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Huijboom, Fred; Van Meeuwen, Pierre; Rusman, Ellen; Vermeulen, Marjan – Professional Development in Education, 2021
For investigating a comprehensive PLC framework, instruments are needed that capture the multi-layered PLC characteristics and that take into account the complex influencing educational context. Such instruments are currently lacking. This study aims at describing the development and validation of two qualitative classification instruments usable…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Classification
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Huijboom, Fred; Van Meeuwen, Pierre; Rusman, Ellen; Vermeulen, Marjan – Professional Development in Education, 2020
Fostering the development of Professional Learning communities (PLCs) should be a priority for education because of their capacity to enhance teachers' professional development. However, in everyday educational (school) contexts studying and supporting the growth of PLCs is a complex endeavour. As a consequence, there is a lack of instruments for…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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van den Bogaart, Antoine C. M.; Hummel, Hans G. K.; Kirschner, Paul A. – Professional Development in Education, 2018
This article explores how personal professional theories (PPTs) develop. PPT development of nine junior accountants and nine novice teachers was monitored by repeated measurements over a period of 1.5 years, from the last year of vocational education until the second year of their professional careers. Computer-supported construction of PPT…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Higher Education, Theories, Beliefs
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Lunenberg, Mieke; Murray, Jean; Smith, Kari; Vanderlinde, Ruben – Professional Development in Education, 2017
In this article we present an embedded case study focused on the learning activities provided for and by us through our involvement in an international forum focused on the professional development of teacher educators. The aim of this research was to gain more insight into the complicated processes of professional learning across national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Faculty Development, Learning Activities
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Janssen, S.; Kreijns, K.; Bastiaens, T.; Stijnen, S.; Vermeulen, M. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Professional development of teachers has become an essential condition in today's knowledge-based society to sustain the quality of teaching. Therefore, the Dutch government promotes this professional development. As a result, Professional Development Plans (PDPs) are now increasingly used to stimulate and support the professional development of…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Workshops, Guidance
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Snoek, M.; Moens, E. – Professional Development in Education, 2011
As part of a government-initiated programme based on the concept of professional development schools, three secondary schools in Amsterdam decided to facilitate teachers in their schools to engage in practice research. This was based on the assumption that research conducted by teachers contributes both to the learning of the teacher researcher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Researchers, Professional Development Schools, Secondary Schools
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Visser, Talitha C.; Coenders, Fer G. M.; Terlouw, Cees; Pieters, Jules M. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Schools are increasingly integrating multidisciplinary education into their programmes. The Minister of Education, Culture and Science has introduced a new, integrated science subject in secondary education in the Netherlands, called Nature, Life and Technology (NLT). This research note describes the design of a generic model for a professional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Program Design