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Direct linkYun-chen Yen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Collective teacher efficacy has gained growing attention in the field of teacher education due to its potential to enhance student experiences and life chances, as well as foster positive teaching practices and dispositions. It is believed that an inquiry-based learning community provides a promising environment for the development of collective…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Inquiry, Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration
Peer reviewedYariv Feniger; Jenna Goldshtein; Dana Vedder-Weiss – Journal of Education Policy, 2024
Test-based accountability (TBA) draws on a managerialist ideology that emphasises standards, constant measurement, and external motivation for improvement. It stands in sharp contrast to the idea of professional learning communities (PLCs) that aim to mobilise teachers' internal motivation and willingness to cooperate with peers to facilitate a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Standardized Tests, Accountability, Intervention
Download full textCórdova, Ralph Adon; Gamrath, Nikki; Colmaire, Sarah – LEARNing Landscapes, 2023
Emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, a school's teacher-leaders draw on an Interactional Ethnographic Approach to co-construct an inquiry community of Professionals Developing Professionals called Depth of Study (DOS). The study examines the three premises that undergird DOS: Making Visible the Invisible through an Interactional Ethnographic…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Leadership, Inquiry
Kailyn Fullerton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation describes the experience of a group of international school teachers engaging in a cooperative inquiry exploring the influence of mindfulness-based social-emotional learning (MBSEL) practices on their personal and professional lives. The current reality for educators is one of systemic stress and burnout, with teachers working…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, International Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Teachers
Emmajane Milton; Alexandra Morgan – Professional Development in Education, 2023
There is strong evidence that professional learning in schools can positively impact learner experience and outcomes. This conceptual paper draws on key literature focused on understandings of high-quality professional learning and what makes an excellent environment in which to learn. This literature informed and spoke to the sense-making of our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Administrators
Yung-Ju Chen; Xiuye Xie – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
This article aims to explain how social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter can be useful setting for effective professional learning communities (PLCs) for physical educators. It also pinpoints the opportunities and challenges of using social media for PLCs and provides recommendations for physical educators and physical education teacher…
Descriptors: Social Media, Physical Education Teachers, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development
Tondreau, Amy; Johnston, Kelly – Teacher Educator, 2023
In this article, we use narrative inquiry to examine one teacher's experiences of participating in an inquiry-based teacher writing group. Narrative inquiry centers teachers' stories, revealing the complexities of teaching and writing identities. We argue that, despite the "cover story" of a binary writing identity, teachers' stories…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Writing (Composition), Communities of Practice, Story Telling
Lisa Clarke; Susan Pike – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Geography is a subject in the Primary Curriculum in Ireland. It is taught in all schools with some examples of engaging and challenging practices, characterised by enquiry-based learning (EBL) of a range of content, with learning occurring inside and out. In other settings, Geography is more limited in scope and children's geographical experiences…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Hamideh Talafian; Morten Lundsgaard; Maggie S. Mahmood; Eric Kuo; Timothy J. Stelzer – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Although most teachers recognize the importance of taking investigative, open-ended approaches to students' learning experiences, implementing them in high school classes can be challenging for teachers. In this work, we analyzed data from multiple sources from a teaching Community of Practice (CoP) to investigate (a) barriers to taking an…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Laboratory Procedures
Weller, Kirk; Venkatesh, Anil; Militzer, Erin – PRIMUS, 2023
We present a model for professional development of instructional faculty. Though initially conceived for accreditation compliance as a credentialing process for adjunct faculty, this project led to increases in participants' collaboration on lesson design, investment in curricular decisions, and adoption of active learning methods. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Collaboration
Jaworski, Barbara; Potari, Despina – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2021
This paper addresses implementation with respect to the professional development (PD) of teachers of mathematics and the educators/didacticians who work with them, through an "inquiry-based" developmental model. In contrast with a PD model in which educators show, guide or instruct teachers in classroom approaches and mathematical tasks,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers, Inquiry, Active Learning
Sarah Haavind – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
According to the Next Generation Science Standards, three-dimensional teaching challenges educators to adopt an inquiry approach through science and engineering practices aligned with disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts. Few teachers today feel confident in their ability to orchestrate such lessons. Teaching inquiry science takes…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Academic Standards, Inquiry, Educational Practices
Jessen, Britta; Bos, Rogier; Doorman, Michiel; Winsløw, Carl – International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 2023
Purpose: The authors investigate the use and potential of a theoretical combination of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) and the Theory of Didactic Situation (TDS) to support Lesson Study (LS) in upper secondary mathematics. Design/methodology/approach: Case study performed by university researchers, based on theoretical analysis and case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development
Laura Cruz; Eileen Grodziak; Diana Botnaru; Deborah Walker; Trent W. Maurer; Alan Altany; Betty Abraham-Settles; Michelle Amos; Kimberly Bunch-Crump; Alan Cook; Heidi Eisenreich; Diana Gregory; Michael L. Howell; Ioney James; Shainaz Landge; Jane Lynes; Joyce Pompey; Brendan L. Shapiro; Allison Smith; Brenda Thomas; Felicity M. Turner; Ellen H. Williams; Robin Gerchman; Miiriam Horne; Richard Hughes; Alandra Kahl; Rebecca Layson; David X. Lemmons; Jeffrey A. Stone; Elizabeth VanDeusen; Yue Zhang – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This is a large-scale, multi-author collaborative autoethnographic study exploring the concept of building a tangible teaching commons on the example of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Commons Conference. The project organizers sought to provide a big tent and extended an invitation to attendees to respond to a series of writing…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Conferences (Gatherings)
Anthony Miranda – ProQuest LLC, 2024
*English Learners in secondary school settings often face discrepancies in opportunities and outcomes. Methods to address these discrepancies are grounded in an instrumental approach to instruction, wherein educational practitioners are understood to require methodological intervention in the form of professional development by a more experienced…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, High School Students, English Language Learners, Communities of Practice
