to determine the quality of current provisions and to identify where improvements can be made. This paper considers the quality of professional learning programmes using a set of 10…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Educational Quality, Professional Education, Leadership Role
Kennedy, Aileen – Professional Development in Education, 2014
The area of teachers' continuing professional development (CPD) is of growing interest internationally. However, while an increasing range of literature focuses on particular aspects of CPD, there is a paucity of literature addressing the spectrum of CPD models in a comparative manner. This article therefore considers a wide range of international…
Descriptors: Models, Professional Continuing Education, Best Practices, Training Methods
Crippen, Kent J.; Biesinger, Kevin D.; Ebert, Ellen K. – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This paper provides a detailed description and evaluation of a three-year professional development project in a large urban setting in the southwestern United States. The impetus for the project was curriculum development focused on integrated scientific inquiry. Project goals included the development of a professional learning community, reformed…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Science Teachers
McIntyre, Joanna; Hobson, Andrew J.; Mitchell, Nick – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This article discusses the evaluation of a unique university-based early professional development (EPD) programme in England that enabled newly and recently qualified teachers to have continued contact with their initial teacher preparation provider. The programme was designed to enhance the induction, EPD and retention of beginning teachers of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching
