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Sales, Auxiliadora; Traver, Joan A.; Garcia, Rafaela – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
Teacher professional development is a key factor for transforming professional and school culture. This article describes a case study undertaken in a Spanish school during the 2007-2008 academic year. Our aim is to explain how action research methodology was applied to encourage professional and school culture towards an intercultural and…
Descriptors: School Culture, Action Research, Educational Change, Professional Development
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Kuijpers, J. M.; Houtveen, A. A. M.; Wubbels, Th. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This article examines the design of a professional development model that aims to improve student achievement. This model has been designed by combining and supplementing elements from school-improvement literature and existing professional development models. Existing models from two largely independent approaches to professional development of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Educational Improvement
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Polly, Drew; Mims, Clif; Shepherd, Craig E.; Inan, Fethi – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This article uses the framework of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK; Mishra & Koehler, 2006) to analyze findings across projects from the U.S. Department of Education's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) initiative. Approaches such as mentoring methods course faculty, teachers, and creating technology-rich…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Bishop, Russell; Berryman, Mere; Cavanagh, Tom; Teddy, Lani – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
The major challenges facing education in New Zealand today are the continuing social, economic and political disparities within our nation, primarily between the descendants of the European colonisers and the Indigenous Maori people. These disparities are also reflected in educational outcomes. In this paper, an Indigenous Maori Peoples' solution…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement