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Bethzabe Cotrado; María Burgos; Pablo Beltrán-Pellicer; Alfredo Carlos Castro – REDIMAT - Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, 2025
In this article, we describe the implementation and results of a formative experience with prospective mathematics teachers, focused on developing the competence for didactic-mathematical analysis of curriculum materials, specifically student workbooks related to probability. The research design follows a methodological approach typical of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Skills, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Pattison, Krista; Costigan, Heather; Keller, Chelsea; Sekhar, Deepa – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: This study investigated the efficacy of a two-component professional development approach to improving school wellness in Pennsylvania secondary schools. Design: Circle of Wellness (CoW), a year-long, two-phase programme, involved providing Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) workshops to Pennsylvania school staff and…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Administrators, School Personnel, Wellness
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Cornish, Scott; Yeung, Alexandra; Kable, Scott H.; Orgill, MaryKay; Sharma, Manjula D. – Teaching Science, 2019
This article describes how the Advancing Science and Engineering through Laboratory Learning (ASELL) Schools program was developed. ASELL School's directive is to facilitate the embedding of inquiry-based learning in secondary school classrooms through workshop-based teacher professional development (PD). The approach of ASELL Schools is to…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Workshops, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development
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Hardesty, Canyon; Moody, Eric J.; Kern, Shira; Warren, Wendy; Cooley Hidecker, Mary Jo; Wagner, Susan; Arora, Sanjeev; Root-Elledge, Sandra – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2021
Adequately prepared educators are critical to the success of children in rural settings, but many educators receive little training on how to support students with disabilities. Professional development for educators is challenging in rural areas due to the lack of opportunities and travel requirements. Project ECHO™ was originally developed to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Rural Schools, Teacher Competencies, Students with Disabilities
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Clarke, Deb; Winslade, Matthew – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2019
As initial teacher education students transition to the profession, the experiences offered by the university and partner institutions require intentional, careful, and strategic planning, to ensure positive relational, organisational, and pedagogical experiences for all stakeholders (Lynch & Smith, 2012; Moss, 2008). To minimise the tensions…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Teacher Education Programs, Cooperative Planning
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Housman, Jeff M.; Wilson, Kelly L.; Wiley, David C. – Health Educator, 2018
School-based sexuality education provides a means of disseminating valuable information about decision making and avoidance of risky behaviors that may result in an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted infection; however, effective teacher training is required for efficacious sexuality education programs. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Workshops, Attitude Change, Evidence Based Practice
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Lawlor, John; Conneely, Claire; Oldham, Elizabeth; Marshall, Kevin; Tangney, Brendan – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2018
There have been calls for decades by many educational writers and commentators for a new model of learning to facilitate what is generally described as twenty-first-century learning. Central to this challenge is the required shift in responsibility for who leads and owns the learning--from teacher to student. Such a shift requires a pragmatic…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Models
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Clary, Deidre; Feez, Susan; Garvey, Amanda; Partridge, Rebecca – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2015
Overall, the educational achievement of rural and regional students is lower than that of students elsewhere. To address uneven student achievement, a regional NSW high school, in collaboration with the local university, adopted a whole school approach to literacy teaching and learning. The literacy pedagogy adopted by the school has been applied…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Rural Education, Academic Achievement
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Janssen, S.; Kreijns, K.; Bastiaens, T.; Stijnen, S.; Vermeulen, M. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Professional development of teachers has become an essential condition in today's knowledge-based society to sustain the quality of teaching. Therefore, the Dutch government promotes this professional development. As a result, Professional Development Plans (PDPs) are now increasingly used to stimulate and support the professional development of…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Workshops, Guidance
Upton, Lee; Morse, Michael; Lenhart, Gary – Teachers & Writers, 2002
Presents a survey that asks three educators to comment on the positive and negative results of the writing workshop tradition in America. Considers the ways in which the workshop has come to reflect contemporary notions of education, the relationship between the writer and the audience, and the nature of the imagination. (SG)
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reader Text Relationship, Secondary Education, Surveys
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Nielsen, Linda – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
An in-service program for secondary learning disabilities teachers was based on three premises: adolescents can be motivated, and instruction can be individualized with innovative curriculum materials; contingency management can improve social conduct and academic achievement; and expensive gadgets and large consulting staffs are not prerequisties…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
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Haanstra, Folkert; Van Hoorn, Marjo – Research in Drama Education, 2002
Describes Dutch experimental theatre and dance projects in which the artists themselves participated in the preparatory lessons and/or subsequent workshop. Compares learning experiences of pupils 14 to 16 years of age who participated in the projects. Shows that besides gender and level of education, the involvement of the artist significantly…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Artists, Dance, Drama Workshops
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Campbell, Patricia G. – Journal of Drug Education, 1983
Tested the effectiveness of the Streit Family Communication Workshops in improving perception in 11 families with adolescent children. Results indicated the viability of the workshop in changing perception, showing changes which should lead toward decreased drug use. Further evaluation of duration of change is needed. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Environment
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Estes, Thomas H.; Staiger, Ralph C. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Objectives, Financial Support, Program Effectiveness
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Shapiro, H. Svi – Education, 1981
In order to implement special education courses in high schools, the Massachusetts Department of Education, Division of Special Education, developed an inservice training program which utilized a peer-training approach. (CM)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment
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