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Direct linkMockler, Nicole; Groundwater-Smith, Susan – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This paper seeks to interrupt the dominant discourse of action research that emphasises the celebration of achievements, paying less attention to the "unwelcome truths" that can sometimes be revealed. Building on our work in supporting inservice teacher professional learning thorough practitioner research in contexts such as the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Inquiry, Reflection
Yuan, Rui; Burns, Anne – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study explores how two language teachers constructed and reconstructed their professional identities through their action research (AR) facilitated by university researchers in China. Informed by the theory of 'community of practice', the findings of the study show that AR exerted a transformative impact on the teachers' identity development.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Power Structure, Foreign Countries, Professional Identity
Mak, Barley; Pun, Shuk-Han – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This ethnographic study-cum-action research documents the cultivation of a community of practice for sustainable professional development among a group of 18 teachers of English as second language in Hong Kong through a series of planned efforts over 10?months. By juxtaposing the theory-driven planned efforts and the spontaneous actions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Sustainability, Faculty Development
Wongsopawiro, Dirk S.; Zwart, Rosanne C.; van Driel, Jan H. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This paper describes a method of analysing teacher growth in the context of science education. It focuses on the identification of pathways in the development of secondary school teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) by the use of the interconnected model of teachers' professional growth (IMTPG).The teachers (n = 12) participated in a…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement
Leeman, Yvonne; Wardekker, Willem – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
We report on the development of a course for experienced teachers in the Netherlands, intended to enhance their professionalism by engaging them in doing research based on reflection on the aims of their educational efforts. The course was accompanied by design-based research. The research question was whether and how the course stimulated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experienced Teachers, Educational Research, Teacher Researchers
Hall, Elaine – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
The connection between teacher inquiry, professional development and school improvement was recognised 30 years ago by Lawrence Stenhouse. Stenhouse contributed many valuable insights into the role of practitioner enquiry in creating and utilising knowledge about teaching and learning, much of which is still to be applied systematically in teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Relationship, Teachers, Inquiry
Loizidou, Andri; Koutselini, Mary – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
Current research evidence suggests that metacognitive monitoring decisively affects learning. More specifically, it appears to affect the learner's tasks and learning strategies. However, the way this skill can be developed in schools has not been thoroughly examined. This article discusses the development and application of an intervention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Intervention, Faculty Development
