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Jin, Xinglin; Li, Tongji; Meirink, Jacobiene; van der Want, Anna; Admiraal, Wilfried – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Novice-expert interaction plays an important role in teacher professional development for Chinese vocational education and training (VET). Both Chinese and international research shows that expert-teachers' support is associated with the improvement of novice-teachers' teaching. However, insights into how exactly novice teachers learn with the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Expertise, Professional Development
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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
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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
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Donnelly, Roisin; McSweeney, Fiona – Professional Development in Education, 2011
This paper reports on a research case study into a form of mentoring for teachers in higher education in Ireland with 30 academic staff. It begins with an exploration of the concept and practice of mentoring in the world of higher education professional development; focus will be limited to an overview of the concept of teacher mentoring, an…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mentors, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
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Chitpin, Stephanie – Professional Development in Education, 2011
This article explores elements of the professional development of a pre-tenured teacher education professor. I am that professor and I trace my journey of growth, which was aided by peer mentoring. First, I present a brief discussion on literature associated with mentoring that I found pertinent, followed by how mentoring has emerged as I…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Mentors, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators
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Davey, Ronnie; Ham, Vince – Professional Development in Education, 2010
Much of the international literature on professional learning in the field of education is predicated on the assumption that, for teacher educators and the teachers they work with alike, professional learning is a matter of rigorously applying the principles and strategies of "reflective practice" and "critical reflection".…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Faculty Development, Mentors