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Avalos, Beatrice – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
A review of publications in "Teaching and Teacher Education" over ten years (2000-2010) on teacher professional development is the subject of the paper. The first part synthesises production referred to learning, facilitation and collaboration, factors influencing professional development, effectiveness of professional development and issues…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Faculty Development, Literature Reviews, Synthesis
Hofman, Roelande H.; Dijkstra, Bernadette J. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
Teacher professionalization has been focused too strongly on external experts and a one-size-fits-all set of solutions that often fail to distinguish between the needs of different teachers. This article describes a research into teacher networks that might be more successful vehicles for professional development of teachers. The results show that…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Networks, Reflection, Teacher Motivation
Tytler, Russell; Symington, David; Darby, Linda; Malcolm, Cliff; Kirkwood, Valda – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This paper explores aspects of professional development for teachers of science and mathematics in schools in rural Australia. The study identified a range of issues including tensions between government, school and individual professional learning priorities and their respective responsibilities; the shaping of professional development by…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Science Teachers
Bickmore, Dana L.; Bickmore, Steven T. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation and effectiveness of the components of two middle school induction programs through the perceptions of three participant groups--new teachers, mentor teachers, and principals. Effectiveness was defined as a systematic processes embedded in a healthy school climate that met new teachers'…
Descriptors: Mentors, Professional Development, Middle School Teachers, Program Implementation
Niesz, Tricia – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This article presents findings from an ethnographic study that explored how participation in an educator network contributed to the production of meaning, identity, and agency among the teachers and school district administrators involved. Prominent in this process were the differences between practice in the network, consisting of dialogue…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Networks, Educational Change, Program Effectiveness
Chalies, Sebastien; Bruno-Meard, Francoise; Meard, Jacques; Bertone, Stefano – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This study evaluated the impact of a specific program on the training of preservice teachers; the program consisted of alternating periods of "condensed" and autonomous classroom work and training sequences with university supervisors and cooperating teachers in order to prepare for these practical work periods. Borrowing from an original…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Vescio, Vicki; Ross, Dorene; Adams, Alyson – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
After an overview of the characteristics of professional learning communities (PLCs), this manuscript presents a review of 10 American studies and one English study on the impact of PLCs on teaching practices and student learning. Although, few studies move beyond self-reports of positive impact, a small number of empirical studies explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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
Nir, Adam E.; Bogler, Ronit – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
Literature has shown that on-the-job professional development programs are most beneficial when they are long-term, focused on students' learning, and linked to the curricula. We hypothesized that the higher the control teachers have over job professional development processes, and the greater the resemblance of these processes to the typical…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Participant Satisfaction
Kirkgoz, Yasemin – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This article reports a 2-year case study (2003-2005) on teachers' instructional practices, and the impact of teacher understandings and training upon the teachers' implementation of the Communicative Oriented Curriculum (COC) initiative in the context of a major curriculum innovation in teaching English to young learners in Turkish state schools.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Elementary School Teachers, Innovation, Program Effectiveness
Hibbert, Kathryn M.; Heydon, Rachel M.; Rich, Sharon J. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This paper reports on a case study of a "lead literacy teacher" initiative in one Canadian province. This initiative is related to a ''minority world'' trend in teacher in-service that seeks to develop "experts" in a field with the intent that such experts can help other teachers to raise student achievement for the betterment…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Educational Change, Literacy, Foreign Countries