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Teacher Professional Development through Knotworking: Facilitating Transformational Agency through Collaboration to Overcome Constraints to Teaching in Relation to Disruptive Events
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Douglas P. S. Andrews – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Teachers face numerous challenges in their efforts to be pedagogically responsive to students' different learning needs. I extend scholarship in the field by exploring the potential of implementing a nuanced, collaborative intervention strategy called knotworking to facilitate teachers' ongoing professional development (PD). The heuristic of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration
The Professional Development Needs of Early Career Teachers, and the Extent to Which They Are Met: A Survey of Teachers in England
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Spencer, Paul; Harrop, Susan; Thomas, Judith; Cain, Tim – Professional Development in Education, 2018
In a context in which local authority support has been largely removed from schools in England, this article examines the needs of early career teachers (ECTs) in English schools and colleges, the extent to which these needs are met through professional development activities and the nature of that professional development. Quantitative and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Beginning Teachers, Needs Assessment
Identifying Teacher Needs and Preferences in Accessing Professional Learning and Support
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McElearney, Aisling; Murphy, Christina; Radcliffe, Deborah – Professional Development in Education, 2019
Results of research conducted to inform design of a professional development package for teachers involved in a preventative education, 'Keeping Safe', pilot (currently being evaluated via Randomised Control Trial) in Northern Ireland primary schools are presented. SNAP online survey technology was used to gather the views of 318 mainstream and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preferences, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries