NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Frida Grimm – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Teacher leaders are increasingly leading learning conversations in professional learning communities (PLCs) in schools in several parts of the world today, but there is little empirical knowledge of teacher leadership in PLC conversations. Thus, this article aims to enhance such knowledge, particularly the development of teacher leadership in PLC…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Teacher Leadership, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Windsor, Sally; Kriewaldt, Jeana; Nash, Melanie; Lilja, Annika; Thornton, Jane – Professional Development in Education, 2022
This research involves two case studies, one in Melbourne, Australia the other in Gothenburg, Sweden, that focus on how using observation tools to gather classroom evidence of teaching and learning promoted opportunities to discuss and develop professional practice. We found that dialogues between pre-service teachers and more experienced…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Evidence Based Practice, Communities of Practice, Guidelines
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zhang, Shaoan; Shi, Qingmin; Lin, Emily – Professional Development in Education, 2020
Drawing on 1508 US secondary teachers' data from Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013, this study examines new and veteran US teachers' needs, support, and barriers for professional development (PD). The results indicated that both veteran and new teachers reported needing PD that addresses implementation of national/state…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Barriers, Educational Needs, Teacher Surveys
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Swart, Fenna; de Graaff, Rick; Onstenk, Jeroen; Knèzic, Dubravka – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Sociocultural and dialogic theories of education have identified the need to integrate both pedagogical content and language knowledge into teachers' professional development to promote effective interaction with students about subject content. In this intervention study, a meta-perspective on language was developed to understand how experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Experienced Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Langdon, Frances J. – Professional Development in Education, 2014
While studies have shown that mentoring is essential to the development of new teachers, fewer investigations have examined what mentors learn about themselves and about mentoring through this role. In this study, the conversations between 13 mentors and their mentees were analysed, along with mentor self-evaluations and focus group data, over two…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Faculty Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Haßler, Björn; Hennessy, Sara; Cross, Andrew; Chileshe, Eness; Machiko, Brian – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This paper reports on the development and outcomes of the second phase of OER4Schools, a school-based professional development programme supporting interactive forms of subject teaching in conjunction with Open Educational Resources (OER) and technology in Zambian primary schools. We worked with partners to identify the needs of school-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Continuing Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Martin, Jeffrey J.; McCaughtry, Nate; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Cothran, Donetta – Professional Development in Education, 2009
Adolescents are physically inactive and non-Caucasian adolescents achieve the least amount of physical activity. Hence, supporting teachers' efforts to increase their students' physical activity during physical education is important. We examined the influence of a social cognitive theory-based intervention on teachers' efficacy to teach…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Social Theories, Teaching Methods, Barriers