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Overstreet, Mikkaka – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2017
This article explored the recent shift in educational scholarship from professional development to professional learning. The government spends billions of dollars on such learning in the United States; however, teachers and researchers are still discovering what makes such learning effective and what types of learning lead to actual change in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Scholarship, Faculty Development, Professional Education
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Colmer, Kaye – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
This article contributes to understanding of professionalism in early childhood education and argues that in working to implement a mandated curriculum framework, professional identity and professionalism can be enhanced. While primarily focused on examining the nature of leadership practice during professional development and learning to…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Professional Identity, Early Childhood Education, Case Studies
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McMillan, Wendy; Gordon, Natalie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
This study examined how one academic framed the enablements and constraints to her project of being and becoming an academic. Complexity facilitated reflection in that it provided a visual representation of data, which was used to generate a concept map, which represented as equal all the component parts of her landscape. Five spaces with…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Concept Mapping, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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Aldahmash, Abdulwali H.; Alshmrani, Saeed M.; Almufti, Abdo N. – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2017
The importance of reflection in teaching and learning lies in encouraging one to view problems from different perspectives. Reflective practice can be useful in designing teacher education and sustainable professional development. Conscious reflection is an important element for helping teachers and learners in problem-solving and decision-making…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Hsieh, Betina – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2017
While literacy courses are common in preservice teacher education programs, many secondary teacher candidates struggle to the see the relevance of literacy to their professional work. By exploring literacy in relation to personal, professional, and disciplinary identities, teacher candidates may better be able to embrace literacy integration as an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Comparative Analysis
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Vaattovaara, Johanna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This paper presents a case example of a University Pedagogy course module carried out in ALMS (Autonomous Learning Modules) format. The participants of the course were mainly in-service language teachers of the University of Helsinki Language Centre, and the author of this report is a module instructor and counsellor. The motivation for the ALMS…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Researchers, Teacher Motivation, College Faculty
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Hsu, Pei-Ling; Reis, Giuliano; Monarrez, Angelica – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2017
Research in science education has shown that one's identities as science learner and teacher can mediate their pedagogical practices. Grounded in the perspective that language is a resource for identity (re)construction (Gee, 2000), the present study sought to understand how preservice science teachers' identities were manifested in their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Identity, Self Concept
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Camburn, Eric M.; Han, Seong Won – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
This study investigates the association between teachers' exposure to different kinds of learning experiences and the degree to which they actively reflect on their teaching. We examine this association using data from 3 samples of teachers and schools in the United States. By examining multiple samples, we sought to strengthen the validity of our…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Education, Reflection
Carlson, Rosie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This comparative case study analyzed two styles of coaching, team and individual, and the perceived impact each style has on instructional practices. This study was conducted in two elementary schools that are part of the same charter organization in California. The study identified the challenges and benefits of each style through interviews with…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Teaching Styles, Educational Practices, Comparative Analysis
Chatterton, Zac – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Universities and colleges are charged with the broad task of providing their students with the skills that will allow them to be successful in their chosen fields. The perception that teacher preparation programs hold the key to the knowledge and skills necessary to have a successful career is being unclear from the consumer's perspective. While…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Success, Teacher Effectiveness
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Chang, Sharon – Professional Development in Education, 2021
The Change Laboratory methodology offers the potential to support expansive learning in preservice bilingual teacher education. This qualitative case study examines how ten preservice Chinese and Korean bilingual teachers, who participated in a Change Laboratory intervention, engaged one of the major Change Laboratory instruments, the four-field…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Bilingual Teachers, Korean, Preservice Teacher Education
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Schiera, Andrew J. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2014
Practitioner research, as Ravitch (2014) writes in the previous issue of "Perspectives on Urban Education," holds the unique possibility of "generating local, practice-based knowledge that is deeply contextualized and meaningfully embedded in a specific milieu" while spurring a "counter-hegemonic way of thinking about and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Researchers, Theory Practice Relationship, Praxis
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Egbert, Joy; Roe, Mary F. – Childhood Education, 2014
Student disengagement can be a major impediment to effective student learning. When parents and educators cannot provide adequate reasoning to explain the value of what is taught at home and in school, students can lose their motivation to learn and be engaged in classroom activities. In this article, the authors explain the importance of teacher…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
Downs-Kuritz, Dana M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Research shows American teachers are leaving their professions at an alarming rate due to the overwhelming responsibilities they encounter in their classrooms. The training they receive in higher education institutions should fit their needs through challenging, innovative, and resourceful exercises. This dissertation examines the status of…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Computer Mediated Communication, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Improvement
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Dees, Lori; Moore, Emily; Hoggan, Chad – NADE Digest, 2016
As developmental education practitioners in the midst of North Carolina's Developmental Reading and English Redesign, we are interested in researching best practices for instructional design and application. We discovered that the principles of reflective practice pervade much of the literature on program planning and practice, so we began to…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Reading Programs, Instructional Design, Educational Principles
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