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Youmans, Alexandra; Godden, Lorraine – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
The Coalition Model for Professional Development (CMfPD) was created to develop capacity in a network of adult and continuing education (A&CE) staff from eight district school boards in the eastern Ontario region in Canada. The CMfPD had three main components: (1) a collaborative structure, (2) continuous learning and (3) a culture of care.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Models, Capacity Building, Adult Education
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Kelchtermans, Geert – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
The person of the teacher is an essential element in what constitutes professional teaching and therefore needs careful conceptualisation. In this article the author argues for this central thesis, presenting a wrap up of his theoretical and empirical work on the issue over the past decade. These studies have been inspired--both conceptually and…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Educators
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Mockler, Nicole – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
Drawing on previous research that focused upon the formation and mediation of teacher professional identity, this paper develops a model for conceptualising teacher professional identity. Increasingly, technical-rational understandings of teachers' work and "role" are privileged in policy and public discourse over more nuanced and holistic…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Identity
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Macintyre Latta, Margaret; Buck, Gayle; Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra; Carpenter, Lora – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
Teaching and learning continues to be driven by a version of professionalism that construes practice to be a form of applied science. This paper challenges that paradigm. In particular, subjecting and assimilating practical activity to a technical mode of rationality is challenged as not being the most appropriate way to approach teaching,…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Technology, Models