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Szeto, Elson; Sin, Kenneth; Leung, George – Professional Development in Education, 2021
This paper aims at extending the understanding of principal leadership in support of teachers' development of robot-based pedagogy for students in a cross-school professional learning community (PLC) of Hong Kong's special education. Sixty representative teachers from over 30 special schools, that is 50% of the total number of special schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Special Education
Howell, Emily; Hunt-Barron, Sarah; Kaminski, Rebecca; Sanders, Rachel – Professional Development in Education, 2018
This multiple-case study design with embedded units of analysis examined a two-year professional development (PD) program in which two rural districts received at least 90 hours of PD. This PD was provided through an Investing in Innovation (i3) grant that the United States Department of Education awarded to the National Writing Project. Two of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Faculty Development, Rural Schools
Constraints Preventing Chinese EFL Teachers from Putting Their Stated Beliefs into Teaching Practice
Shi, Leimin; Delahunty, Janine; Gao, Xiaoping – Professional Development in Education, 2019
In China, developing students' overall communicative competence was set as the central goal of the current college English curriculum requirements since 2004. However, this goal has remained largely unfulfilled, particularly with regard to writing competence. This study proposes that the genre-based pedagogy in systemic functional linguistics may…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Herro, Danielle; Quigley, Cassie – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This research involves a multi-year study examining the perspectives and classroom practices of 21 middle school mathematics and science teachers, in the southeastern United States, participating in professional development (PD) exploring science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) literacies. This study sought to understand…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Drits-Esser, Dina; Gess-Newsome, Julie; Stark, Louisa A. – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This two-year, mixed-methods study explored teacher learning during a year-long professional development programme and during the year following the programme. The study examined patterns of change in primary school teachers' inquiry practices, inquiry beliefs and physical science content knowledge during both years as well as the effects of…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Learning Processes, Retention (Psychology), Science Education
White, Elizabeth – Professional Development in Education, 2013
This paper investigates the experiences of secondary teachers within their workplace as they take on the role of leading subject knowledge development days for small groups of student-teachers through a case-study approach. Semi-structured interviews, the reflective journals of these teachers and the evaluations of the days by the student-teachers…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, Professional Identity, Secondary School Teachers
McKeon, Frankie; Harrison, Jennifer – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This exploratory study draws on the experiences, workplace learning and professional development of five beginning teacher educators in the first three years of their new careers. Examples of their developing pedagogic practices and reasoning and conceptions of their roles and identities as teacher educators in their new settings have been…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Educators, Educational Practices, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Blackman, Anna – Professional Development in Education, 2010
Without support for the development of leadership talents and the chance to climb the career ladder, many teachers will leave the teaching sector in search of other career opportunities that will provide an outlet for their interests and talents. Coaching is potentially a way to help teachers fulfill, support and encourage their leadership…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Teaching Skills, Instructional Leadership, Coaching (Performance)