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Ling Zhang; Richard Allen Carter Jr.; Jihong Zhang; Tiffany L. Hunt; Christopher R. Emerling; Sohyun Yang; Fangjie Xu – Professional Development in Education, 2024
A considerable number of empirical studies have led researchers to identify key characteristics that indicate effective professional development (PD). However, few studies have attended to teacher perceptions of PD characteristics across international contexts. This article reported on an exploratory study utilising latent class analysis (LCA) to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Global Approach, Program Effectiveness
Andrew J. Wayne; Mengli Song; Alex Bishop; Cheryl Graczewski; Sami Kitmitto; Heleana Lally – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2023
Compared to average workers in the United States, teachers exhibit higher levels of job-related stress, with roughly half of teachers showing signs of burnout. For policymakers and school leaders, some promising levers to lower teacher burnout are salaries, work schedules, and working conditions. This brief describes the findings of a new impact…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Burnout, Stress Variables, Intervention
Monica Fedeli; Edward W. Taylor – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2023
This study aims to understand the impact of a faculty development program emphasizing active learning (innovative teaching) attended by instructors of diverse disciplines at the University of Padova in Italy, which has had an 800-year history of using traditional approaches to teaching and learning. Using a community of practice theoretical…
Descriptors: Influences, Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Faculty
Hong Zhang; Xuehan Lyu; Yannan Qiu – Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
The promotion of effective teacher professional development (ETPD) is a critical issue in the field of teacher education. The present study investigated how ETPD is affected simultaneously by teacher- and school-level factors across the United States, China, Finland, and Singapore. The data were drawn from the Teaching and Learning International…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Acosta, Hazel; Cajas, Diego; Minchala, Elizabeth – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This study deviates from the standard view of template-based training courses that have dominated the experience of in-service English teachers in Ecuador. Its purpose is to underscore the contextualization of training modules as a strategic method for duplicating and scaling up multi-level teacher training to sustain their knowledge and skills.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Beane, Rachel J.; Altermatt, Ellen R.; Iverson, Ellen R.; Macdonald, R. Heather – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers' "Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing One's Career" has been offered annually since 1999. The five-day workshop with accompanying web resources employs a "whole faculty" approach to support geoscience faculty members during their…
Descriptors: Workshops, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Hayes, Tammy K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of professional development in the use of effective questioning techniques on the perceptions and instructional practices of teachers in an elementary school setting. Participants were surveyed pre- and post- targeted professional development, asking their perceptions on knowledge and use of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Surveys, Pretests Posttests, Knowledge Level
Keller, West E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The need to improve the quality of early childhood education is urgent. Researchers are diligently studying which forms of professional development will yield positive changes in teacher practices. Communities of practice (COPs) and coaching have both been shown to be potentially effective and efficient means of professional development in early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Communities of Practice, Preschool Teachers, Coaching (Performance)
Rebull, L. M.; French, D. A.; Laurence, W.; Roberts, T.; Fitzgerald, M. T.; Gorjian, V.; Squires, G. K. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) provides a year-long authentic astronomy research project by partnering a research astronomer with small groups of educators. NITARP has worked with a total of 103 educators since 2005. In this paper, surveys are explored that were obtained from 74 different educators, at up to four waypoints…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Astronomy, Scientists, Teacher Surveys
Abu-Tineh, Abdullah M.; Sadiq, Hissa M. – Professional Development in Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of effective professional development and effective models of professional development as perceived by school teachers in the State of Qatar. This study is quantitative in nature and was conducted using a survey methodology. Means, standard deviations, t-test, and one-way analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
Cassada, Kate M.; Kassner, Laura D. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2018
As part of their graduate education, in-service teachers identified an area of instructional focus, video recorded their classroom instruction at two intervals in a semester-long course, formed peer groups, and shared their videos for the purpose of obtaining feedback for professional growth. After the conclusion of the course, participants were…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Peer Evaluation, Online Surveys, Student Attitudes
Brock, Matthew E.; Beaman-Diglia, Lauren E. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
Many early educators cite behavior management as a top professional development need. Evidence-based practices exist to address severe challenging behavior, but promoting implementation of these practices remains a challenge. In this single-case design study, two preschool teachers received coaching focused on implementing three evidence-based…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Student Behavior, Preschool Children
Jones, Danielle R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
It is important that school employees understand the meaning of Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying [HIB] as defined by NJ's HIB legislation as a result of the professional development [PD] opportunities provided by their school district. Adequate training on HIB, HIB legislation, and intervention/prevention strategies is paramount in reducing…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Bullying, Antisocial Behavior
Boeskens, Luka; Nusche, Deborah; Yurita, Makito – OECD Publishing, 2020
While teachers' initial education is key to ensuring that new teachers are prepared for their work, it is only one piece in the continuum of teachers' professional growth. Continuing professional learning is vital for teachers to broaden and deepen their knowledge, keep up with new research, tools and practices and respond to their students'…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Professional Continuing Education, Educational Practices, Policy Formation
Dalrymple, Jennifer Lynn Penry – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation examines the effectiveness of a professional development program designed specifically to provide foundational knowledge and skills to Technology Teachers in preparation for a transition to a Technology Integration Specialist position. Specifically, it evaluates the Technology Teachers' changes in knowledge and beliefs as a…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Technology Integration, Models, Faculty Development