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Direct linkKing, Chris – School Science Review, 2014
The revised National Curriculum for Science for key stages 3 and 4 (ages 11-16) in England provides the opportunity to develop a new coherent approach to teaching about the carbon cycle, the use of carbon as a fuel and the resulting issues. The Earth Science Education Unit (ESEU) intends to develop a new workshop to support the teaching of this…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Education, Professional Development, Teacher Workshops
Olson, Diane M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of the professional development that they received to implement the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching Model in South Dakota. The population for this study was K-12 teachers from 12 pilot schools selected by the Department of Education (DOE) in South…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Likert Scales, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – Teacher Development, 2012
Despite widespread scepticism about the impact of INSET (in-service teacher training) initiatives on teacher development, INSET participation has remained one of the major routes for teachers' professional development. This article reports on an evaluation of a part-time INSET programme for secondary school English teachers delivered by a national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes
McGrath, Beth; Sayres, Jason – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), ITEEA members will contribute to the development of a hybrid professional development program designed to facilitate the scale-up of an innovative underwater robotics curriculum. WaterBotics[TM] is an underwater robotics curriculum that targets students in middle and high school classrooms…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Robotics, Science Course Improvement Projects, Secondary School Curriculum
Brouwer, Patricia; Brekelmans, Mieke; Nieuwenhuis, Loek; Simons, Robert-Jan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The first aim of this study is to explore to what extent communities of practice occur in the school workplace. The second aim is to explore the relation between communities of practice and diversity in composition of teacher teams. Design/methodology/approach: Quantitative as well as qualitative data were gathered from seven teacher…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Learning Activities, Observation, Work Environment
Download full textHathaway, Dawn; Norton, Priscilla – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2012
Few online high schools report requiring online education for their teachers, and few programs exist to prepare teachers to teach online (Smith, Clark, & Blomeyer, 2005). Professional development for online teachers continues to be a concern, and evaluative research that examines the effectiveness of various types of professional development is…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Professional Development, Intermode Differences, Electronic Learning
Tytler, Russell; Symington, David; Darby, Linda; Malcolm, Cliff; Kirkwood, Valda – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This paper explores aspects of professional development for teachers of science and mathematics in schools in rural Australia. The study identified a range of issues including tensions between government, school and individual professional learning priorities and their respective responsibilities; the shaping of professional development by…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Science Teachers
Fischer, Robert L.; Craven, Monica A. G.; Heilbron, Patricia – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Professionals who work with youth can have a tremendous impact on the development and life trajectory of these young people. This article reports on an effort to provide support and professional development for those who work with youth during nonschool hours in a youth development fellowship program. Combining intensive residency workshops and a…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Fellowships, Educational Innovation, Adolescent Development
Tammets, Kairit; Pata, Kai; Laanpere, Mart – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
The study proposes a way in which the learning and knowledge building (LKB) framework, which is consistent with the knowledge conversion phases proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi, supports teachers' informal and self-directed workplace learning. An LKB framework in a socio-technical system was developed to support professional development in an…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Informal Education, Independent Study, Professional Development
McLoughlin, Virginia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Differentiating instruction for individual students has been shown to enhance achievement, and professional development has been shown to be an effective method of teacher training. The purpose of this project study was to assess teachers' tolerance for and acceptance of professional development for differentiated instruction in a suburban high…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Faculty Development, Training Methods, Teaching (Occupation)
DeJaeghere, Joan G.; Williams, Rhiannon; Kyeyune, Robinah – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
With increasing pressures from growing demand and for higher quality on secondary schools, headteachers play a crucial role in creating successful school environments. Within Uganda, and across many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, headteachers are not adequately prepared for their roles, and few professional development opportunities exist to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development
Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2011
For the thirty-fourth year, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, FL. A limited quantity of these Proceedings were printed and sold in both hardcopy and electronic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Educational Technology, Conference Papers
