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Núñez, Giselle; Buren, Molly; Diaz-Vazquez, Liliana; Bailey, Tara – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify and define the support needs of bilingual speech-language pathologists working in one urban school district and to investigate the experiences of the clinicians engaged in a professional learning community (PLC) format within their public school system. Method: Twenty-three bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Barriers, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
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Bøe, Marit; Kristiansen, Elsa; Rydjord Tholin, Kristin – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2023
The aim of this article is to investigate how case method can promote leadership learning and coping with stress. An exploratory qualitative investigation was undertaken to study 57 early childhood education centre directors' course evaluations from the National Leadership Program through an online survey done between 2020 and 2021. With respect…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Coping, Stress Variables, Communities of Practice
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Schaap, Harmen; Louws, Monika; Meirink, Jacobiene; Oolbekkink-Marchand, Helma; Van Der Want, Anna; Zuiker, Itzél; Zwart, Rosanne; Meijer, Paulien – Professional Development in Education, 2019
This article explores which tensions teachers experience during one year of participation in a professional learning community (PLC). Tensions are more or less temporal negative feelings of stress, loss of self-efficacy or anxiety caused by conflicting personal features and workplace affordances. A qualitative study including two semi-structured…
Descriptors: Conflict, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Teacher Participation
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Holdsworth, Sarah; Turner, Michelle; Scott-Young, Christina M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Constant change and stress in the workplace require workers with resilience. Universities have a key role to play in developing this vital capability. Past research has measured levels of university student resilience, but little is known about resilience from the learner's perspective. This semi-structured interview study of 38 undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Pyhältö, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne; Soini, Tiina – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine teacher learning in terms of teachers' professional agency in the professional community of the school. Altogether 2310 Finnish comprehensive school teachers completed a survey. Results showed that teachers' active efforts to learn in the professional community and to promote school development cannot be…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Teacher Surveys, Communities of Practice