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Pella, Shannon – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2015
A common theme has been consistently woven through the literature on teacher professional development: that practice-based designs and collaboration are two components of effective teacher learning models. In addition to collaboration and practice-based designs, inquiry cycles have been long recognized as catalysts for teacher professional…
Descriptors: Affordances, Evidence Based Practice, Professional Development, Inquiry
Dawkins, Lakeshia Darby – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to understand the reasons, as perceived by elementary school teachers at the target Title I school, for low student achievement in reading. The conceptual framework that guided this study was the ecological theory that postulates that students' academic achievement is influenced by several subsystems that affect human…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Low Achievement, Elementary School Students, Ecological Factors
Pellegrino, Anthony; Zenkov, Kristien; Sell, Corey; Calamito, Nicholas – School-University Partnerships, 2014
The study of a middle school social studies project this article addresses occurred in the national capital region of the United States, where perceptions of ''patriotism'' and xenophobic immigration policies were the subjects of frequent media reports. With this examination the authors considered the overarching research question ''How do middle…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, College School Cooperation, Professional Development Schools, Citizenship Education
Webb, Krista Faith Huskey – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the experiences of secondary social studies teachers who implemented Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in history/social studies, science and technical subjects in social studies courses requiring End of Course Tests at secondary schools in one suburban…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Common Core State Standards
Stockdill, Darin; Moore, David W. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
Darin Stockdill was a secondary school English and social studies teacher in Detroit. His early research with classroom instruction and professional development motivated him to begin doctoral study to explore how schools serving as research sites can become sites for professional development and collaboration. He finds an epistemic perspective on…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Interviews, Profiles, Teacher Collaboration
Sarigianides, Sophia Tatiana – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In this dissertation, I analyze teacher, literacy coach and researcher subjectivities in a five-year study of on-site professional development with middle-grade Language Arts teachers in a school designated by its district and state as severely underperforming. Interested in the role of research interviews as both research method and cultural…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Researchers, Teacher Education, Language Arts
Youngs, Peter; Holdgreve-Resendez, Richard T.; Qian, Hong – Elementary School Journal, 2011
This article draws on interview data to analyze how instructional program coherence in 7 elementary schools in 2 Michigan districts seemed to affect novice teachers' induction experiences. Of the 7 study participants, 4 were at schools that had adopted a common language arts framework and had opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Professional Development, Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary School Teachers
Perkins, J. Helen; Cooter, Kathleen – Reading Horizons, 2013
In order to systemically improve student achievement in elementary literacy, a large urban school district partnered with a local university to develop a model for high-quality professional development that hopefully would result in long-term changes in teachers' literacy instructional/practices. Schools were selected based on their Adequate…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Literacy, Literacy Education, Professional Development
Davis, Jamie M. – Online Submission, 2009
The integration of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) into the language arts classroom can greatly assist teachers meet the needs of diverse literacy learners. However, this new technology does not come without some concerns, including but not limited to ease of implementation, funding for new hardware and software, appropriate teacher support,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Environment
Hixon, M. L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to identify the need for educators' use of lesson study as a professional learning community to increase communication between colleagues. Lesson study is considered a form of professional development in that, educator colleagues work with one another to plan, implement, critique, and revise a lesson…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Resource Teachers, Grade 3, Professional Development
Patterson, Jean A.; Eubank, Heather; Rathbun, Shelia E.; Noble, Steve – NASSP Bulletin, 2010
Weick's theory of sensemaking is used to analyze findings from a qualitative study of the implementation of a district-initiated adolescent intervention literacy course in two urban secondary schools. The authors concluded that implementation of the literacy course was hampered because district administrators, building leaders, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, English Teachers, Urban Schools, School Districts

Harste, Jerome C.; Short, Kathy G. – Language Arts, 1996
Presents an in-depth interview with Ken and Yetta Goodman, awarded the second National Council of Teachers of English award for outstanding educator in the language arts. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Interviews, Language Arts
McGrail, Ewa – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2007
The English Language Arts teachers in this qualitative study reported somewhat negative outcomes in social and material spaces in the context of laptop technology in their classrooms. These outcomes included: (a) social isolation, (b) limited communication with a teacher or peers, and (c) off-task behavior. In an attempt to uncover the reasons for…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Computers, English Teachers
Council of the Great City Schools, 2007
The Pittsburgh Public School district is one of many urban school systems across the country that is struggling to boost student performance and regain the respect of its community. Achievement gaps are wide; student achievement is low; and public confidence is fragile. To begin addressing these issues, the Council of the Great City Schools…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Cahnmann, Melisa – Language Arts, 2006
Language arts educators who teach Latino English language learners know that part of their job is to help students learn to distinguish between the vernacular varieties of Spanish (or Mandarin, or Portuguese, or Swahili), English they use at home, and the school varieties of language expected in the classroom and in other professional and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Poetry, Writing (Composition), Language Arts