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Paula Marcelo-Martínez; Carmen Yot-Domínguez; Carlos Marcelo – Teacher Development, 2024
In this study, the authors analyse how teachers use different social networks and if there are differences according to sex, age and level of education they teach. They establish the motivations for the use of social media by teachers. Through the analysis of data collected through a questionnaire administered to 429 teachers, the authors learnt…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Social Networks
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McCoy, Selina; Lynam, Aoife M. – Teacher Development, 2022
The expectation for teachers to integrate technology within their classroom practice is growing. However, few studies examine the influences on pre-service teachers' technology integration knowledge and practice, and the role of field experience in shaping these. Narratives from semi-structured pre-COVID interviews with 35 pre-service primary…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teachers, Field Instruction
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Tay, Lee Yong; Ramachandran, Kalaivani; Ong, Woei Ling Monica; Towndrow, Phillip Alexander – Teacher Development, 2021
Continuous professional development is necessary for teachers to stay current with teaching and learning. However, teachers face tensions when they engage in such activities. From the sociocultural and distributed leadership perspectives, this case study investigates how a school, recognised for its excellence in staff well-being and development,…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Leadership Styles, Principals, Instructor Coordinators
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Clement, Tim; Howard, Duncan; Lyon, Eldon; Molloy, Elizabeth – Teacher Development, 2023
The teaching and learning that takes place in clinical settings has a significant influence on the practice of future health professionals. This article describes the use of a logic model and case study methodology to evaluate an online and face-to-face video-club, a novel professional development activity designed with the aim of improving…
Descriptors: Medical School Faculty, Logical Thinking, Models, Professional Development
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Fransson, Göran; Norman, Fredrik – Teacher Development, 2021
The call for digitalisation in compulsory and upper secondary schools implies the need for teachers to pursue professional development. Here, teachers' self-understanding may influence how they use, relate to and learn about digital technologies. The purpose of this article is to explore how a teacher's self-understanding influences his…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Technology Integration, Professional Development, Learning Strategies
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Štemberger, Tina – Teacher Development, 2020
This article focuses on the career cycle and initial motivation of secondary school teachers in Slovenia and is based on the Teacher Career Cycle Model. The aim of the study was to determine whether there are differences in the career stages and motivation in terms of teachers' gender, mode of formal education and length of work experience in…
Descriptors: Career Development, Developmental Stages, Teacher Motivation, Secondary School Teachers
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Besser, Michael; Leiss, Dominik; Blum, Werner – Teacher Development, 2020
Teacher professional development (TPD) courses can support teachers in building up pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and in improving the quality of teaching. Therefore, having teachers participate in TPD is of special interest for educational policy. Unfortunately, knowledge about the relation between teachers' PCK and teachers' attendance in…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Middle School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Boström, Erika; Palm, Torulf – Teacher Development, 2020
Research has identified characteristics of professional development programmes (PDPs) that are important for accomplishing change in teachers' practice and student achievement. However, these characteristics do not predict and guarantee the outcomes of a specific PDP. In the present study the authors investigated whether the expectancy-value…
Descriptors: Expectation, Value Judgment, Theories, Professional Development
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Edwards, Frances; Ogle, Dianne – Teacher Development, 2021
Increasingly, teachers are considered accountable for continuous improvement in student achievement. They are expected to integrate and analyse data from multiple sources in order to make decisions aimed at positively influencing student outcomes. Given the growing recognition of the importance of data-informed decision making in teaching, it is…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Professional Development, Elementary School Teachers
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Hopwood-Stephens, Isabel – Teacher Development, 2020
Recent changes to English national assessment policy have resulted in primary school leaders adopting new frameworks to evaluate pupil progress. This study examines the role of expansive workplace characteristics and staff meetings to support teachers to change their assessment practice at a schoolwide level, following engagement with a new…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Work Environment, Foreign Countries, Meetings
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Maher, Damian; Schuck, Sandy – Teacher Development, 2020
The rate of change in the use of digital technologies in schools means that professional learning regarding technology-enhanced learning is constantly required for school teachers. The focus of this article is on how an action learning (AL) approach supported the professional learning of teachers regarding adoption of mobile technologies in their…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Qablan, Ahmad – Teacher Development, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine if science teachers showed a change in their ability to design and implement science lessons that integrate twenty-first century science practices as a result of their participation in a subject-specific professional development program. A qualitative design utilizing inductive analysis was used to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Professional Development, Foreign Countries
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Schatz Oppenheimer, Orna; Dvir, Nurit – Teacher Development, 2018
This study presents a qualitative research based on three narratives written by novice mathematics teachers. We examine their unique professional world during their first year of work. The methodology of narrative framework, on which this article is based, helps to gain better understanding of the need for novice mathematics teachers to have…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Faculty Development, Professional Development, Qualitative Research
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King, Fiona – Teacher Development, 2016
Teacher professional learning is widely accepted as a mediating factor for enhancing student outcomes. While many teachers across the world engage in professional development (PD) to enhance their professional learning, what is less evident is how to support that learning to result in change following teacher PD. Acknowledging that not all teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Transformative Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Svendsen, Bodil – Teacher Development, 2016
The aim of this study was to find out how science teachers who have participated in a one-year school-based collaborative teacher professional development programme, perceive the programme's impact on their professional development. Constant comparative analysis was used on data from three schools to generate the findings in this study. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Education Programs
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