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Continual Professional Development for Science Lecturers: Using Professional Capital to Explore Lessons for Academic Development
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Deesha Chadha – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Personal observations suggest that science lecturers in higher education do not always feel comfortable engaging with the support offered through academic development initiatives. At a research-intensive university in the UK, research was conducted using a mixed-methods approach to establish how science lecturers engaged with continual…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Science Teachers, College Faculty
Teacher Communities as a Context for Professional Learning: A Preschool Case Study
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Damjanovic, Victoria; Blank, Jolyn – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Considerable research has shown professional learning communities (PLC) within schools as a beneficial way for teachers to develop professionally within the context of their own work environment. Although the positives are often highlighted in PLC's, there is limited information as to how teachers function within these spaces. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Preschool Teachers
An Investigation into the Effects of Short-Course Professional Development on Teachers' and Teaching Assistants' Self-Efficacy
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Makopoulou, Kyriaki; Neville, Ross D.; Ntoumanis, Nikos; Thomas, Gary – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Whilst attendance at short, day-long courses or workshops features prominently in teachers' continuing professional development (CPD) profiles, research remains equivocal about their lasting impact. The present study addresses questions about the impact of short-course CPD in the context of a national CPD programme aimed at developing teachers'…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Self Efficacy, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Aides
"I Never Feel Alone in My Classroom": Teacher Professional Growth within a Blended Community of Practice
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Trust, Torrey; Horrocks, Brian – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Well-designed face-to-face and virtual communities of practice provide opportunities for teachers to learn, grow as professionals and make changes to their practice with the support of peers. However, as more K-12 teachers become Connected Educators and act as conduits between online spaces and communities in their schools, the boundaries between…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Elementary Secondary Education, Qualitative Research
Through the Lens of Teacher Professional Development Components: The "Dialogic Video Cycle" as an Innovative Program to Foster Classroom Dialogue
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Gröschner, Alexander; Seidel, Tina; Kiemer, Katharina; Pehmer, Ann-Kathrin – Professional Development in Education, 2015
For developing professional development (PD) programs, research suggests referring to effective components. In developing a PD program on classroom dialogue, we explored to what extent effective components could be addressed. We conducted a study with two groups. In the "Dialogic Video Cycle" (DVC), six German teachers participated in a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Intervention
An Innovative Model of Professional Development to Enhance the Teaching and Learning of Primary Science in Irish Schools
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Smith, Greg – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This study investigates the influence of a two-year professional development programme on primary teachers' attitudes towards primary science, their confidence and competence in teaching science, and pupils' attitudes towards school science. Unlike the traditional "one-size-fits all" model of professional development, the model developed…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers