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"I Speak Prose and I Now Know It." Personal Development Trajectories among Teacher Educators in a Professional Development Community
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Brody, David; Hadar, Linor – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This study explores trajectories of professional growth by teacher educators participating in a professional development community on teaching thinking. Qualitative measures revealed a four stage model of personal professional trajectories: anticipation/curiosity, withdrawal, awareness and change. The model delineates passages traversed by teacher…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, Teacher Educator Education, Communities of Practice
Establishing and Sustaining Teacher Educator Professional Development in a Self-Study Community of Practice: Pre-Tenure Teacher Educators Developing Professionally
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Gallagher, Tiffany; Griffin, Shelley; Parker, Darlene Ciuffetelli; Kitchen, Julian; Figg, Candace – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This paper outlines the professional development of pre-tenure teacher educators through the establishment of a self-study group. Through reflecting on three significant events, a discussion is offered as to how members contributed to the self-study of teacher education practices and experienced enhancement as a community of scholars. Evidence is…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Educators, College Instruction, Faculty Development
From Isolation to Symphonic Harmony: Building a Professional Development Community among Teacher Educators
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Hadar, Linor; Brody, David – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
Professional development among teacher educators requires a framework in which collaborative learning can support growth and change. This study describes a professional development project modeled on a professional development community focused on thinking education in a teachers college. Qualitative measures revealed a multilayered process…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Schools of Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators
Features and Strategies of Supervisor Professional Community as a Means of Improving the Supervision of Preservice Teachers
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Levine, Thomas H. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This article explores whether features associated with effective professional communities among K-12 teachers are relevant and sufficient for improving the practice of supervisors in teacher education programs. Interview and observational data from nineteen supervisors in one teacher education program illuminate what supervisors want in order to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Student Teacher Supervisors