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Promoting Effective Teacher-Feedback: From Theory to Practice through a Multiple Component Trajectory for Professional Development
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Voerman, Lia; Meijer, Paulien C.; Korthagen, Fred; Simons, Robert Jan – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study describes an evaluation of a theory-based trajectory for professional development called FeTiP (Feedback-Theory into Practice) that aims to have an observable effect on teacher classroom behavior. FeTiP is a multicomponent trajectory for professional development and combines several types of interventions. Its goal is to help teachers…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Faculty Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Teacher Behavior
Teacher Educators Working on Their Own Professional Development: Goals, Activities and Outcomes of a Project for the Professional Development of Teacher Educators
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Koster, Bob; Dengerink, Jurrien; Korthagen, Fred; Lunenberg, Mieke – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
This article reports on the professional development of teacher educators within the context of a national project, "Professional Quality of Teacher Educators," where a professional standard and a standards-based procedure of (self-)assessment and professional development have been created and effectively implemented. This project…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Educators, Self Evaluation (Individuals), National Standards
Better Serving the Needs of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students in the Mainstream Classroom: Examining the Impact of an Inquiry-Based Hybrid Professional Development Program
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Hutchinson, Mary; Hadjioannou, Xenia – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
In this study, the authors examine the impact of an English as a second language (ESL) professional development offering designed to meet this challenge: the Modular Design for English Language Learners (MODELL) instruction program. The authors were part of a team of faculty that designed and developed this hybrid professional development program…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Second Language Learning, Mainstreaming, Classroom Environment
The Role of "Accomplished Teachers" in Professional Learning Communities: Uncovering Practice and Enabling Leadership
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Lieberman, Ann; Mace, Desiree H. Pointer – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
This paper describes the signature role played by accomplished, experienced teachers in professional learning communities, and the importance that these practitioners make their teaching public and shared. In so doing, the authors describe how accomplished practices can be shared between classrooms and between practitioners with varying levels of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Communities of Practice, Teacher Leadership
The Bright Side: Teacher Research in the Context of Educational Reform and Policy-Making
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Rust, Frances; Meyers, Ellen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
This paper focuses on the Teachers Network Leadership Institute (TNLI), an initiative designed to bring the voice of teachers into the educational policy arena through teacher action research. We view teachers' research on teaching and on school processes as an important means through which to expose the various sources of tension between policy…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Change, Teacher Researchers, Educational Policy
Knowledge Construction in Collaborative Enquiry among Teachers
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Tillema, Harm; van der Westhuizen, Gert J. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
In this article knowledge productivity, a process that creates conceptual artifacts, is used as a way to investigate the outcomes of collaborative and enquiry-oriented activity by teaching professionals. It is an outcome of the motivation to learn (self-regulation) in that it studies the issues from different professional perspectives (reflection…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Work Environment, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration