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Phillips, Michelle; St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2013
In 2009, the National Science Foundation funded the "Dynabook: A Digital Resource and Preservice Model for Developing TPCK" project through its Discovery Research K-12 program. Dynabook project leaders and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recognized that digital textbooks would soon be a primary instructional resource, and seized…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Engineering, Research and Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Goos, Merrilyn; Dole, Shelley; Geiger, Vince – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2011
In Australia, concerns about the quality of mathematics education that students experience are particularly salient in rural schools. These schools typically report great difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified teachers of mathematics. Teachers in non-metropolitan locations may also experience professional isolation if they have limited…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Research and Development, Rural Schools, Mathematics Education
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Bertram, Kathryn Berry – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2010
The Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) offered yearlong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professional development to teachers in rural Alaska. Teacher training focused on introducing youth to workforce technologies used in Arctic research. Due to challenges in making professional development accessible to rural teachers, ACMP…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Feedback (Response), Curriculum Development, Rural Schools