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Direct linkTimothy Hart-Ruiz – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2025
This teaching case study explores how two school administrators support whole-school performance improvement through professional development (PD). Wilson Elementary School has seen significant academic growth as measured by state assessments. The administrators attribute these improvements to the PD structures they have implemented which focus…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Professional Development, Educational Improvement, Faculty Development
Thomas R. Guskey – Learning Professional, 2024
Political discord, social tensions, and global conflicts compel teachers to guide students in exploring diverse perspectives and engaging in constructive, respectful dialogues. Furthermore, the rapid evolution of technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), necessitates teachers and school leaders to consider entirely new paradigms in…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
Fischer, Frank; Bauer, Elisabeth; Seidel, Tina; Schmidmaier, Ralf; Radkowitsch, Anika; Neuhaus, Birgit J.; Hofer, Sarah I.; Sommerhoff, Daniel; Ufer, Stefan; Kuhn, Jochen; Küchemann, Stefan; Sailer, Michael; Koenen, Jenna; Gartmeier, Martin; Berberat, Pascal; Frenzel, Anne; Heitzmann, Nicole; Holzberger, Doris; Pfeffer, Jürgen; Lewalter, Doris; Niklas, Frank; Schmidt-Hertha, Bernhard; Gollwitzer, Mario; Vorholzer, Andreas; Chernikova, Olga; Schons, Christian; Pickal, Amadeus J.; Bannert, Maria; Michaeli, Tilman; Stadler, Matthias; Fischer, Martin R. – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: To advance the learning of professional practices in teacher education and medical education, this conceptual paper aims to introduce the idea of representational scaffolding for digital simulations in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: This study outlines the ideas of core practices in two important fields of higher…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation, Higher Education
Lauren M. Slagus; Angela M. Kelly – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: This study explored science teachers' participation in a professional development partnership with informal science institutions (ISIs) designed for urban middle school science teachers, known as the "Urban Advantage Science Initiative." The teacher training involved a whole school focused approach, providing teaching…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Professional Development, Urban Education, Science Teachers
Bowen, Bradley; Shume, Teresa; Kallmeyer, Alan; Altimus, Jewel – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
This study investigates the impacts of a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program on rural STEM educators and reports teachers' perspectives on how these experiences influence classroom practices. The program of focus occurred at a mid-sized university in the upper Midwest from 2016-2019. Over this period, eleven rural secondary STEM…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Rural Education, STEM Education, Faculty Development
Download full textMaciej M. Syslo – Informatics in Education, 2024
The first books in Polish about the Pascal programming language appeared in the late 1970s, and were soon followed by a Polish translation of Niklaus Wirth's book "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs." At that time, many efforts were made to prepare teachers to teach informatics in schools, and Pascal was one of the topics taught,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Information Science Education, Algorithms, Foreign Countries
Reid, Joshua W.; Weigel, Emily G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
Recent reform efforts in postsecondary science teaching have called for shifts in instructional methods to include more evidence-based instructional practices. However, a myriad of factors play a role in whether an instructor adopts these more student-centered methods. One such factor is teaching perspective. In this study, we explored the…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students
Crawford, Angela R.; Carney, Michele; Champion, Joe; Schmidt, Megan – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
This report is about how a group of U.S. teachers (N = 98) and researchers used a boundary object in a collective study of grades 6-8 mathematics instruction. The focus is the teachers' engagement with a framework for effective instructional practices. Using qualitative content analysis of teachers' responses to use of the framework, we assessed…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Cunningham, Katie Egan; Rainville, Kristin N. – School-University Partnerships, 2022
In this article the authors describe a professional learning initiative focused on joyful teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and the techniques that were used to foster a culture of belonging. The authors utilize an integrative framework for understanding, cultivating, and assessing belongingness to suggest implications for…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Psychological Patterns, Faculty Development, COVID-19
Trowbridge, David; Woodward, Jennifer – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Over the last two decades there have been periodic calls for improved teacher training and a growth in scholarship on teaching and learning. Yet, we know little about opportunities and participation in training programs. What kinds of training are political scientists collectively engaging in, especially for tenured and tenure track faculty? Are…
Descriptors: Political Science, Barriers, Professional Associations, College Faculty
Emily Moiduddin; Elizabeth Cavadel – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2022
This report provides a project snapshot of the Study of Coaching Practices in Early Care and Education Settings (SCOPE) from 2016-2021. The primary goal in the SCOPE project was to learn more about the ways coaching is implemented to improve instructional practice in early care and education (ECE). SCOPE focused on coaching in center-based…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Coaching (Performance)
Elizabeth Cavadel; Nikki Aikens; Emily Moiduddin; Davis Straske; Hena Matthais; Elizabeth Blesson – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2022
Coaching is a common approach to professional development and support for quality in early care and education (ECE) settings, and is an especially important part of professional development because it can be tailored to meet teachers' and family child care (FCC) providers' needs and can positively affect instructional practices, the quality of the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Early Childhood Education, Professional Development
Burnett, Cathy; Coldwell, Mike – Oxford Review of Education, 2021
Since the 1990s, there have been repeated calls for the systematic use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to inform educational decision-making. The advent of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) -- described as England's What Works Centre for Education -- in 2011 has made this a reality in England: by 2020, over a third of English schools…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials, Professional Development, Decision Making
Goes, Luciane F.; Nogueira, Keysy S. C.; Fernandez, Carmen – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2020
Redox reactions are considered one of the most difficult chemistry subjects to teach and learn. However, this is an important content that permeates several topics and includes many everyday life-related phenomena. To understand the teaching and learning difficulties of the 'redox reactions' topic, a systematic literature review was conducted.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Bennison, Anne – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2017
Research interest in numeracy is growing as a result of increased understanding of the impact of low levels of numeracy. However, there has been little research on factors that influence how teachers implement learning from professional development interventions to support teachers to promote numeracy learning. This paper reports on how a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Professional Identity
