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Mitchell, Douglas E.; Kwok, Andrew; Huston, Debbee – Professional Development in Education, 2020
This mixed methods study explores a comprehensive survey administered in one induction program of over 2000 novice teachers and 1000 of their coaches. Quantitative analyses through Structural Equation Modeling indicate the mediating impact that coaches have on various design features of induction, which then have an impact on novice teacher…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Program Effectiveness
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Tonga, Funda Eda; Eryigit, Sümeyra; Yalçin, Fatma Ay; Erden, Feyza Tantekin – Professional Development in Education, 2022
The role of teachers in education is widely acknowledged in educational studies that routinely find that quality of teaching is fundamental to student success. Accordingly, this study set out to examine and describe the professional development of teachers in countries where students perform better in the PISA assessment, namely, Finland, Estonia,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, High Achievement, Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
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Pasternak, Donna L.; Rigoni, Karen K.; Roberts, Nakeysha D. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Through case-study reports, this paper examines the development of two induction-year teachers (years one to three) through their participation in a professional development community in the United States: the Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) of the National Writing Project. Typically, the ISI focuses its professional development efforts on…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Professional Development, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction
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van Velzen, Corinne; van der Klink, Marcel; Swennen, Anja; Yaffe, Elka – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This article presents the results of an exploratory research study into induction practices of novice teacher educators in six different countries. The study was a project carried out by members of the Association of Teacher Educators Europe (ATEE) Research and Development Centre Professional Development of Teacher Educators. Induction is seen as…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Beginning Teacher Induction
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Shagrir, Leah – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This article presents the main domains that reinforced 11 novice teacher educators, as evidenced by their feedback regarding a one-year programme implemented at an intercollegiate professional centre. The main argument posits that since the teacher educator plays a key role in the foundation of the teacher education profession, he/she must be an…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teaching Skills, Professional Development, Teacher Educators
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Lai, Edith – Professional Development in Education, 2010
Mentoring has been widely recognized as an important aspect of the professional preparation of beginning teachers. How mentoring is viewed bears important implications for how mentoring is to be practiced and experienced. This study investigated the views of mentoring held by mentors, mentored in-service teachers and university teachers in a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Inservice Teacher Education
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McIntyre, Joanna; Hobson, Andrew J.; Mitchell, Nick – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This article discusses the evaluation of a unique university-based early professional development (EPD) programme in England that enabled newly and recently qualified teachers to have continued contact with their initial teacher preparation provider. The programme was designed to enhance the induction, EPD and retention of beginning teachers of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching