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STEM Professional Learning: Supports and Tensions with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabian Teachers' Immersion Experiences in Australian Schools
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Kewalramani, Sarika; Adams, Megan; Cooper, Rebecca – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
A novel way to support change and development in a country's education system is to send teachers abroad on a professional learning program, so that they become immersed in a different culture, language and education system. The focus of this study was to investigate the supports and tensions created during a professional learning and leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Teachers, Professional Development
Veteran Teachers and Digital Technologies: Myths, Beliefs and Professional Development
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Monteiro, Angélica; Mouraz, Ana; Thomas Dotta, Leanete – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
According to the Teaching and Learning International Survey (2019), the average age for a teacher, across OECD countries, is 44 years old, and the teacher workforce has aged in a number of countries, over the past 5 to 10 years. Given the demands expected from the contemporary teaching profession, the study of possible implications of ageing on…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Beliefs, Misconceptions, Professional Development
The First Three Years: Experiences of Early Career Teachers
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Fenwick, Ashley – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
This study considers two discourses of current relevance to national and international educators--early professional learning (EPL) and curriculum change. Induction arrangements for early career teachers (ECTs), EPL and informal learning have received considerable attention in the past few years. Changes to induction inevitably have knock-on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Interviews, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Teacher Educator Dilemmas: A Concept to Study Pedagogy
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Cabaroglu, Nese; Tillema, Harm H. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
To disclose the inner process of teacher educators' dealing with their different roles and their coping with conflicting demands, the study of dilemmas encountered in practice may offer a promising perspective. Building on previous research on teaching dilemmas, this study uses a comparative approach to disclose teacher educators' views on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods, Coping
Student-Teachers' Perspectives on Positive and Negative Social Processes in School
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Graham, Suzanne; Roberts, Jon – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
In recent years, the Standards for Qualified Teacher Status in England have placed new emphasis on student-teachers' ability to become integrated into the "corporate life of the school" and to work with other professionals. Little research, however, has been carried out into how student-teachers perceive the social processes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes
Less Experienced Mathematics Teachers Report What Is Wrong with Their Professional Support System
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Cwikla, Julie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
Teachers with seven years of teaching experience or less (n = 10) participating in a large-scale mathematics professional development program in the United States were interviewed. The goal of this qualitative study was to better understand less experienced teachers' reactions to professional development and professional support in the teaching…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development