Teachers can use strategies that increase inclusive interactions to facilitate positive classroom culture and belonging. This paper introduces the Framework for the Study of Micromoments, which was partially based on findings from a Moving Content Analysis and designed to support teacher professional learning (PL). PL framework activities support…

This research summary provides an overview of a study on peer mentoring for professional learning conducted by the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) in partnership with the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF). The full findings are presented in our report "Peer Mentoring for Sharing Skills and Knowledge from…

This study of usage and effectiveness of Goalbook Toolkit is based on student data from a large suburban school district in the northeastern US and teacher-level application usage data from Goalbook Toolkit from the 2021-2022 school year. Goalbook Toolkit enables teachers to personalize instructional supports for specialized student populations.…

This study assessed AI literacy among a group of preservice-teachers, and investigated the effectiveness of a suggested professional development program based on the Instructional Design Framework for AI literacy in developing pre-service teachers AI literacy skills. A quasi experimental approach with post-test pretest design was used for data…

Students with disabilities (SWDs) are disproportionately at-risk for bullying victimization and perpetration, yet there is a lack of educator-focused professional development targeting prevention for these students. This project sought to address gaps in training through the creation of four online professional development modules: (1)…

General education teachers often have limited background in recognizing and responding to advanced academic potential in the classroom. This often may mean that advanced learners experience little instruction that provides them with appropriate levels of challenge. Professional learning opportunities and instructional resources reflecting best…

Understanding teacher candidates' (TCs') developmental needs and framing teacher preparation with those in mind can provide education programs with actionable ways to further TC development that generate positive outcomes for them and their students. This novel case study explored four initial certification TCs' teacher performance and stages of…

Rural areas can provide a rich context for learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), but these communities and the students in them are often overlooked in ongoing efforts to expand access to high-quality K-12 STEM education and workforce development. Addressing barriers, often related to funding, and promoting unrecognized…

The aim of this study is to develop a descriptive framework for teacher educators to assist teachers to plan and realize modelling implementations in their classrooms and for researchers to describe and analyse how modelling is implemented. The planning process and implementations of 12 middle and high school mathematics teachers who conducted…

Drawing from research in the field of higher education more broadly, this article describes how graduate theological education continues to experience a seismic shift. The in-person, residential college experience is no longer the only option for students today, and many are gravitating toward taking courses and programs online. However, there is…

The study presented investigated the relations between personal factors and teachers' attitudes towards AI in order to deduce implications for professional learning and test a "post-teaching" theoretical hypothesis. A survey was conducted on the opinions of 177 teachers involved in the secondary school qualification course. The teachers…

Elementary teachers require support through professional learning activities to enhance their climate change literacy and bolster their self-efficacy for teaching climate change. This study explores methods for supporting in-service elementary teachers' self-efficacy in climate change teaching by examining the impact of professional learning…

While the number of multilingual learners in U.S. K-12 schools continues to increase, there is a persistent shortage of educators prepared to work with these learners and their families. To address the teacher shortage and enhance the readiness of all educators working with multilingual learners, it is critical that teacher education programs…

This study explores the validity of the Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP) an instrument that measures the implementation of culturally responsive instruction (CRI) in K-8 classrooms with multilingual students. The validity study uses a Rasch measurement approach. With strong findings from analyses, including…

This study was initiated at a time of unprecedented uncertainty, as lecturers and educational institutions across the world tried to manage the move to online education as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. It started with lecturers' perspectives of their performance during that time to identify innovative teaching strategies beyond the…