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Download full textPhilpott, Carey – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2015
The literature on doctoral supervision frequently identifies the importance of aligning supervisory style to the particular needs of students. Much of this literature is based on research carried out with students on traditional PhD routes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which the needs of students on professional doctorates…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Doctoral Programs, Professional Identity, Supervision
Hathaway, Dawn; Norton, Priscilla – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2012
Few online high schools report requiring online education for their teachers, and few programs exist to prepare teachers to teach online (Smith, Clark, & Blomeyer, 2005). Professional development for online teachers continues to be a concern, and evaluative research that examines the effectiveness of various types of professional development is…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Professional Development, Intermode Differences, Electronic Learning
Direct linkBradley, Loretta J.; Whiting, Peggy; Hendricks, Bret; Parr, Gerald; Jones, Eugene Gordon, Jr. – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2008
This manuscript explores and identifies the use of expressive techniques in counseling. Although verbal techniques are important, sometimes the best of verbal techniques are not sufficient. Creative, expressive techniques can add a new, important dimension to counseling. Such expressive techniques as cinema, art, and music are described to help…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Creativity, Ethics, Intermode Differences
Monaghan, Catherine H.; Columbaro, Norina L. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2008
The application of Communities of Practice (CofP) can potentially serve as an effective learning strategy for higher education classrooms by contributing to student professional development while fostering a desire for life-long learning. The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the effectiveness of this learning strategy and help…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Lifelong Learning, Professional Development, Communities of Practice
Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle; Brown, Michael P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2007
Faculty learning communities (FLC) provide opportunities for professional development and personal growth within university settings. Some FLC are structured; others are unstructured. Faculty at a mid-sized Midwestern state university were asked a series of close- and open-ended questions that examined the reasons for and benefits from their…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Educational Opportunities
Walker, Joan M. T.; Brophy, Sean P.; Hodge, Lynn Liao; Bransford, John D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2006
This study evaluated students' perceptions of two types of instructional materials focused on engineering professionalism: a passage of advice about professionalism and the same passage with a video enacting the advice. The role of experience in learning about professionalism is discussed, with particular emphasis on how educational materials…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Instructional Material Evaluation, Intermode Differences, Undergraduate Students
Jamissen, Grete; Phelps, Renata – Teacher Development, 2006
As school systems internationally seek to improve the models of professional development they are providing for their teachers to support them in integrating information and communication technology (ICT) in their teaching practice, growing opportunities emerge to compare and contrast approaches employed in different cultural contexts and to learn…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Professional Development
Choi, Cynthia C.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Muth, Rodney – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2005
The goal of this comparative study was to explore the online interactions among members of two learning communities. The two cases examined two different cohorts in the same professional preparation program for school principals and administrators: a distance-learning cohort and an onsite university-district partnership cohort in which online…
Descriptors: Role, Computer Mediated Communication, Academic Achievement, Learning Activities
