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Bedir, Hasan – Online Submission, 2018
The quality of education has long been intriguing the researchers in recent years, and almost all countries in the world are on the lookout for new methods in order to continuously develop the quality. No matter how carefully they have developed their new curriculum, effective teaching depends on teachers' knowledge, skills and professional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Statistical Analysis
Srinivasan, Rajashree – Higher Education for the Future, 2016
Developing a pedagogy of teacher education is an enduring concern for teacher educators. Drawing on data from a small study on teacher educators teaching in a secondary teacher education programme in India, this article examines their pedagogic practices. This is a qualitative study that sought to capture the narrations of 30 teacher educators…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Secondary School Teachers
Dam, M.; Janssen, F. J. J. M.; van Driel, J. H. – Research in Science Education, 2018
The implementation of educational reforms requires behavioral changes from the teachers involved. Theories on successful behavioral change prescribe the following conditions: teachers need to possess the necessary knowledge and skills, form strong positive intentions to perform the new behavior, and have a supporting environment for change.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Intention, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Motivation
Langdon, Frances J. – Teacher Development, 2017
While studies have shown that mentoring is central to new teacher development, few investigations have examined what mentors learn about themselves as mentors. The purpose of the study was to illuminate mentor learning. The article reports on two case studies that investigated the development of mentoring expertise over a two-year period. During…
Descriptors: Mentors, Faculty Development, Action Research, Case Studies
Huang, Dinglei – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Reliance on online media in providing educational opportunities has gained tremendous momentum in mathematics education. Genre of studies that explore pedagogical practices of mathematics teacher educators in the online environment is still in infancy. Using survey method and three in-depth case studies in this work I examined pedagogical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies, Decision Making, Interviews
Perry, Emily; Boylan, Mark – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Research on teacher professional development is extensive but there are fewer studies about the practitioners who facilitate professional development. Here we report on a pilot programme for professional development facilitators rooted in a cycle of action research. Informed by a categorisation of professional knowledge and skills of facilitators,…
Descriptors: Facilitators (Individuals), Faculty Development, Pilot Projects, Action Research
Wang, Xiaofang; Wong, Jocelyn L. N. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
University experts typically serve as knowledge sources for teacher learning. Experts in China are no exception. Nevertheless, minimal attention has been focused on knowledge flow between experts and teachers, and its contribution to teacher knowledge development. Drawing on the perspective of knowledge process across boundaries, this qualitative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Qualitative Research
Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Pape, Stephen J.; Griffin, Cynthia C.; Prosser, Sherri Kay – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Engagement in practitioner inquiry by classroom teachers is a promising mechanism for teacher professional learning. While much has been learned about the positive role inquiry can play in traditional professional development efforts, we know less about the impact of inquiry in a rapidly advancing technological age that includes the proliferation…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Inquiry, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
Witterholt, Martha; Goedhart, Martin; Suhre, Cor – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Due to changes in Dutch mathematics education, teachers are expected to use new teaching methods such as enquiry-based teaching. In this study, we investigate how teachers design, implement and evaluate new methods for statistics teaching for 7th-graders during a professional development trajectory based on peer collaboration. We monitored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Statistics
Brown, Julie C.; Crippen, Kent J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Educational stakeholders across the globe are demanding science education reform that attends simultaneously to culturally diverse students' needs and promotes academic excellence. Although professional development programs can foster science teachers' growth as culturally responsive educators, effective supports to this end are not well…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Biological Sciences, Science Teachers, Faculty Development
Jurnigan, Lacey J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore Florida public school highly effective elementary coaches' perceptions on how to best evaluate the effectiveness of the position of reading coach. The study attempts to answer the research questions: (1) What are Florida elementary public school exemplary reading coaches' perspectives on the performance…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Teachers, Coaching (Performance)
Garcia Silva, Angélica F.; Campos, Tania Maria M.; Pietropaolo, Ruy Cesar – REDIMAT - Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, 2014
This paper aims to present the results of an investigation regarding the professional development of teachers who worked in the early years of basic education. The qualitative research involved teachers who participated in the "Observatório da Educação" project (MEC/CAPES). Because of the data amount, we choose to present the data…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers, Qualitative Research, Observation
Mosvold, Reidar; Fauskanger, Janne – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2014
In this article, we present and discuss an example of how teachers' discussions of mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) items elicited their beliefs about the knowledge needed to teach mathematics. One category of MKT is "horizon content knowledge," and this can be described as mathematical knowledge not directly deployed in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Epistemology
Kerr, Rachel A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this action research study was to design, implement, analyze, and evaluate a series of interventions to increase the elementary teachers' utilization of the RtI process. Another purpose of the study was to determine the teachers' background knowledge and perceptions about the Responsiveness to Intervention (RtI) process at the…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Elementary School Teachers, Action Research, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Preciado-Babb, Paulino; Metz, Martina; Sabbaghan, Soroush; Davis, Brent – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
This study reports teachers' insights and challenges after one year of adopting a curricular material designed to move students through carefully engineered, small steps and encourage learners through success and accessible challenges. The analysis of interviews showed that teachers 'followed' the material in different ways, not necessary in-line…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Interviews, Teaching Methods