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Vloet, Kara; van Swet, Jacqueline – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This article discusses how professional identity, conceptualised as "stories professionals tell about themselves at a specific moment in a specific context", can be portrayed to address its complexity as a dynamic, constructed, cognitive-emotional, multi-voiced, and dialogical concept. In order to construct a narrative-biographical method, eight…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Professional Personnel, Identification, Self Concept
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Hunzicker, Jana – Professional Development in Education, 2011
Teachers know it is important to keep their professional knowledge and skills up to date, and presentation-style workshops are an efficient way to accomplish this. However, "one shot," "sit and get" workshops are becoming less effective in today's busy world. Much of the information gained is not likely to be remembered, and even less is likely to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Learning Activities, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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McGeer, Joseph – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This article is based upon an online survey of 1182 teachers in 20 local authorities across Scotland. The aim of the survey was to ascertain the views of teachers on the Chartered Teacher scheme, which was introduced in Scotland in 2002. The questions asked teachers' views on the structure of the scheme, its success to date and what changes they…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Internet
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Williamson, Zoe; Robinson, Gillian – Professional Development in Education, 2009
The present article reports on a cooperative research with a small group of teachers studying for a professionally accredited master's degree (MTeach), leading to the professional award of Chartered Teacher status, at a Scottish university. The aim of the study was to explore teachers' perceptions of the impact made on them and their practice as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experienced Teachers, Active Learning, Professional Development
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Grierson, Arlene L.; Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This qualitative case study explored the experiences of eight observing teachers, a demonstration teacher, and a program department consultant, who over a nine-month period participated in a demonstration classroom professional development initiative. Analyses of participants' experiences documented how the initiative created a catalyst for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Faculty Development, Differentiated Staffs
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Jenkins, Amelia; Ornelles, Cecily – Professional Development in Education, 2009
Inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classes is at the forefront of policy and practice; however, many general educators do not feel prepared to provide meaningful education to students with disabilities. It is critical, therefore, that administrators determine the specific professional development needs of their teaching…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, General Education, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
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Lieberman, Joanne – Professional Development in Education, 2009
The present article addresses how lesson study can facilitate changing traditional norms of individualism, conservatism and presentism that constrain American teachers from learning from one another. The article investigates how lesson study can serve as a vehicle for developing teacher learning communities by developing or redeveloping teachers'…
Descriptors: Norms, Communities of Practice, Instructional Improvement, Case Studies
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Rhodes, Christopher; Brundrett, Mark – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This article reports on outcomes from a study funded by the National College for School Leadership designed to explore the factors that assist in the leadership development of teachers at a number of stages of their career development. More specifically, the study sought to identify issues associated with leadership talent identification,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Talent Identification, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
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Grove, Crissie M.; Dixon, Patricia J.; Pop, Margareta M. – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This qualitative study examines one professional development program and how this experience affects teachers' thoughts about planning and science teaching practices specific to the elements focused on during the program. The program supports 13 American K-12 teachers, selected from across the nation, to spend six weeks with a mentor scientist in…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods
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Sturko, Patricia; Holyoke, Laura – Professional Development in Education, 2009
The purpose of this evaluation study was to determine whether career and technical education teachers were using the integration strategies that were presented to them in a professional development course. The integration strategies are strategies that teachers can use to integrate reading, writing and mathematics into their technical curricula.…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Educational Change, Teachers, Professional Development