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Direct linkEleni Damianidou – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
The aim of this research was to understand what motivates teachers and keeps them engaged with obligatory professional development courses (PDC), as part of formal in-service training (IST). Thirteen teachers from a secondary education school in Cyprus participated in a qualitative research. Data were collected with semi-structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
Download full textFetine Bayraktar; Ilkay Yorganci – Journal of International Students, 2025
This study investigates the motivational factors influencing Muslim students' decisions to pursue higher education in Northern Cyprus, focusing on the interplay of cultural, religious, and academic considerations. Drawing on data from two leading institutions from North Cyprus, we explore students' academic, social, and cultural experiences within…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Muslims, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
Joana Cadima; Tiago Ferreira; Carolina Guedes; Diana Alves; Catarina Grande; Teresa Leal; Filipe Piedade; Ana Lemos; Andri Agathokleous; Vicky Charalambous; Charalambos Vrasidas; Demos Michael; Manuela Ciucurel; Georgeta Chirlesan; Bogdan Marinescu; Delia Duminica; Anastasia Vatou; Maria Tsitiridou-Evangelou; Evridiki Zachopoulou; Vasilis Grammatikopoulos – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Professional Development (PD) can be a powerful lever for improving the quality of teacher-child interactions in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and teachers' feelings of support and competence. However, there is a dearth of studies examining different formats of PD and their links with workplace features. The present study aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Bocconi, Stefania; Lightfoot, Michael – European Training Foundation, 2021
The purpose of this Joint Research Centre and European Training Foundation (JRC-ETF) joint report is to propose a methodology for the scaling up of SELFIE on the basis of several case studies from EU Member States and South Eastern European countries. Designed to support schools in using digital technologies for teaching and learning effectively,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Investigating the Processes of Teacher and Researcher Empowerment and Learning in Co-Design Settings
Kyza, Eleni A.; Agesilaou, Andria – Cognition and Instruction, 2022
Discussions about power have only recently begun to appear in the learning sciences literature. Most of this important work takes a critical perspective; the present work complements these efforts by examining power sharing as a catalyst for empowerment in teacher-researcher co-design. Even though teacher-researcher collaborations are discussed in…
Descriptors: Researchers, Cooperation, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
Arnab, Sylvester; Walaszczyk, Ludmila; Lewis, Mark; Kernaghan-Andrews, Sarah; Loizou, Michael; Masters, Alex; Calderwood, Jackie; Clarke, Samantha – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2021
The need for self-directed learning for professional development drives an increase in the delivery of easy to use 'just-in-time' resources that respond to the often-dynamic workplace and work culture. This is especially important in the era of globalisation, when the number of employees, who are culturally diverse, increases each year. Most…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Professional Development
Hadjistassou, Stella; Avgousti, Maria-Iosifina; Louca, Petros – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
This paper draws on design-based research to develop a real-world classroom Augmented Reality (AR) scenario, which was accompanied by tasks used to mediate intercultural telecollaboration. It investigates the role of these tasks and AR scenario in enacting affordances to enrich students' learning experiences, to establish a connection between…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Vignettes
Nijakowska, Joanna; Tsagari, Dina; Spanoudis, George – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
The aim of this study was to validate a 24-item TEPID (Teachers of EFL Preparedness to Include Dyslexics) scale measuring the beliefs of 546 pre-service and in-service teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) across three countries (Cyprus, Greece, and Poland) on their preparedness to include learners with dyslexia in mainstream foreign…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Dyslexia
Pampoulou, Eliada; Theodorou, Eleni; Petinou, Kakia – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2018
Whilst augmentative and alternative communication has been used for over sixty years across many countries, in Cyprus it remains underdeveloped. The current study seeks to investigate the current AAC practices in Cyprus. Data were collected through electronically distributed questionnaires to all registered speech and language therapists (n =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Problems, Disabilities
Nicolaidou, Maria; Karagiorgi, Yiasemina; Petridou, Alexandra – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
This article focuses on the implementation of the "Professional Learning through Reflection promoted by Feedback and Coaching" (PROFLEC) project in Cyprus. The project aimed to provide valid and reliable feedback to school leaders and support them to interpret this into meaningful practice. A three-step-process, involving a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Coaching (Performance), Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Yashchuk, Sergiy – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2016
The article deals with theoretical analysis of the educational process in European higher education institutions in the context of forming future social workers' professional legal competency. Based on the study of scientific and reference sources the author has defined the peculiarities of the educational process in the most popular higher…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Law Related Education, Social Work, Caseworkers
Petridou, Alexandra; Nicolaidou, Maria; Karagiorgi, Yiasemina – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
Self-efficacy is extensively discussed within social cognitive theory. This study aimed to explore the impact of professional development and practice on school leaders' self-efficacy in Cyprus. A quasi-experimental design involving 2 groups of novice secondary deputy head teachers was employed. All participants practised leadership at the time,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Quasiexperimental Design, Leaders, Self Efficacy
Liasidou, Anastasia; Antoniou, Androniki – School Leadership & Management, 2015
This article is concerned with exploring the ways in which head teachers' leadership for social justice is understood and enacted within the context of inclusion. Head teachers' leadership praxis is influenced by individual understandings of social justice, as well as dominant institutional realities and policy priorities that indicate the extent…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Inclusion, Leadership, Praxis
Philippou, Stavroula; Papademetri-Kachrimani, Chrystalla; Louca, Loucas – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This paper explores the experiences of 14 early years educators who participated in a continuing professional development (CPD) programme coordinated by two of the paper's authors. The programme was part of a three-year research project, which aimed at introducing early childhood educators to an inquiry-based approach to mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Professional Continuing Education, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
Karagiorgi, Yiasemina; Nicolaidou, Maria – Professional Development in Education, 2013
Although teacher educators are often regarded as models of lifelong learning for the teachers, their professional development has been the object of meagre research and discussion in the literature. This study raises awareness on issues pertaining to teacher educators' professional development in the Greek-Cypriot context. Data from…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Semi Structured Interviews
