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Samuel Fowler; Simon N. Leonard – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Emerging digital technologies offer a transformative potential to redefine learning tasks and many examples of this potential are now available. The scaling of the innovative pedagogies emerging from the research into widespread and sustainable practice, however, remains problematic. This paper addresses the issue of scaling by using Design Based…
Descriptors: Design, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Faculty Development
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Olofson, Mark W.; Garnett, Bernice R. – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Shifts towards student-centred pedagogies require high-quality professional development to support teacher learning. Although many characteristics of effective professional development have been identified, such programmes still struggle to demonstrate successful results. This mixed-methods study investigated the development of student-centred…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Student Centered Learning, Mixed Methods Research, Middle School Teachers
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Tan, Yuen Sze Michelle; Amiel, Joshua Johnstone – Professional Development in Education, 2022
Little is known about the integration of current neuroscience knowledge to classroom teaching, although many teachers rely on neuromyths to shape their pedagogies. Through a professional development approach, the learning study, we explored how teachers learned to apply neuroscience to teaching instruction. The teachers collaborated to design,…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Misconceptions
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Torrance, Deirdre; Forde, Christine; King, Fiona; Razzaq, Jamila – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Despite growing interest in social justice leadership and awareness of the need to include this focus in leadership preparation and development, little is understood of practices used to support such commitment. In this article, Bacchi's (2012a) Foucaldian approach is drawn from, to provide a specific means of critically analysing what problem(s)…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Leadership Training, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
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Hill, Stephanie – Professional Development in Education, 2020
The growing interest in the role of student agency within schools, as well as the need for effective professional learning, supports further investigation into initiatives aiming to develop meaningful and sustainable student involvement in school improvement approaches. This article explores the role of student leadership in professional learning…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Teaching Methods, Student Participation, Educational Improvement
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Hajar, Siti; Honan, Eileen; Moni, Karen – Professional Development in Education, 2020
This paper draws on Foucault's concept of governmentality to explore the use of reflective practice within Classroom Based Action Research (CBAR). The study reported here explored English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' reflective practice as they adopted CBAR as a professional learning model. Qualitative data were gathered from eight EFL…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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de Paor, Cathal – Professional Development in Education, 2015
Lesson demonstration within the context of school-based coaching can give teachers practical examples of a new curriculum in action, thereby reinforcing the key messages introduced in initial in-service training. At the same time, the demonstration needs to be sufficiently invitational so that teachers feel positively about the new programme and…
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Elementary School Curriculum
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Hennessy, Sara; Dragovic, Tatjana; Warwick, Paul – Professional Development in Education, 2018
The study reported in this article investigated the influence of a research-informed, school-based, professional development workshop programme on the quality of classroom dialogue using the interactive whiteboard (IWB). The programme aimed to develop a dialogic approach to teaching and learning mediated through more interactive uses of the IWB,…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Workshops, Technology Integration
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Sato, Takahiro; Haegele, Justin A. – Professional Development in Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate in-service physical education teachers' engagement during online adapted physical education (APE) graduate professional development. This study was based on andragogy theory. All participants were in-service physical education teachers enrolled in a state-approved online APE endorsement program at a…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Grounded Theory, Teacher Attitudes
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Ulvik, Marit; Smith, Kari; Helleve, Ingrid – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Education is described as a moral enterprise and many of the professional dilemmas teachers encounter have an ethical aspect. Research on ethical situations that novice teachers experience, however, seems to be limited, and we know little about how teacher education can prepare student-teachers for dealing with ethical issues. In this article a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Ethics
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Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Dawson, Kara; Wolkenhauer, Rachel; Krell, Desi – Professional Development in Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to understand the ways virtual school teachers experienced professional development framed as a year-long collaborative action research endeavor. These virtual school teachers taught completely online courses for a large virtual school and did not reside within the same geographical location. Thus, the professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Online Courses, Action Research, Asynchronous Communication
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Peercy, Megan Madigan; DeStefano, Megan; Kidwell, Tabitha; Ramirez, Rebekah – Professional Development in Education, 2016
Understanding how online approaches to teacher education can support teacher candidates (TCs) in the central work of teaching, that of engaging in practice with learners, has become increasingly important. This study is aligned with scholarship in core practices, which asserts that opportunities to examine, engage in and reflect upon the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Literacy Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Philippou, Stavroula; Papademetri-Kachrimani, Chrystalla; Louca, Loucas – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This paper explores the experiences of 14 early years educators who participated in a continuing professional development (CPD) programme coordinated by two of the paper's authors. The programme was part of a three-year research project, which aimed at introducing early childhood educators to an inquiry-based approach to mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Professional Continuing Education, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
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Baricaua Gutierez, Sally – Professional Development in Education, 2016
Professional development of in-service teachers requires a sustainable and school-based model which will provide them with opportunities for collaboration in building an environment that supports their capacity-building and pedagogical improvement. In this professional development model, teachers are treated as central to the learning process,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Qualitative Research
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Allen, Ann Sundstrom; Topolka-Jorissen, Kathleen – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This qualitative methods study examined a rural North Carolina elementary school that implemented teacher learning walks as a method of professional development. Adapted from the practice of principal walkthroughs, teachers followed a protocol for collaboratively observing colleagues' classrooms and reflecting on teaching and learning. The…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Rural Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
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