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Eckert, Jonathan; Ulmer, Jasmine; Khachatryan, Edit; Ledesma, Patrick – Professional Development in Education, 2016
This study examines how participation in a US Department of Education policy fellowship influenced the career pathways of teacher leaders. This sample of teacher leaders is illustrative of teacher leadership development beyond the classroom and demonstrates challenges and opportunities. Notably, 64% of participants reported changing their…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Career Development, Fellowships, Teacher Participation
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Ingleby, Ewan – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This paper considers the implications of UK policy approaches to ICT (Information Communication Technology) in education by exploring the views of early years (0-8 years) educators about their ICT CPD (continuing professional development) needs. UK policy approaches to ICT may be visualised as a "house that Jack built." The policies are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Information Technology, Preschool Teachers
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Anwaruddin, Sardar M.; Pervin, Nasrin – Professional Development in Education, 2015
In this article, we report on a small-scale study in which we investigated English-language teachers' engagement with educational research. We conceptualized engagement with research as reading and systematically using research for professional development. Using questionnaires and in-depth interviews, we gathered empirical materials from 40…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questionnaires
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Leonard, Jack; Petta, Katherine; Porter, Christina – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Teacher leadership has been studied in the United States for 30 years, but less is known about American graduate programs that purport to prepare teacher leaders. Furthermore, the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 prompted a closer look at teacher effectiveness, which then shifted the definition of teacher leadership and caused some…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Leadership, Graduate Study