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Kovacs, Helena – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2018
In its essence, transformative learning is a dynamic and ever-emerging process, according to the core literature that deals with it. As such, when examined from the perspective of teacher professional development, transformative learning ceases being solely related to an individual and becomes a composition within which the individual creates and…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Change
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Wang, Xiaofang; Wong, Jocelyn L. N. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
University experts typically serve as knowledge sources for teacher learning. Experts in China are no exception. Nevertheless, minimal attention has been focused on knowledge flow between experts and teachers, and its contribution to teacher knowledge development. Drawing on the perspective of knowledge process across boundaries, this qualitative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Qualitative Research
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Ngcoza, Ken; Southwood, Sue – Perspectives in Education, 2015
This article offers an extract of a qualitative case study focused on collaborative professional development of science teachers in a transformative continuous professional development (TCPD) network, whose aim is the professional development of science teachers with a view to improving praxis. Teacher narratives generated through an iterative…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Transformative Learning, Professional Continuing Education
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Chandra, Vinesh; Mills, Kathy A. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become an integral part of societies across the globe. This study demonstrates how successful technology integration by 10 experienced teachers in an Australian high school was dependent on teacher-driven change and innovation that influenced the core business of teaching and learning. The…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Russell, Alicia – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
Russell Tufts University This study examines the potential of designing and teaching online courses to prompt university faculty members to reflect on the essence of good teaching, and as a result reconsider their beliefs concerning effective pedagogy. A phenomenological investigation was conducted based on interviews with six long-time university…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Burke, Brigid M. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2013
An experiential approach to professional development (EPD) allowed Spanish teachers opportunities to improve their practice through demonstration, observation, collaboration, fieldwork, and reflection. As result of "experiential" professional development, Burke (2012) found that teachers' knowledge about communicative language teaching…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Faculty Development, Training Methods, Models
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Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette I.; Dreon, Oliver; Mahoney, Tim – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
The goal of this 4-year study was to investigate the implementation of a secondary science professional development school at a midsized, publicly funded 4-year institution with a large college of education. The study focuses on the preparation of secondary science teachers because improving STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development