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Direct linkO'Leary, Matt; Wood, Phil – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Attempts to measure the quality of teaching and learning have resulted in an overreliance on quantitative performance data and the normalisation of a set of reductionist practices in England's further education sector in recent years. Focusing on lesson observation as an illustrative example and drawing on data from a national study, this article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Observation, Neoliberalism
Saderholm, Jon; Ronau, Robert N.; Rakes, Christopher R.; Bush, Sarah B.; Mohr-Schroeder, Margaret – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This evaluation study examined a state-wide professional development program composed of two institutes, one for mathematics teachers and one for science teachers, each spanning two weeks. The program was designed to help teachers transform their practice to align with Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and Next Generation Science…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Program Design, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation
Owen, Susanne Mary – Professional Development in Education, 2015
Innovative educational approaches for schooling require changes to the traditional teacher role towards operating as co-facilitators and co-learners, and working in teacher teams, with considerable professional learning supporting this. Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been acknowledged as highly effective, with their characteristics…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Collaboration
Hramiak, Alison – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This article explores some of the challenges faced by Teach First teachers during their first year of teaching in a culturally diverse school, and describes some of the strategies they employ to overcome them. Using a variety of methods, both qualitative and quantitative data are collected, focusing on the perspectives of the teachers over the…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Alternative Teacher Certification
Svanbjörnsdóttir, Birna M.; Macdonald, Allyson; Frímannsson, Guðmundur H. – Professional Development in Education, 2016
In schools the participation of students, parents and paraprofessionals is important because it increases ownership and improves performance. Here the focus is on students' and paraprofessionals' learning and a sense of community when leaders try to develop a professional learning community in a new school in Iceland. An action research project…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Nabhani, Mona; Bahous, Rima; Hamdan, Zeina – Professional Development in Education, 2012
This case study examines the attitudes of the secondary and middle school teachers at one school in Lebanon regarding the effect of the school's professional development (PD) programs on the quality of their teaching practices and motivation. It also examines teachers' attitudes regarding PD as well as their recommendations to improve the quality…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers
