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Macie Kerbs – ProQuest LLC, 2019
There is a need for higher quality professional development for writing teachers (Cutler & Graham, 2008; Gilbert & Graham, 2010; Kiuhara, Graham, & Hawken, 2009). Even though writing is an essential skill, quality writing instruction for students and the professional development for writing teachers is lacking (National Commission on…
Descriptors: Writing Teachers, Writing Instruction, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice
Kellie C. Rapp – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The role of the principal has become increasingly complex and challenging. Recent emphasis has been placed on the role of principals as leaders who can build a culture of learning in schools to close the student achievement gap. Outside factors such as fast-growth in Texas have caused schools to change and grow quickly, which increases the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Instructional Leadership
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Chu, Yiting – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
This article reports a study on how international English language learner (ELL) students participated in a collaborative learning community comprised of peers and peer tutors in a writing center in a U.S. university. Drawing on the theory of community of practice (CoP), qualitative data were collected from weekly observations of three groups and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Students, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
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Hattam, Sarah K.; Weiler, Tanya – Professional Development in Education, 2021
This paper reports on continuing professional development (CPD) innovations in an Australian university to address challenges commonly faced by sessional academics teaching progressively diverse student cohorts. With the impact of Widening Participation (WP) policy increasing university participation of students in recognised equity groups,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Student Diversity, College Students
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Sadik, Olgun – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021
This research was designed and conducted considering the theoretical and practical suggestions of design-based research (DBR) methodology and aimed to identify and address problems in a one-semester technology integration course at a Midwest university in the US. Community of practice (CoP) was used as the theoretical framework in this research to…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Pelikan, Kristina; Jeffery, Roger; Roelcke, Thorsten – Research Ethics, 2021
Writing reflects some of the different characteristics of the language being used and of the people who are communicating. The present paper focusses on the internal written communication in international and inter-disciplinary research projects. Using a case study of an international public health research project, it argues that the authorship…
Descriptors: Ethics, Writing (Composition), Collaborative Writing, Research
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Wieneke, Julia; Spruce, Gary – Arts Education Policy Review, 2021
The authors of this article each present the current situation of their respective educational systems regarding music teacher education, schools and professional development: all of which have undergone massive changes in the last decades. In the UK, this lead to a shift of teacher education away from universities toward school-based training and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Music Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Ranson, Stewart – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2021
The post-war consensus has been dismantled in favour of a culture that rewards and empowers a small acquisitive elite at the expense of the great majority. This culture actively prevents the creation of a society of mutual recognition and respect. But without just such a society there can be no true comprehensive education. Where it exists,…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Democratic Values, Political Issues, Holistic Approach
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Hamerski, Paul C.; Irving, Paul W.; McPadden, Daryl – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Despite the growing presence of students as partners (SAP) in education research and the overlap of goals with learning assistant (LA) programs, there is little research done on pedagogy- and curriculum-focused student partnerships that involve LAs. LAs have expertise as both teachers and learners, so why not leverage this expertise to improve the…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Communities of Practice, Teacher Aides, Graduate Students
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Bayram, Ilknur; Bikmaz, Fatma – SAGE Open, 2021
This qualitative case study carried out at a Turkish university with four English language teachers aims to explore what teachers experience in the planning, implementation, analysis, and reporting phases of the lessons study process and what the implications of lesson study for teacher professional development can be. Data in this four-month…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Cooperative Planning
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Neupane, Bharat Prasad; Dhungana, Siddhartha – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2021
Studies on teacher leadership have stressed the need for democratic and motivating environment in school, professional development opportunities, reflection and peer observation, and learning environment as preconditions for leadership development. However, teachers are deprived of such professional development scenarios in the context of Nepal.…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Beilstein, Shereen Oca; Henricks, Genevieve M.; Jay, Victoria; Perry, Michelle; Bates, Meg Schleppenbach; Moran, Cheryl G.; Cimpian, Joseph Robinson – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2021
This study compares web usage data with interviews from 41 participants, who are members of an online professional development site called the "Everyday Mathematics" Virtual Learning Community (VLC), to explore how elementary school teachers learn from classroom video. Web usage data reveal that the commentary surrounding video posted to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice
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Kinskey, Melanie; Zeidler, Dana – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
Socioscientific issues (SSI) have been found to improve scientific literacy skills among K-12 students. Elementary preservice teachers (PSTs), however, are reluctant to implement SSI due to a lack of confidence with content knowledge concerning SSI and pedagogical abilities. Existing research focuses on helping PSTs overcome these concerns through…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development
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Smith, Cameron; Becker, Sandra – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2021
As both educational technology and Communities of Practice (CoPs) have become more established in schools globally, it is unsurprising that they have been employed together to improve teachers' practice. The creation of collaborative professional learning groups to support the use of educational technology in the classroom has been explored in…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Educational Technology
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Eroglu, Mehmet; Özbek, Ramazan – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
The aim of the study is to develop a scale that measures teachers' perceptions about school characteristics that support professional development (PD). The 40-item pool was created for the scale to be developed by examining similar measurement tools and literature. According to expert opinions, a 32-item trial form was created to conduct. The data…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Participation, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development
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