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Tam, Angela Choi Fung – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This two-year longitudinal study explores whether a professional learning community (PLC) helps shift language teachers' beliefs about implementing play-based learning. Ten practitioners from a preschool participated in this case study. Data were collected through interviews and observations of participants' practices engaged in the PLC. The…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Preschool Education, Beliefs, Play
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Polasek, Tanya – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2022
Successful implementation of the current English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum invites a new approach to teacher professional learning (PL). A focus on establishing and renewing relationships must play a role in developing the collaboration necessary for curriculum implementation. This article presents a research-based argument that effective and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, English Instruction, Language Arts, Curriculum Implementation
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Soares, Fernanda; Galisson, Kirsten – Comparative Education Review, 2021
Professional learning communities (PLCs) are becoming increasingly popular, in a recognition that teachers' knowledge is situated in teachers' daily experiences and best acquired through ongoing practice and reflection. This study examines the relationship between participation in PLCs and teaching practices and tests specific aspects of a PLC…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Sperry, Rita; Hawkinson, Chelsie – Journal of Faculty Development, 2019
Faculty training and development for First-Year Seminar (FYS) faculty at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) is conducted in the form of training workshops, bi-annual teaching institutes, and various professional development opportunities. Facilitated workshop content is based on student-centered teaching and learning theories.…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, First Year Seminars, Communities of Practice, College Faculty
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Oliver, Kimberly L.; Luguetti, Carla; Aranda, Raquel; Nuñez Enriquez, Oscar; Rodriguez, Ana-Alycia – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2018
Background: Student-Centered Inquiry as Curriculum (SCIC) is an activist approach [Oliver, K. L., and H. A. Oesterreich. 2013. "Student-Centered Inquiry as Curriculum as a Model for Field-Based Teacher Education." "Journal of Curriculum Studies" 45 (3): 394-417. doi:10.1080/00220272.2012.719550] inspired by years of research…
Descriptors: Activism, Communities of Practice, Student Motivation, Student Interests
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Kulophas, Dhirapat; Hallinger, Philip – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: Research on school leadership has confirmed that principals influence teacher and student learning by building an "academic-focused ethos" in their schools. In this study, our objective was to examine if and how the learning-centered leadership of principals influenced academic optimism of teachers and the resulting effects on…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness, School Administration