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Svendsen, Bodil – Teacher Development, 2016
The aim of this study was to find out how science teachers who have participated in a one-year school-based collaborative teacher professional development programme, perceive the programme's impact on their professional development. Constant comparative analysis was used on data from three schools to generate the findings in this study. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Education Programs
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Feeney, Eric J. – Teacher Development, 2016
This study examined teachers' learning situated in a school to reveal factors that support and hinder learning in the workplace. The investigation analyzed teachers' orientation to learning, examining beliefs, practices, and experiences about teachers' learning in relation to change in the workplace. A hypothesis is that teacher learning and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Workplace Learning, Teacher Improvement
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Kayler, Mary A. – Teacher Development, 2009
This multi-layered qualitative study explored a learner-centered curriculum intervention designed to support constructivist learning with practicing PK-12 teachers in a United States university Masters degree program. Research questions that guided faculty inquiry were: 1) How do practicing teachers understand the principles of learner-centered…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Masters Programs
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Jamissen, Grete; Phelps, Renata – Teacher Development, 2006
As school systems internationally seek to improve the models of professional development they are providing for their teachers to support them in integrating information and communication technology (ICT) in their teaching practice, growing opportunities emerge to compare and contrast approaches employed in different cultural contexts and to learn…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Professional Development
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Liu, Yuanlong; Shen, Jianping; Warren, Wilson J.; Cowart, Lynne E. – Teacher Development, 2006
The purpose of the research reported in this paper was to develop a preliminary factorial structure of high school history teachers' perceptions on the most important elements of successful history teaching. The 54-item Teaching American History Perception and Behavior Questionnaire was developed and administered to high school American history…
Descriptors: United States History, High Schools, Measures (Individuals), Secondary School Teachers
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Cheng, May May-Hung – Teacher Development, 2005
The field experience component in the four-year Bachelor of Education programme (Primary) at The Hong Kong Institute of Education offers a number of opportunities for students to observe or teach in a school. The aim of this article is to analyse the learning of the student-teachers and the supporting teachers during the field experience period in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development