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Pischetola, Magda; Møller, Jeppe Kilberg; Malmborg, Lone – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Professional development programs for teachers in higher education are often characterized by top-down approaches, which fail to make appreciable differences in teaching practices. This study uses a qualitative approach to explore activity-oriented design (AOD) as an instrument for collaborative learning in higher education teacher professional…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities
Elizabeth Drolet – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The aim of this action research study is to link research to action in order to meet individual learner needs through the creation of collaborative inquiry based teams that seek to provide equitable learning experiences through differentiated instructional practices. Key findings include the results of the primary goal of this study, which was…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Equal Education
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Kennedy, Emma-Kate; Keaney, Caroline; Shaldon, Chris; Canagaratnam, Myooran – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
Supervision is a critical component of initial training and continuing professional development for applied psychology practitioners, and effective supervision is significantly related to the quality of the relationship between supervisor and supervisee. The core task of supervision is to engage in a relational process that provides containing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supervision, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Faculty Development
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Alexander, Patricia A. – Educational Psychologist, 2017
In this commentary, theoretical principles pertaining to the role of epistemic cognition in teaching and professional development, synthesized from the content of this special issue on reflection and reflexivity, are proffered. These theoretical notions are then followed with a critical analysis of specific challenges encountered in enacting these…
Descriptors: Reflection, Theory Practice Relationship, Reflective Teaching, Faculty Development
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Lambirth, Andrew; Cabral, Ana; McDonald, Roger; Philpott, Chris; Brett, Ashley; Magaji, Adewale – Professional Development in Education, 2021
This article addresses the need for 'coherent, holistic frameworks offering insightful understandings as well as viable, connected and synergistic solutions to schools'. We describe a model which emerged from a research study developed in the context of a professional development course attended by more than 150 teachers from primary and secondary…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Leadership, Power Structure, Ethics
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Spies, Tracy; Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn; Bengochea, Alain; Falomir, Gloria Carcoba; Xu, Yunying – CATESOL Journal, 2021
Nevada has recently taken considerable steps to reform English learner (EL) education across the state with teacher development as a primary focus. Educational reform agendas necessitate that teachers not only rethink their practices but teach in novel ways. It has been argued that teacher development through graduate education and other…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Educational Change, Graduate Students, Theory Practice Relationship
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Wieser, Clemens – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2018
Evidence receives elevated attention in teacher education today, and this attention fuels the urge to identify the impact of evidence for teaching. However, this identification turns out to be difficult: Evidence is only infrequently used by teachers to explain or justify action, and this empirically documented situation is argued to be due to a…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Theory Practice Relationship, Decision Making, Teacher Education
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Thompson, Jessica J.; Hagenah, Sara; McDonald, Scott; Barchenger, Christie – Science Education, 2019
To organize for the improvement of science instruction teachers need opportunities to collaboratively learn from practice, in practice, and to engage in the revision of classroom tools. In this paper, we examine how a professional learning community (PLC), comprised of middle school teachers and researchers, worked on the improvement of Ambitious…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Educational Improvement
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Wall, Kate – Scottish Educational Review, 2018
This paper will question the notion of research, evidence and tools within a practitioner enquiry orientated practice. Basing the discussion within the current education research and policy context in the UK and the wider Global Education Reform Movement, I will ask questions about how a practitioner enquiry frame as located within Scottish…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Policy, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Change
Dorn, Linda J.; Soffos, Carla; Klein, Adria – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
"The Comprehensive Intervention Model: Fostering Self-Regulated Readers Through Responsive Teaching" by Linda Dorn, Carla Soffos, and Adria Klein introduces educators to an innovative intervention model that puts theory to practice then gives that practice a framework. When implemented with fidelity, the framework has the potential to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, Response to Intervention, Evidence Based Practice
Chavez, Kathryn J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study investigated two questions: a) What is the relationship between reflection and professional development? and b) What is the role of reflection in teachers' instructional decision-making? Teachers are often conflicted by competing theories (e.g. behaviorist vs. constructivist) and principles (progressives vs. essentialists) at both…
Descriptors: Reflection, Faculty Development, Decision Making, Conflict
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Duncalf, Debbie; Lloyd, Di; Pratt, Andrea; Horsfall, Peter – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2017
This paper reports on the first year of an innovative Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Advanced Education Practice, designed to meet the specific staff and development needs of one school in the North West of England. The programme is underpinned by three strands of practice based learning: learning about practice (theory), learning in…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Transformative Learning, Program Descriptions, Educational Practices
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Farrell, Peter – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2015
The author, a school principal with significant classroom responsibilities recounts his journey towards authenticity as an independent teacher-researcher. His career as a researcher began in the scientific-knowledge tradition and then moved into the practical-knowledge tradition. He describes how Donald Schön, the father of reflective practice,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Teacher Researchers, Faculty Development, Educational Practices
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Stevens, Gillian; de Vera, Manuel – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2015
The article describes the experience of forming a set in a higher education institution and offers some observations and insights gained from the perspectives of the role of the set adviser, cultural differences and the challenges of attempting to align theory, practice and experience.
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Cultural Differences, Theory Practice Relationship, Faculty Development
Truebridge, Sara – Teachers College Press, 2013
As adults working in schools, educators' beliefs translate into messages, actions, and behaviors that can enhance or impede student success. This book affirms why beliefs are so important and why it is imperative to spend time focusing on, reflecting upon, and affecting educators' beliefs--especially about students' resilience. The author draws…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Strategies, Outcomes of Education
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