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McChesney, Katrina; Aldridge, Jill M. – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Although school and education system leaders can mandate teachers' participation in professional development activities, various school-related, teacher-related and student-related factors influence the degree to which professional development opportunities ultimately result in the desired teaching and learning impacts. This study examined…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Models, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
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Craig, Stephanie L.; Smith, Sean J.; Frey, Bruce B. – Professional Development in Education, 2022
Although the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework has been effective in designing tools and lessons, implementation of the Framework to design entire learning environments possesses its own limitations in research. This paper describes a quasi-experimental study of the effects of a professional development program on teachers'…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Institutes (Training Programs), Summer Programs, Access to Education
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Goode, Joanna; Johnson, Stephany Runninghawk; Sundstrom, Krystal – Professional Development in Education, 2020
As new efforts seek to expand computer science education across the globe, there has been a widespread effort to prepare school teachers for teaching computer science to culturally and racially diverse students. This effort to center diversity and equity is notable as computer science courses are typically homogenous in terms of race and gender,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Equal Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Styslinger, Mary E.; Clary, Deidre M.; Oglan, Victoria A. – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This article introduces Project RAISSE: Reading Assistance Initiative for Secondary School Educators and shares the findings of a study into those factors found to motivate study group participants at two rural high schools in the southern USA. The research team collected qualitative data over a two-year period, including interviews, artifacts,…
Descriptors: Study, Group Activities, Communities of Practice, Secondary Education
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Yates, Anne – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Professional learning to embed educational reform may need to take account of the stage of the reform rather than previous teaching experience. As reforms move to the embedding phase, some teachers have become more expert in executing the reform than others and may be well placed to provide professional learning. In 2007, the New Zealand Ministry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Models, Academic Achievement
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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