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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"Teacher learning"”.
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Boundaries, bricolage and student-teacher learning
This thesis explores the learning opportunities that are presented to student-teachers as they talk about teaching and learning with their school-based mentor and part-time university-based tutor. Against the backcloth of endemic complexity in initial teacher education, the study asks what these …
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Teacher Learning Within Professional Learning Communities
<p>Professional Learning Community (PLC) structures require focused sessions of teacher collaboration as part of developing effective instructional practices leading to improved student performance outcomes. The PLC structured collaboration model has been implemented in schools across the country, …
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Teacher learning within a transactional process
… development project designed to support teacher learning. A group of teachers and instructional supervisors met regularly for an academic year to create alternative assessment practices for the elementary classroom. The team of instructional supervisors planned and led meetings that …
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Teacher's LAB : a platform for teacher learning
The Teacher's LAB software application is a development platform for innovative classroom activities. Educators can use the tool to construct and share representations of their day-to-day classroom practices. Through the process of representing, constructing, and sharing, teachers engage in …
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The Impact of Collaborative Teacher Teaming on Teacher Learning
Schools have organized professional learning communities to support teacher learning and hopefully student achievement. An investigation of these learning communities may provide a description of professional teacher learning and suggest implications and implementation processes. The following …
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Assessment done write : using collaboration to reculture teacher learning
This study examined the impact that collaborative learning had on the assessment and evaluation of writing practices of a group of teachers as they engaged in a community of learners. The study explored the development of teacher knowledge and perceptions as well as the implementation of effective …
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Teacher learning in a Tibetan school in exile: A community of practice perspective
1 PDF file (xiv, 207 pages)
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The Integration of Technology in the Teaching of Literacy: A Study of Teacher Learning
… contemporary classrooms. Literacy teaching and learning has been the focus of much study during the past 50 years (Dressman, 2007), and we have a reliable knowledge base regarding how teachers learn to effectively teach literacy (Dillon, O’Brien, Sato, & Kelly, 2011; Hammerness, Darling-Hammond, …
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The effects of teacher learning modality and student learning modality upon achievement for first graders
… groups and among students assigned to the teacher modality groups; and to determine the effects on student achievement when student and teacher modalities matched.Perceptual modality, cognitive ability, and achievement data were collected for 165 students in 12 classrooms. Statistical …
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Global Citizenship Education and Teacher Learning and Change: Lessons Learned from within a Nascent Movement
… Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and teacher learning and change. While there is increased interest in making education more inclusive and equitable, GCED remains obscure and efforts to move policy and practice forward are prescient and still forming. This two-phase study seeks to …
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Professional Learning Communities Effectiveness on Teacher Learning as Perceived by Title I Elementary Teachers: A Case Study
<p>Professional learning communities (PLCs) have undergone decades of research as an improvement strategy for schools. PLCs are known to foster a collaborative culture among educators through shared learning. Teachers can improve their effectiveness by strengthening their pedagogical practices, …
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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
… Today’s educational environment 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 …
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How novice vocational education and training teachers learn to become teachers
… and providing quality VET requires VET teachers with a high level of skills and abilities. At the same time, in Australia, many VET teachers begin teaching with little or no prior experience or educational qualifications related to teaching. This thesis addresses the question of how …
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Teachers' processes of negotiating meaning of new curriculum
… qualitative study addresses the question of how teachers negotiate meaning of new curriculum to better understand how curriculum is transformed from a theoretical construct to a practical one. Through interviews with 5 teachers, their experiences were examined as they negotiated the process of …
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Bending Boundaries: The Practice of Teacher Leadership
Teacher leadership is often an underutilized and unrealized resource in elementary schools. Teacher leadership manifests itself in a variety of ways, via formal and informal roles. This study aimed to understand the development, expression, and influence of teacher leadership in Wisconsin public …
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A Case Study of an Online Teacher Study Group as a Digital Professional Development Tool
… shift in professional development approaches for teachers from short-term workshops to teacher communities of professional practice, which extend over a while and focus on the expert knowledge teachers need to use in their setting (Goya, 2014). A supportive approach to teacher learning communities …
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University of South Carolina'S Elementary Professional Development School Partnerships: Conditions Influencing Professional Development of Teachers
… for several decades. Research has identified the teacher as being a powerful influence in the classroom and directly instrumental in how well students learn. The establishment of a link between teacher learning and student achievement indicates the importance of investigating the professional …
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