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Papadouris, Nicos; Vokos, Stamatis; Constantinou, Constantinos P. – Science Education, 2018
This article seeks to make the case for the pursuit of a "better" explanation being a productive organizing framework for science teaching and learning. Underlying this position is the idea that this framework allows promoting, in a unified manner, facility with the scientific practice of constructing explanations, appreciation of its…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Models, Epistemology, Faculty Development
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Sarah Nakaziba; Patrick Ngulube – Discover Education, 2024
This paper is based on the findings of a doctoral study that aimed to examine the role of continuing professional development (CPD) in enhancing digital transformation in selected university libraries in Uganda. One of the ways of effecting digital transformation is to continuously build the technological competencies of the librarians working in…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Educational Change, Technology Uses in Education
Zhou, Zhou – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study proposes and explores the potential of a novel framework called VICTOR (VIdeo-Course-Teacher-discOuRse) for understanding and evaluating video-driven discussions (VDD). Contextualized in teacher preparation and professional development (TPPD), the framework theorizes in order for VDD to be productive, the discussants must make…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Models, Professional Education, Faculty Development
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Fiona King; Philip Poekert; Takeshia Pierre – Professional Development in Education, 2023
Professional learning (PL) encompasses the complexity of teacher learning and teacher agency in the process of learning. This paper aims to shed light on this complexity and proffers a conceptual meta-model of PL grounded in pragmatism to inform action in the design and evaluation of PL. It will firstly explore the aim and implications of the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Models, Professional Autonomy, Professional Continuing Education
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Erin Anderson; Samantha Davis – Journal of Educational Change, 2024
Coaching is a form of professional learning that can contextualize learning and personalize the development of knowledge and skills to improve professional practice and the student experience. Coaching for equity-oriented continuous improvement needs be defined differently than instructional coaching since the schools are focused on changing…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Professional Continuing Education, Faculty Development, Educational Change
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Norma Ghamrawi; Tarek Shal; Najah A.R. Ghamrawi – School Leadership & Management, 2024
This study delves into the transformative impact of a professional development model (PDM) across three affiliated private schools in Beirut, Lebanon, spanning three years, with a primary focus on nurturing teacher leadership. At the heart of this PDM, teachers assumed the role of trainers, guiding their colleagues during dedicated professional…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Transformative Learning, Faculty Development, Models
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Wever Frerichs, Saundra; Pearman Fenton, Melissa Sue; Wingert, Kerri – Adult Learning, 2018
Quality out-of-school time (OST) programs for youth are limited by a lack of professional learning opportunities for staff and volunteers that are based upon solid learning theory, affordable, and scalable for a diverse field. The Click2Science project is an innovative model for professional learning experiences that support staff and volunteers…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Education, Models, Out of School Youth
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Erkmann, Malene; Petersen, Anne Kristine; Christensen, Pernille Lomholt – Designs for Learning, 2019
The paper explores the challenges of designing assignments for online learning environments and looks into the use of models as analytic thinking tools for course designers. The paper opens with a discussion on challenges central to designing assignments for online learning environments in higher education. Subsequently, two widely used models for…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Design, Assignments, Professional Continuing Education
Obamehinti, Feyi – Online Submission, 2017
Schools across the nation know the importance of student achievement; which is at the core of teaching and learning. Here in Texas, we have an accountability rating system that helps gauge how well students are doing annually. Texas accountability system is based on a system of indexes that provides an all-inclusive assessment of the performance…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Faculty Development, Accountability, Educational Assessment
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Philpott, Carey – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2017
Recently there has been renewed interest in basing teachers' professional learning on medically derived models. This interest has included clinical practice models and evidence-based teaching as well as the use of various forms of "Rounds" which claim to derive from medical rounds. However, many arguing for these approaches may well not…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Clinical Experience, Models
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Dogan, Selçuk; Yurtseven, Nihal – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of teachers' professional learning opportunities on instructional quality, which represents a combined approach of behaviorist, cognitivist, and constructivist principles in teaching. We incorporated professional learning communities (PLCs), professional development (PD) days, as well as 3 PD…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Educational Quality, Predictor Variables, Instructional Effectiveness
Hoffman, Martin A., Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Professional development is a vital activity in postsecondary educational institutions that is specifically intended to improve the participants' skill set as educators. Personalized education, differentiated instruction, and adaptive learning are widely discussed as being powerful tools to reach students, but are largely outward facing and not…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Grounded Theory, Teaching Methods
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Fauziyah, Nur; Uchtiawati, Sri – International Education Studies, 2017
This study is an R & D (Research and Development) project which has the main goal to develop appropriate model of professional training for remote areas in Indonesia. This research is important because there are still many teachers who teach subjects that are not in accordance with their educational background. These issues will not only…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Faculty Development, Program Implementation, Models
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Husband, Gary – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2018
This paper reports on the results of a research study conducted in two colleges of further education in Scotland and Wales. The aim of the study was to begin to understand the ongoing effects of initial lecturer education programmes. Using the accounts of respondent lecturers and detailed documentary analysis, an accurate picture of the…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice
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Overstreet, Mikkaka – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2017
This article explored the recent shift in educational scholarship from professional development to professional learning. The government spends billions of dollars on such learning in the United States; however, teachers and researchers are still discovering what makes such learning effective and what types of learning lead to actual change in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Scholarship, Faculty Development, Professional Education
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