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Téllez, Kip; Mosqueda, Eduardo – Review of Research in Education, 2015
The growth of teachers' professional knowledge and skills has been the topic of policy, research, and even philosophy for many decades. The assessment of English Learners (ELs), a more specific concern, has become an interest of the educational community in just the past 40 years (e.g., Harris, 1969). The authors' task in this chapter is to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Educational Assessment, Academic Achievement, Language Teachers
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Mundy, Marie-Anne; Howe, Mary E.; Kupczynski, Lori – Teacher Development, 2015
This study examined 299 Louisiana teachers from three school districts regarding their perceptions of the value provided by specific types of professional development (PD) including professional learning communities (PLC), demonstration lessons, and in-service as well as graduate hours in reading/literacy on implementation (frequency of use),…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Demonstrations (Educational)
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Allsopp, David H.; Haley, Keri C. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2015
This paper reports the results of a synthesis of research related to teacher education, mathematics, and students with learning disabilities (SWLD) and other struggling learners. The goals of this synthesis were to determine the nature of the current research base (2004-2014) and to determine how it can inform teacher educators about the effective…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Learning Disabilities
Vidacovich, Courtney – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Current teaching standards and practices are dictated, at least in part, by state- and district-mandated standardized tests. Yet, despite being surrounded by data, teachers receive only basic trainings on how to use assessments. In reality, teachers use data and assessments daily--even minute by minute--through the assessment process, which uses…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Leko, Melinda M.; Kiely, Mary Theresa; Brownell, Mary T.; Osipova, Anna; Dingle, Mary P.; Mundy, Charlotte A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the discourse patterns characterizing individual special education teachers as they participated in a collaborative professional development (PD) group, and how these individual discourse patterns influenced other group members' opportunities to learn about reading instruction for upper elementary…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration
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Hennessey, Angela; Dionigi, Rylee A. – Issues in Educational Research, 2013
To implement cooperative learning successfully in practice, teachers require knowledge of cooperative learning, its features and terms, and how it functions in classrooms. This qualitative study examined 12 Australian generalist primary teachers', understandings of cooperative learning and perceived factors affecting its implementation. Using…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
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Doddington, Christine – Education 3-13, 2013
Internationally, forms for teacher education (initial and continuing) are under the spotlight for change. This article briefly considers what is at issue and what opportunities might be available for moving towards "professionalisation" in the provision of outstanding teachers. In particular, it suggests how we should characterise the thinking…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Kidd, Warren – Professional Development in Education, 2013
This article addresses key issues in pre-service teachers' professional learning. The argument explores pre-service teachers' learning and practice, which is both informed by technology and which uses technologically enhanced practices in classrooms as learning and teaching strategies. The article is contextualized by current…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Preservice Teachers, Professional Development, Change Agents
Gould, Heather – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The release of the "Common Core State Standards for Mathematics" in 2010 resulted in a new focus on mathematical modeling in United States curricula. Mathematical modeling represents a way of doing and understanding mathematics new to most teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the conceptions and misconceptions held by…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematical Models, Misconceptions
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Murray, John – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2013
As both Friedman (2007) and Wagner (2008) have eloquently emphasized in recent years, children need to learn more complex material in preparation for further education and work in the twenty-first century. Teachers, therefore, must learn instructional approaches that develop the knowledge and skills students need to succeed in an increasingly…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Improvement
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Johnsen, Susan K. – Gifted Child Today, 2012
Educators need to know the professional standards in their field to maintain high levels of professional competence. This article focuses on four sets of teacher preparation standards in gifted education. They address initial and advanced preparation of educators who teach students with gifts and talents. Initial preparation standards include the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Gifted, Talent, National Standards
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Bullough, Robert V., Jr. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
Taking the form of a personal essay, the author describes developments within teacher education in the USA over a 40-year period, since the founding of "JET." Beginning with his work within teacher education as a graduate student and moving across time, he describes major movements in teacher education, discusses several of the most…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Educational History
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2011
Learning to teach never ends. In fact, learning to teach is no longer thought of as a one-time process of "teacher training" where student teachers are equipped with theory and methods and then sent out to "practice" teaching. Likewise, continued education for experienced teaching is no longer thought of as a process of periodic "staff…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Professional Development, Educational Practices
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Nadelson, Louis S.; Callahan, Janet; Pyke, Patricia; Hay, Anne; Dance, Matthew; Pfiester, Joshua – Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Student foundational knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is formed in their elementary education. Paradoxically, many elementary teachers have constrained background knowledge, confidence, and efficacy for teaching STEM that may hamper student STEM learning. The association between teacher preparation to teach…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Competencies
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So, Kyunghee; Kim, Jiyoung – International Education Studies, 2013
This study explores how informal inquiry among teachers occurs in pursuit of their professional development within a learning community that has been voluntarily constructed by South Korean teachers. To this end, the study investigates what leads teachers to participate in a self-organized learning community, how informal inquiry occurs in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Inquiry, Professional Development
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