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Download full textDerakhshan, Ali; Coombe, Christine; Zhaleh, Kiyana; Tabatabaeian, Maryamsadat – TESL-EJ, 2020
The present study investigated the significance of teachers' Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs and views of research with regard to their success among a group of 177 Iranian EFL teachers. To fulfill this aim, the participants responded to three questionnaires; the Teacher Professional Development Needs Questionnaire, an English…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Professional Development, Educational Needs, Language Teachers
Main, Susan; Konza, Deslea; Hackling, Mark; Lock, Graeme – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Professional learning is widely acknowledged as an effective way to improve teacher practice and, consequently, student outcomes. However, this presupposes a direct link from professional learning to the enactment of the content of professional learning in teaching. This paper explores teachers' engagement with a continuing professional learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Reading Instruction
Direct linkSegarra, Verónica A.; Vega, Leticia R.; Primus, Clara; Etson, Candice; Guillory, Ashley N.; Edwards, Ashanti; Flores, Sonia C.; Fry, Catherine; Ingram, Susan L.; Lawson, Mark; McGee, Richard; Paxson, Stephanie; Phelan, Laura; Suggs, Kirsta; Vuong, Elizabeth; Hammonds-Odie, Latanya; Leibowitz, Michael J.; Zavala, MariaElena; Lujan, J. Luis; Ramirez-Alvarado, Marina – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Diversity-focused committees continue to play essential roles in the efforts of professional scientific societies to foster inclusion and facilitate the professional development of underrepresented minority (URM) young scientists in their respective scientific disciplines. Until recently, the efforts of these committees have remained independent…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Inclusion, Travel, Scientists
Adams-Manning, Andrea; Pascale, Amanda Blakewood; Ohlson, Matthew; Croft, Lucy Shaffer – College Student Affairs Journal, 2020
Staff participation in professional development is critical for the success of divisions of student affairs and institutions of higher education at large. However, mandating participation can lead to adverse effects and hostile workplace climates. This study examined what individual and organizational culture factors predicted participation in…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Predictor Variables, Professional Development, Student Personnel Workers
Kutsyuruba, Benjamin; Godden, Lorraine; Walker, Keith – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2020
School administrators are expected to undertake a variety of roles and responsibilities with regard to facilitating the ongoing professional development of teachers in their schools. Administering formal or informal mentoring initiatives is a typical strategy employed for supporting early career teachers [ECTs] as they adjust to school culture,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, School Administration, Administrator Role, Administrator Responsibility
Vogt, Friederike; Schmiemann, Philipp – Education Sciences, 2020
Professional vision is a key ability in the professional development of pre- and in-service teachers as it determines how professionals perceive and interpret situations. The aim of this study was to conceptualize an instrument for professional vision focusing on formative assessment in the context of scientific inquiry. This focus is highly…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Education, Secondary Education, Biology
Mayombe, Celestin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
This article analyses the perceptions of adult learners towards the use of constructivist approach in teaching and learning in non-formal education (NFE) centres of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The analysis is based on five principles of the constructivist theory of learning-interactive learning, collaborative learning, facilitating learning,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Constructivism (Learning), Nonformal Education
Paulsrud, David; Wermke, Wieland – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This article presents the results from a survey investigating 708 Swedish and 1583 Finnish teachers' perceived autonomy with a focus on the teachers' perceptions of who makes the most important decisions in school. Teacher autonomy is seen as exercised at different levels; by teachers individually in the classroom or by teachers as a collective in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Attitudes
Ozcan, Mehmet – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
This study aims to analyze school principles' supervision practices according to teachers' opinions. The study employs phenomenology design out of qualitative research methods. The data of the study were gathered in 2019-2020 academic year from 16 teachers who had been working in state schools for 16 or more years through face to face interviews…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Administrator Evaluation, Principals, Supervision
Bettini, Elizabeth; Mason-Williams, Loretta; Barber, Brian R. – Journal of Special Education, 2020
Principals bear primary responsibility for supporting teachers. Principal leadership is especially important in alternative educational settings (AES; e.g., alternative schools, self-contained special education schools) that serve students with more substantial learning and behavioral needs, often with less-qualified and experienced teachers. We…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Qualifications, Leadership Responsibility, Nontraditional Education
Gay-Milliken, Lisa; DiScala, Jeffrey – Knowledge Quest, 2020
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 34 percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth have been bullied on school property (2017). The challenges are significant for LGBTQ youth with some stemming from local culture and community location. School librarians need to work hard to ensure that…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Bullying, School Safety, At Risk Students
McLeod, Ragan H. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
Eleven preservice teachers in a dual early childhood/early childhood special education teacher education program participated in a case study to determine the effects of a professional development intervention on use of an evidence-based practice (EBP). The intervention included training, practice, planning, video self-reflection, and group…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Early Childhood Education
Lampert, Jo; Ball, Arnetha; Garcia-Carrion, Rocio; Burnett, Bruce – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
This paper provides three case studies of initiatives developed to improve educational opportunities in vulnerable urban communities. The cities in the three countries involved, Australia, the United States, and Spain, are different in many ways; however, each has persistent and entrenched inequalities between the educational opportunities and…
Descriptors: Poverty Areas, Urban Areas, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Honig, Meredith; Rainey, Lydia – EdResearch for Recovery Project, 2020
This brief is one in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students during and following the novel coronavirus pandemic. It addresses one central question: What changes in central office systems are likely to support principals in leading for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Pechota, Damion; Scott, Deven – Education Commission of the States, 2020
School leadership is a key component of successful school environments and academic performance strategies. Among school-related factors, school leadership is second to teaching in its impact on student learning. In addition, research shows that strong leaders contribute significantly to successful school turnaround. To ensure that school leaders…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, School Turnaround, State Policy
