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Wong, Jocelyn L. N. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
Most studies of school-based mentoring practice have put their key focus on discussions of the professional growth of novice teachers rather than of their mentors. Mentoring practice, however, is also a platform from which mentors can build or enhance their professional competency and capitalize their leadership role as they interact with novice…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Capacity Building, Mentors, Case Studies
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Ngcoza, Ken; Southwood, Sue – Perspectives in Education, 2015
This article offers an extract of a qualitative case study focused on collaborative professional development of science teachers in a transformative continuous professional development (TCPD) network, whose aim is the professional development of science teachers with a view to improving praxis. Teacher narratives generated through an iterative…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Transformative Learning, Professional Continuing Education
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Moore-Gumora, Courteny – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2014
This study brings together the theoretical and empirical practices of traditional informative education, radical transformative education, and sustainable education reform. An analysis of learning disability and constructivist learning are used to elucidate the socio-complexity of historic academic constructs concerning educational leadership for…
Descriptors: High School Students, Transitional Programs, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
King-Cooey, Sarah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative case study was threefold. First, it sought to identify factors which influence belief change of teachers who pursued master's literacy education programs. Second, this study sought to determine whether teachers' experiences in the master's programs were transformative, and if so, to what extent.…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Literacy, Language Arts, Qualitative Research