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Emily Perry; Josephine Booth – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Research into schoolteachers' professional development often focuses on its subject and pedagogical content, delivery model and mechanisms for and evaluation of professional learning. However, the role of the professional development facilitators who lead, plan and deliver professional development activities is under-researched and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Facilitators (Individuals), Teacher Educators, Professional Development
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Fitzgerald, Angela – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
The phrase 'next practice' was coined to indicate a shift from the notion of best practice to thinking more broadly about the needs of future learners and the ways in which teaching practice might align to support these needs. In understanding what next practice means for the classroom, this study was particularly interested in examining how…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Nisskaya, A. K. – Russian Education & Society, 2018
Preschool education became a part of general K-11 education only very recently. This change has been documented, and it is reflected in the organization and funding of the preschool departments of schools. The welfare of preschool departments within community K-11 organizations depends on the number of parents that they are able to attract.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Parent Attitudes, School Choice
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Martinsone, Baiba; Vilcina, Sabine – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2017
The aim of this study was to provide an initial evaluation of the sustainability of the first Social Emotional Learning (hereafter SEL) program in Latvia, which to date is still the only SEL program in our country. Initiated during the 2012/13 academic year, this program has already been implemented in 41 Latvian schools. In order to address the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Development, Emotional Development, Sustainability
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Wu, Yingkang; Hwang, Stephen; Cai, Jinfa – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
In this exploratory study, we developed a portrait of the challenges and strategic responses of secondary mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) in Chinese universities. The MTEs reported encountering more challenges when teaching pedagogical courses and supervising student teachers than when teaching college mathematics courses and teaching…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
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Kern, Diane; Bean, Rita M.; Swan Dagen, Allison; DeVries, Beverly; Dodge, Autumn; Goatley, Virginia; Ippolito, Jacy; Perkins, J. Helen; Walker-Dalhouse, Doris – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2018
Lead writers and co-chairs of the International Literacy Association's "Standards 2017" provide a hands on guide to using updated standards for the preparation of reading/literacy specialists. Authors share key changes in content, supporting explanations with updated references, and implications for program faculty, state policymakers,…
Descriptors: Reading Consultants, Literacy, Academic Standards, Guidelines
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Ragland, Rachel G. – Cogent Education, 2017
Characteristics of cooperating teachers that lead to successful student teaching experiences and the benefits accruing to cooperating teachers were investigated in a case study. A unique aspect of this study was the focus on the use of cooperating teachers who are alumni of the teacher education program investigated. Cooperating teachers were…
Descriptors: Alumni, Cooperating Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Interviews
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Mayer, Linda – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
This article describes a program instituted by the Northern Valley Schools (New Jersey, USA) Curriculum Consortium's Coaching Academy. This program was born in mid-2012 with the goal of building a cadre of instructional coaches who could provide increased classroom support for teachers to navigate 21st-century educational demands. Planning began…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Teacher Leadership, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Role
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Miranda, Paula; Isaias, Pedro; Costa, Carlos J.; Pifano, Sara – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2017
Aim/Purpose: As e-Learning 3.0 evolves from a theoretical construct into an actual solution for online learning, it becomes crucial to accompany this progress by scrutinising the elements that are at the origin of its success. Background: This paper outlines a framework of e-Learning 3.0's critical success factors and its empirical validation.…
Descriptors: Program Validation, Success, Qualitative Research, Performance Factors
Friedman-Krauss, Allison; Garver, Karin; Nores, Milagros; Li, Zijia; Whitman, Charles – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2020
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a needs assessment to understand and describe early childhood services for preschool-age children with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) in the state of Connecticut. In collaboration with the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), NIEER developed survey…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Needs Assessment
Halverson, Rich; Barnicle, Al; Hackett, Sarah; Rawat, Tanushree; Rutledge, Julia; Kallio, Julie; Mould, Curt; Mertes, Janice – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2015
Personalized learning places the interests and abilities of learners at the center of their education experience. Educators develop environments in which students and teachers together build plans for learners to achieve both interest-based and standards-based goals. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education worked…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, College School Cooperation, Praxis, Educational Practices
Gore, Jennifer; Ellis, Hywel; Fray, Leanne; Smith, Maxwell; Lloyd, Adam; Berrigan, Carly; Lyell, Andrew; Weaver, Natasha; Holmes, Kathryn – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This study explores the views of 6,492 New South Wales (NSW) primary and secondary school students' post-school aspirations. It explores when vocational education and training (VET) begins to feature in students' thinking about their futures, the kinds of students who think about VET, and under what conditions. The study informs how teachers,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Hargreaves, Jo; Osborne, Kristen – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This summary brings together the findings from two research projects: "Choosing VET: Investigating the VET Aspirations of School Students" and "In Their Words: Student Choice in Training Markets--Victorian Examples." The research investigated school students' post-school aspirations for vocational education and training (VET),…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
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Balduzzi, Lucia; Lazzari, Arianna – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
In recent years, the issue of early childhood staff professionalisation has been taking an increasingly prominent position in policy-making and academic debates at the international level. Despite this growing interest, studies investigating the content and delivery of professional preparation programmes for early childhood practitioners are still…
Descriptors: Mentors, Workplace Learning, Context Effect, Educational Policy
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Mudzimiri, Rejoice; Burroughs, Elizabeth A.; Luebeck, Jennifer; Sutton, John; Yopp, David – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
Mathematics classroom coaching is used across the United States as a means for improving instruction, with the ultimate goal of improving student learning. The job assignments of coaches can vary widely across schools and districts. Regardless of the various forms that coaching can take, there is the consistent expectation that a coach's…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Mathematics Education, Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers
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