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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Professional Learning Experiences"”.
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Teachers’ Perceptions Of Professional Learning Experiences Intended To Promote Growth In Their Discipline And Pedagogy
<p>Professional learning is an essential tool for teachers to effectively learn and grow in their discipline. The professional learning model has not developed in tandem with the teacher certification requirements, as well as the changing dynamics in education. With the increase in mandated …
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Professional Development, Teacher Learning, and National Standards : a Mixed-Method Multiple-Case Study of the Professional Learning Experiences of Evangelical Christian School Teachers
… requires teachers who understand teaching and learning, have strong content knowledge, and can make connections between life experiences and the curriculum. Teachers are expected to be continually learning to improve their practice. Professional learning is essential in this process. Research …
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Uncovering Best Practices for Professional Learning: A Focus on Dialogic Discourse
… remained anchored in traditional teaching and learning practices. This study examined the relationship between professional learning programs and the quality of classroom instruction with a focus on implementing more collaborative and dialogic approaches to both student and professional …
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Principal Perceptions of Effective Performance Coaching: A Case Study
… coaching and its impact on school principals’ professional growth. Through an in-depth interview process with eight principals, perceptions regarding their leadership or performance coach’s effectiveness were explored using the CLEAR Coaching Model as a conceptual framework. Participants shared …
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Supporting registered early childhood educators through online collaborative professional practice discussions (CPPD project)
… to gauge their readiness for fully online professional learning. A multi-phase mixed-methods approach was used to gather data on RECE digital practices. Findings suggest that fully online collaborative discussions meet RECEs' professional learning needs despite identified gaps in their …
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Empowering Educational Leaders: Enhancing Administrative Leaders’ Effectiveness Through Strategic Professional Development
<p>This study analyzed the current state of professional development opportunities for administrative leaders across ten U.S. states. The research aimed to explore trends, perceived needs, and gaps in professional learning programs for educational administrators. The central research question …
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Designing Effective Professional Development for Teaching Students in Poverty: Impact on Teacher Beliefs and Classroom Practice
… to discern the impact of practitioner-designed professional development (PD) on teacher beliefs about students from poverty. This study focused on the creation and implementation of PD designed to help teachers explore their beliefs, and investigated whether these beliefs changed after teachers …
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Stories of an evolving understanding of literacy by a teacher, mother, and researcher
… understandings of literacy may evolve through professional learning, experiences, and reflective practice, but this evolution is seldom documented and therefore not often considered as a systematic means for improving practice. Similarly, educators are rarely able to document the longitudinal …
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Teacher Perception of Professional Development and Impact on Instructional Practice and Student Achievement
Professional development (PD) is an instrument that provides educators with knowledge, strategies, and skills to meet the needs of today's student learners. To ensure professional learning experiences serve their intended purpose, an investigation into teacher perception of PD and its impact on …
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Who do you think you are? An arts-based narrative inquiry of teacher personal identity and professional learning
The connection between identity and teacher professional learning is fundamental, as teachers’ development of effective classroom practices is intricately linked to their sense of self. Teachers’ self-concept plays a vital role in shaping their professional goals and actions, encompassing aspects …
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Perspectives on Professional Learning: A Study of the Beliefs and Attitudes of Mathematics Teachers in High Performing Schools
… teachers in high performing schools perceive professional learning? Although mathematics teachers often find themselves in a variety of professional learning opportunities offered by their schools or school systems, research has narrowly focused on mathematics teachers’ behaviors, feedback, or …
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“It’s Hard Work” — K-12 Teachers’ Enacted Curriculum of Computational Thinking and Computer Science Integration
… design and immediate impact of computing-focused professional learning experiences for teachers (e.g., trainings, classes), there is little research on teachers’ translation of these experiences into their own classrooms. This comparative multi-case study addresses this gap and contributes to the …
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Assistant Principals' Self-Reported Levels of Preparedness to Support Special Education Teachers and Programming
… principals in one school division and guide professional learning experiences for administrators moving forward. The study will include a purposeful sample of school based, Pk-12 assistant principals. Participants were invited to complete a three-part electronic survey questionnaire. The …
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Preparation for High School Mathematics Reform in the Northeast Georgia Resa District: A Stage of Concerns Approach to Examining Professional Learning
… of Concerns profiles, demographic factors, and professional learning experiences provided by institute instructors. The study examined Implementation of Georgia Performance Standards in High School Mathematics as a change innovation using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model. The study utilized a …
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Professional Learning for Online Teaching: A Multiple-Case Study of Higher Education Instructors in Hong Kong
… knowledge and skills to effectively facilitate learning and teaching in the online environment. Instructors in higher education institutions (HEIs) have faced common challenges to online teaching, such as a lack of digital literacy, access to software and hardware resources and training, and …
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Assessing The Factors Impacting Professional Learning For Teachers In Seventh-day Adventist Schools: A Comparison Of Millennials And Non-Millennials
… has established the importance of ongoing professional learning for teachers and has identified what effective professional learning should look like. Little research has been done, however, on the professional learning practices of teachers in faith-based schools, and few studies have …
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Enhancing learning and assessment of pre-service teachers on practicum placements using mobile technologies with video capture
… through practicum placements or workplace learning. Despite their widespread use, practicums can be notoriously variable and unreliable in terms of assessment (Rorrison, 2008) and in promoting professional learning (Grudnoff, 2011). The study reported through the publications explicit or …
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Supporting Elementary Education In-Service Teachers' Proficiency in Planning STEM-Centric Lessons
… targeting integration of STEM content, inquiry learning, students' abilities to collaborate as a STEM team and students' strategic application of technology. Data collection, in the form of reviewing and analyzing study participants' lesson plans and self-reflections, was completed by three …