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Hass, Christopher A. F. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Over the past 50 years physics education research (PER) has grown into a thriving subdiscipline of physics. PER grew out of a desire to approach education research and development from a disciplinary perspective, operating under the assumption that good physics education is deeply rooted in the disciplinary knowledge and practices of physicists.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Researchers, Physics, Educational Researchers
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Popovic, Celia; Fisher, Elaine – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Entry into the Fellowship of Staff and Educational Development Association is through the production of a professional portfolio which evidences the applicant's achievement of the Fellowship requirements. Supporting and Leading Educational Change takes participants through the Fellowship process. The 12-week online course combines theory of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Development, Online Courses, Change Strategies
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Kensington-Miller, Barbara; Ratima, Matiu – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2015
This article presents a professional development programme which brought an indigenous minority group of tertiary staff together. We describe a peer-mentoring model, piloted in 2009 at The University of Auckland, New Zealand with university staff in order to promote staff advancement. The participants were all Maori, the indigenous people of New…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, College Faculty, Indigenous Personnel
Seisay, Benson M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The professional learning community (PLC) is a powerful tool in education, one that is intended to reform failing schools and improve student achievement. This research gathered data to determine teacher perceptions about challenges of teacher collaboration within a PLC school. The key conceptual framework for this case study originated from work…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Academic Achievement, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice
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Munene, Ishmael I. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
As the internationalisation of higher education has become an important element in university global competitiveness, universities are engaged in initiatives to internationalise their curricula. Among the strategies employed to internationalise the campuses is the recruitment of highly skilled international faculty. The recruitment of such faculty…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Professional Development, International Education, Higher Education
Plagens, Marcia L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore how teachers use collaboration to improve practice in a Midwest elementary school. A case study approach was used for this research utilizing qualitative research techniques including surveys, individual interviews, and review of teacher reflective journals. This methodology was selected because the focus…
Descriptors: Campuses, Qualitative Research, Trust (Psychology), School Culture
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Wong, Jocelyn L. N. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2010
The concept of "professional learning community" (PLC) has been suggested as a tool to improve teachers' professional competency and students' learning outcomes since the mid-1990s. In such a community, teachers can share their individual practices with the aim of searching for "good practice" based on the outcome of collective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Competence, Teaching Methods
Holland, Holly – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Examines effects of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act from a caring, innovative elementary teacher's viewpoint. A court required KERA, the legislature created it, state officials regulate it, but teachers are directly responsible for working together to make reforms work. Unfortunately, the state has not provided enough direction to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Professional Development
Kruse, Sharon D.; Louis, Karen Seashore – 1993
This paper reports on a longitudinal study of four urban schools that sought to develop professional community as part of a restructuring process. The study focuses on how restructuring affected teachers' work over a 3-year period. It reports that the absence of structural conditions can impede the growth of professional community; however, their…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Change, Comparative Analysis, Cooperation
Colky, Deborah Lavin; Colky, Michael T.; Young, William H., III – 2002
Designed for managers and workers in virtual organizations as well as adult and continuing educators in higher education, associations, and private sector, this book outlines a customer-driven performance management system and explains its use as a development tool. The characteristics of virtual organizations are described, and the rationale for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Collegiality, Continuing Education