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Szeto, Elson; Sin, Kenneth; Leung, George – Professional Development in Education, 2021
This paper aims at extending the understanding of principal leadership in support of teachers' development of robot-based pedagogy for students in a cross-school professional learning community (PLC) of Hong Kong's special education. Sixty representative teachers from over 30 special schools, that is 50% of the total number of special schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Special Education
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Groothuijsen, S. E. A.; Prins, G. T.; Bulte, A. M. W. – Professional Development in Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to establish an empirically substantiated professional development programme for teachers to become lead teachers who are able to support professional development of peers in times of curriculum innovation. The design of a professional development programme, participants' learning outcomes and their interrelatedness are…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Leadership, Curriculum Development, Teacher Collaboration
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Ufnar, Jennifer A.; Shepherd, Virginia L. – Professional Development in Education, 2019
This article presents an in-depth study supporting the Scientist in the Classroom Partnership (SCP) program as a model of effective professional development (PD) for K-12 teachers. The goal of this study was to determine the core and structural features of the SCP program necessary for effective teacher PD. The SCP partners a classroom teacher…
Descriptors: Scientists, Partnerships in Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
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Crippen, Kent J.; Biesinger, Kevin D.; Ebert, Ellen K. – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This paper provides a detailed description and evaluation of a three-year professional development project in a large urban setting in the southwestern United States. The impetus for the project was curriculum development focused on integrated scientific inquiry. Project goals included the development of a professional learning community, reformed…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Science Teachers