NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Allen, David – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
The use of teacher peer groups is a prevalent strategy for school-based professional development and instructional improvement. Facilitation of such groups is an increasingly vital dimension of teacher leadership as a component of school improvement efforts. Drawing on a qualitative study of facilitation of teacher peer groups, the article…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Facilitators (Individuals), Faculty Development, Professional Identity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Russell, Felice Atesoglu – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
As a field, we have a limited understanding and a dearth of empirical research concerning the role of high school instructional coaches focused on English learners (ELs). This paper examines one EL facilitator's work as an instructional coach and resource for supporting mainstream content teachers as they learn to meet the needs of adolescent ELs…
Descriptors: Role, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ciampa, Katia; Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
This case study research reports on elementary (grade 8) and secondary school (grade 9) teachers' participation in job-embedded, professional learning and engagement in collaborative inquiry. Teachers constructed an inquiry-oriented media literacy unit following the collaborative inquiry model. The current study sought to investigate how…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Inquiry, Literacy, Self Efficacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dalgiç, Gülay; Bakioglu, Aysen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine with whom Turkish and Danish school principals engage in reflective practice and how this interaction helps to develop them as reflective practitioners. A phenomenological approach was followed in the study. Data were collected from 37 school principals (24 from Istanbul and 13 from Copenhagen) who were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Reflection, Phenomenology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Epstein, Shira Eve – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
In this research, I analyze the roles of teachers and youth workers from a community-based organization in the context of two high school social action projects. Both the teachers and the youth workers assumed distinct roles while working together during the civic project enactments. The teachers were largely positioned as responsible for…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Social Work, Caseworkers, Social Action
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Oplatka, Izhar – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2012
This study aimed at obtaining a greater understanding of the emotional aspects for teachers' of extra-role activities in drug and alcohol prevention education that are subjectively perceived by principals and teachers as discretionary and non-formally prescribed. The study also exposes the determinants affecting these activities. Based on…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Prevention, Caring, Principals