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Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso; Ogwu, Edna N.; Osuji, Catherine U.; Ogba, Francisca Ngozi; Igwe, Paul Agu; Obih, Solomon O. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
This study explores the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) teachers' pedagogical practices and how such practices can help the teachers' use of relevant guiding pedagogical principles in practice in Nigerian TVET system to facilitate quality learning. Employing a three-tiered ethnographic case study approach, we learned how 24…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technical Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Geraldine Townend; Jennifer L. Jolly; Adrian Chew – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
This systematic literature review explored the importance of professional development (PD) for educators working with gifted students. Findings highlighted the need for PD to improve teacher knowledge, skills, efficacy, and student outcomes, especially considering the heterogeneously grouped classrooms, unique student needs, and lack of…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Faculty Development, Academically Gifted, Program Evaluation
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Guerra, Aida; Nørgaard, Bente; Du, Xiangyun – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This study explored university teachers' professional learning when participating in a pedagogical development (PD) programme. The PD programme, entitled the Aalborg Certificate on Basics of PBL and Curriculum Change, had a workload of 150 hours and ran for four months, involving 23 teachers from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Problem Based Learning, Program Descriptions
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Jada Kohlmeier – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2023
Authentic pedagogy is a complex enterprise for students and teachers. Planning and developing the instructional procedures and scaffolds for student success is daunting. In addition, the teacher implementing the lesson makes dozens of quick decisions as they attend to student thinking and decide how to respond. These spontaneous decisions can have…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Studies, Active Learning, Thinking Skills
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Dan Jiang; Nicolaj Stegeager; Trine Lindvig Thomsen; Xiangyun Du – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
This study explores early career academics' (ECAs) professional learning in a Danish university's Professional Learning (PL) program, based on problem- and project-based learning (PBL) principles. Using a complexity theory lens, professional learning is viewed as a dynamic process involving intrapersonal, behavioral, relational, and contextual…
Descriptors: Novices, Faculty, Communities of Practice, Universities
James Oren – ProQuest LLC, 2022
More than 85% of federally funded research initiatives fail to produce significant positive results (Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, 2013). Moreover, of the less than 15% that do yield positive results, none show replicability outside of their original setting (Pogrow, 2017; Kizilcec et al., 2020). Mixed results are present in even the most…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Educational Change, Teaching Methods
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St. Clair, Tyler L.; Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Maeng, Jennifer L.; Bell, Randy L. – Professional Development in Education, 2023
This investigation explored a learning community approach to professional development (PD) specifically catered to science teacher educators. It was designed to bolster faculty collaboration, help participants learn about new research relevant to teacher development, and share effective teaching strategies. Forty-four science teacher educators…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Educators, Science Instruction, Teacher Education Programs
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Bang, Megan; Bricker, Leah; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Edgerton, Adam; Grossman, Pam; Gutiérrez, Kris; Ishimaru, Ann; Klevan, Sarah; Lee, Carol; Miyashiro, David; Nasir, Na'ilah Suad; Noguera, Pedro; Payne, Charles; Penuel, Bill; Plasencia, Sara; Vossoughi, Shirin – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
This report provides a set of six design principles, or stances toward learners and learning, that are essential for creating intellectually rigorous and equitable learning settings. These principles provide a holistic framework for designing goals, practices, and activities for summer learning and beyond. The Six Design Principles for Summer…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Design, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Ackermann, Nicole; Siegfried, Christin – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
Economic education is an essential prerequisite for coping with economic-characterised problems in various life spheres, especially with socio-economic problems in the societal sphere. Making informed and reasoned decisions on socio-economic problems requires domain-specific content knowledge and domain-specific argumentation skills. Economic…
Descriptors: German, Persuasive Discourse, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Socioeconomic Influences
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Greer, Kania; Stueve, Lisa Michelle – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2019
In 2016 Georgia Southern University Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i 2 STEM e ) was approached by a collaborative group of educators from India now living in the US. They noticed a need for teachers in India to have access to the Interdisciplinary STEM Education pedagogical techniques through focused professional development. Over…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Virtue, Emily E.; Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi N. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2019
Supporters of project-based learning (PBL) argue that outcomes from the model include better performance in academic (Bell, 2010; Thomas, 2000) and non-academic outcomes (Saunders-Steward, Gyles, & Shore, 2010). The New Tech Network (NTN) is a school improvement network that provides training and development for high school faculty who commit…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Improvement, Faculty Development
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Walton, Janet – Issues in Teacher Education, 2014
The label of "teacher" is something of a misnomer for the problem-based learning (PBL) practitioner. Rather than acting as a source of content knowledge, PBL educators are lead learners who demonstrate learning to students through their own authentic inquiry (Hmelo-Silver, 2004). PBL educators and students travel a road together that…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Role, Elementary Secondary Education
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MacVaugh, Jason; Norton, Mike – Higher Education Policy, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to explore how active learning may help address the legitimacy and practicability issues inherent in introducing education for sustainability into business-related degree programmes. The focus of this study is the experience of the authors in the development and implementation of education for sustainability within…
Descriptors: Action Research, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Sustainable Development
Iwani, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This is a study to examine Indonesian Christian Teachers' Perceptions of the effectiveness of professional development programs offered by the Association of Christian Schools International Indonesia (ACSI-I) and by the Indonesian National Department of Education. The study was focused on how Indonesian Christian teachers perceived the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Parochial Schools, Christianity
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2013
To keep pace with accelerating technology and workplace expectations, high school and technology center students need access to high-level programs and courses that open the doors to further education and careers. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and nine states have launched a far-reaching program to provide rigorous and relevant…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Career Readiness, College Readiness
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