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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"In-service professional development"”.
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Economics teachers’ perspectives on in-service professional development in South Africa and Nigeria
… explored Economics teachers’ perspectives on in-service professional development in South Africa and Nigeria. The aims of the study were to explore teachers’ views on how they were in-serviced, their needed professional development, how these needs were met and the existing quality and nature …
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Threatening Discourse: Cultural and Contextual Challenges to Constructing Antiracist Narrative and Practice Among One Elementary School Staff
… struggle for narrative as it was played out in Woodson's STAR. By focusing on how twenty-four members of Woodson School's professional staff resisted, co-opted, transformed, and adopted antiracist counter narrative, this research informs the extant research on creating schools and teaching …
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TEACHER-CHILD INTERACTIONS AROUND ACADEMIC ERRORS IN PRESCHOOL
Extensive research in the achievement motivation literature has demonstrated that students’ experiences with academic errors can shape their motivation and achievement in adaptive or maladaptive ways. Since academic errors are predominantly identified and addressed by teachers, teacher responses to …
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Supporting English Learners in Elementary Classrooms: How Teacher Preparation Affects EL Achievement
<p>Due to an increasing number of English learning children entering the U.S. public school system (Tinkler., Tinkler, Reyes, & Elkin, 2019), there is a need for teachers to be prepared and feel confident in providing adequate English language instruction and academic content to support these young …
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FIGURING IT OUT: THE SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT OF SECONDARY ELA (ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS) TEACHERS OF WRITING
<p>Knowing how to write well has been linked to college and career success and learning to write well is reliant on the effectiveness of highly prepared teachers of writing. However, secondary ELA (English Language Arts) teachers of writing report that they were not prepared to teach writing in …
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Using geography to help teach history: dual-encoding history lesson plans
Analysis of polling documents indicates how little most Americans know about the world. Geography education is the key to offsetting geographic illiteracy. Fortunately programs designed to improve K-12 geography education are growing in number and strength. How can we teach more and better …
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In- Service training needs for effective teaching in secondary schools in Babati District
The main objective was to identify in-service training needs among secondary school teachers which can guide the preparations of in-service training programs for effective teaching and learning. A case study design was used. Sixty teachers were involved from six secondary schools; ten teachers were …
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English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) endorsed elementary teachers’ knowledge and practice of culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy for English learners
Teachers are expected to meet academic, linguistic and cultural needs of English learners (ELs) in general education classrooms. Teachers receive preparation for teaching ELs through pre-service coursework or in-service professional development. The Multicultural Education, Training, and Advocacy, …
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Cultivating Culturally Responsive Elementary Teachers in a Suburban Title I School
<p>Research suggests increased enrollment of students with diverse cultural, racial, linguistic, and social backgrounds will continue in schools across the United States over the coming years; thereby, imposing a challenge for some teachers with differing backgrounds to instruct culturally and …
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT: INVESTIGATING IN-SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR SYRIAN TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE DURING TIMES OF MILITARY CONFLICT
… purpose of this study is to research how teaching practices and in-service professional development of English language teachers’ in Syria have been affected during times of military conflict: what impact English language teachers in Syria perceive the professional development programs they are …
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Embracing Complexity: A Reflective investigation of Cultural Transformation Through Experiential Learning
Educational settings are microcosms of the communities and the societies in which they exist, where educators play a role in preparing young people for activity in the public sphere. Educational settings are not removed from the arenas of power relationships. Social reproduction theorists have …
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Exploring Assessment in Jordanian EFL Classrooms: Teachers’ Practices and Beliefs, and Students’ Perceptions
… of EFL teachers’ and students’ perceptions regarding classroom assessment in Jordanian secondary schools. The data were collected through three sources: semistructured individual interviews with teachers, focus group interviews with students, and assessment-related documents provided by teachers …
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The impact of in–service educator professional development programmes on grade 10 life orientation educators
The post 1994 educational reforms in South Africa brought about a new thinking in the basic education system. The Curriculum 2005 introduces General Education and Training (GET) band comprising of Grades R-9 and Further Education and Training (FET) comprising of Grades 10-12. These changes …
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Teachers Working with Families: Natural Enemies or Necessary Allies?
… between families and schools is embodied in relationship between individual teachers and their students' families. Research findings demonstrate that high levels of family engagement lead to greater success for students. Such findings drive policy mandates that hold individual teachers …
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Examining the Extent to Which Select Teacher Preparation Experiences Inform Technology and Engineering Educators’ Teaching of Science Content and Practices
… science educators were expected to teach engineering content and practices within their curricula. However, technology and engineering (T&E) educators have been expected to teach content and practices from engineering and other disciplines since the release of the Standards for Technological …
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Teachers’ perspectives on embedding formative assessment in grade 10 physical sciences at Inkosi Sambane Circuit schools
Formative assessment is intended to enhance teaching and learning. Given the importance of formative assessment in classroom practice, this study aimed to explore Grade 10 Physical Science teachers’ perspectives on embedding formative assessment in a Physical Science classroom in Inkosi Sambane …
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Texas agricultural science teachers’ competency of educational law
The overarching purpose of this research study was to evaluate the cycle of learning related to legal issues in in-service professional development and pre-service education. To accomplish this research purpose, three distinct, yet interrelated phases of the study served as sequential steps to (1) …
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A virtual community of practice approach to teacher professional development and learning
Research over a long period has suggested that professional development and learning for teachers often produces disappointing results. Recent theory suggests that teacher professional learning presented within a situated learning and community of practice framework is likely to be more effective …
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A Qualitative Study of Teachers' Perceptions of Staff Development in Three Public Northeast Tennessee Elementary School Districts.
<p>This study serves as an insight into teachersÆ perceptions of their staff development experiences. With the constraints under the <em>No Child Behind Act</em>, teachers, schools, and school systems are faced with the challenge of meeting extremely high standards with students. Although standards …