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Elia Fernández-Díaz; Carlos Rodriguez-Hoyos; Adelina Calvo-Salvador – Professional Development in Education, 2025
This paper focuses on the progress of a current participatory action-research project which aims to analyse the use of visual narrative research in the continuing education of teachers to promote collaboration between different agents and help rethink the actions that commit universities to educational and social transformation. A mixed group of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Teaching Conditions
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Rui Yuan; Hong Zhang; Mo Li – Professional Development in Education, 2025
Despite a surge of research interest on languages other than English (LOTE) education over the past years, there is a lack of attention to LOTE teachers' professional practice and development in higher education. To address such a gap, this narrative inquiry examines how a Romanian language teacher navigates identity tensions and seeks his…
Descriptors: Romance Languages, Self Concept, Language Teachers, Personal Narratives
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Amott, Penny – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Identity transformation from teacher to teacher educator is problematic as an 'expert become novice'. The need for professional development for neophyte teacher educators is accepted. The focus of such professional learning has been on the development of an academic identity and engaging in research; the transition in identity is assumed to…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Personal Narratives, Teacher Educators, Biographies
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Trodd, Lyn; Dickerson, Claire – Professional Development in Education, 2019
Emphasis on professionalisation of the childcare workforce internationally is associated with evidence that links education and experience of early years practitioners; quality of early education and care; and outcomes for children and families. In England, this has led to a proliferation of vocational undergraduate programmes. This article draws…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Child Caregivers, Professional Identity, Professional Development
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Yuan, Rui – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Drawing on the approach of narrative inquiry, this study looks into how a novice language teacher educator constructed and reconstructed his professional identities through his research and publishing practice in the higher education context in Hong Kong. The findings of the study show that the participant constantly tried to defend and develop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Turner, Rebecca; Brown, Tony; Edwards-Jones, Andrew; Hughes, Julie; Banks, Alison; Bardsley, Janet; Bryan, Yvette; Gray, Claire; Isaac, Amanda; Mann, Judith; Mason, Maureen; McKenzie, Liz; Osborn, Julie; Rowe, Martin; Stone, Mark; Wilkinson, Rachel – Professional Development in Education, 2015
The diversification of settings in which higher education is delivered has resulted in a growing proportion of lecturers entering teaching from professional backgrounds. This is a challenging transition as lecturers are rarely given the space to consider the implications of this move on their identities and practice styles. Writing is recognised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Development, College Faculty