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Scarparolo, Gemma E.; Hammond, Lorraine S. – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Research over the last 15 years has reported that for professional development to be effective, in terms of changing teachers' knowledge and/or instructional strategies, it needs to be conducted taking into consideration the following factors: teachers' existing knowledge, experience and attitudes towards the professional development, school…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Ong, Justina – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
This study had two main aims: first, to offer a descriptive account of shared reading program using an evaluative lens and second, to examine whether teachers' perceptions of the importance of phonological awareness, word decoding, and text comprehension in helping young learners develop their reading abilities were indeed emphasized during…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Reading Programs, Phonological Awareness, Teacher Attitudes
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Fletcher, Jo; Grimley, Michael; Greenwood, Janinka; Parkhill, Faye – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2012
There is a significant body of international research indicating that reading instruction does not consistently occur in the final years of primary schooling and progress drops-off as students move through the schooling system. This paper uses case study research to investigate the interactions and the self-perceptions of five literacy leaders,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development
Ducharme, Daphne; Leblanc, Raymond; Bourassa, Michelle; Chevalier, Jacques – Online Submission, 2011
This article describes a collaborative research study of university researchers and Grades one and two teachers from an Ontario, Canada French-language School Board. The School Board offered phonological awareness and reading-teaching training to grades one and two teachers with a long-term goal of improving the reading outcomes of the students in…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Acculturation, Phonological Awareness, Foreign Countries