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Laurien Coenen; Wouter Schelfhout – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Adequate principal preparation and subsequent lifelong learning are of paramount importance in offering the ingredients for coping in multifaceted and highly demanding school environments. This article addresses the following research questions: (1) How do a theoretical and reflective component compare in terms of perceived (a) practical output…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Program Descriptions
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Rothe, Lucian – NECTFL Review, 2023
Teacher-scholars have called upon fellow language educators to redevelop curricula at all proficiency levels to portray the lived experiences of target language (TL) speakers. This article presents a semester-long project that contributes to developing diverse teaching materials for college-level learners at the novice level. Via an ePortfolio…
Descriptors: Diversity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Punjaporn Pojanapunya; Angvarrah Lieungnapar; Sompatu Vungthong – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
Engaging in continuous professional development (CPD) is crucial for teachers to enhance their learning and teaching quality. A large-scale training has been debated as a one-stop training, while the investment's value remains debatable. This study examined the impact of a large-scale training program called the Bootcamp, organized in Thailand, on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Eastman, Dennis; Bishop, Carolyn; Block, Nicholas C. – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2023
As part of a multi-year project within a network of Cambodian Christian schools, researchers facilitated training with the purpose of strengthening learner-centered education. To support teachers to grow beyond previous training, leaders ensured that the structure of the training was carefully aligned with intended outcomes. Informed by…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Student Centered Learning, Religious Schools, Religious Education
Institute for Educational Leadership, 2021
In order to create a greater abundance of effective and affordable pathways for low-income learners, the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) created Minds That Move Us (MTMU). MTMU challenges the bright minds of communities around the country to design innovative education and training models that create social equity and economic mobility…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Instructional Leadership, Educational Innovation, Low Income Students
Mehta, Jal – American Enterprise Institute, 2020
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is having a moment. After years of being neglected for an agenda heavily focused on test scores, the pendulum is swinging back toward the whole child. The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act asks states to develop at least one metric, outside reading and math scores, to measure…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Educational Quality, Academic Education
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McDonald, Kelly K.; Martin, Allison R.; Watters, Cody P.; Landerholm, Thomas E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2019
Many studies illustrate the positive influences of undergraduate research experiences on student learning, attitudes, and retention in the sciences. At our institution, over 90% of the biology majors surveyed reported a desire to participate in undergraduate research, but only 3% per year have the opportunity to work in a traditional…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Scientific Research, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
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Kelley, Todd R.; Knowles, J. Geoffery; Holland, Jeffrey D.; Han, Jung – International Journal of STEM Education, 2020
Background: Teachers can have a significant impact on student interest and learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects and careers. Teacher self-efficacy can also significantly affect student learning. Researchers investigated the effects of teacher professional development and integrated STEM curriculum development on…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Communities of Practice, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
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Boman, Jennifer; Currie, Genevieve; MacDonald, Ron; Miller-Young, Janice; Yeo, Michelle; Zettel, Stephanie – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2017
In this chapter we describe the Decoding the Disciplines Faculty Learning Community at Mount Royal University and how Decoding has been used in new and multidisciplinary ways in the various teaching, curriculum, and research projects that are presented in detail in subsequent chapters.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
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Quest, Mary – Childhood Education, 2018
Children's earliest years are times of significant development and learning, yet the professionals who provide care for young children often do not receive the economic or professional support they need and deserve. Given the unique situations of child care professionals, especially those running their own family child care businesses, we must…
Descriptors: Child Care, Family Environment, Child Development, Child Caregivers
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Beaven, Tita – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The first module of the online Master of Arts (MA) in Translation at the Open University, Introduction to Translation Theory and Practice, includes a language development strand which encourages students to diagnose their own language development needs and introduces them to tools, resources, strategies, and learning communities that will enable…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communities of Practice, Professional Development
Felicia M. Vinces – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Preschool programs, as they have rapidly become more academically oriented, are squarely centered in a debate about developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood. Nature-based preschools are increasingly embraced by parents as a healthy choice compared to more academically focused programs. The Whitaker Preparatory School, a pseudonym,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Preschool Education, Outdoor Education, Learning Processes
Friedlaender, Diane – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2019
What does it take to transform a large, bureaucratic institution with a fractured culture and a compliance orientation into a nurturing, collaborative, vision-directed organization? This report and the accompanying research brief endeavor to answer that question by examining a humanistic and systems thinking approach to cultural change that took…
Descriptors: Humanism, Organizational Change, Change Strategies, Systems Approach
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Hattam, Sarah K.; Weiler, Tanya – Professional Development in Education, 2021
This paper reports on continuing professional development (CPD) innovations in an Australian university to address challenges commonly faced by sessional academics teaching progressively diverse student cohorts. With the impact of Widening Participation (WP) policy increasing university participation of students in recognised equity groups,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Student Diversity, College Students
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Khan, Ruhi; Grijalva, Rebecca; Enriquez-Gates, Alejandra – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2019
Professional development is essential in supporting teachers as change agents to foster international educational reform. Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College acknowledged its role in supporting visiting teachers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in utilizing action research as an opportunity for professional development.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Change Agents, Educational Change
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