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Latta, April – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Utilizing a qualitative single case study approach, this study was designed to examine how teachers in an elementary school that engages in professional learning communities describe the role of reflection in their own professional learning and practice. Relying on two semi-structured interviews, this study examines teachers' perceptions…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Autonomy, Adult Learning
Antinluoma, Markku; Ilomäki, Liisa; Toom, Auli – Cogent Education, 2022
Teaching assistants (TAs) have a notable role in supporting individual students, groups, and classes in learning and in daily practices, both in mainstream and special education at the primary and secondary school levels. To enhance teaching assistants' learning, they should be integrated members of schools' professional learning communities.…
Descriptors: Teacher Aides, Communities of Practice, Participation, Foreign Countries
Gander, Michelle; McInnes, Margot – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2021
Purpose: The professional development needs of university professional staff are an under-researched area. More data were needed to understand their needs to ensure that employers invest their resources appropriately. A conceptual framework is developed for the workplace learning of career development activities using concepts of professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Faculty Development, Career Development, Communities of Practice
Lu?trea, Anca; Cra?ovan, Mariana – Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
Romanian educational system is in a constant search for reform, due to one of the highest rates of students' underachievement in basic skills and lack of qualified teachers among EU member states. It is well established that professional learning communities (PLCs) can be a solution for both problems, aiming to enhance students' results by teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration
Sherman, Tyrone – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Researchers have shown that effective professional learning communities (PLCs) enhance the ability of educators to improve student outcomes at schools, including schools with a student body of more than 75% students of color. Educators and policy makers need to understand more about how educators in these school settings experience PLC work. The…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
Kapp-Heifner, Kelli Elise – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the perceptions online adjunct higher education faculty have towards the use of professional learning communities as a component of their pedagogical training. This research emerged from two trends in higher education, adjunct faculty reliance and online education. This research addressed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communities of Practice, Adult Learning, Learning Theories
Dalby, Diane; Noyes, Andrew – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2022
Since policy changes in 2014 about who studies mathematics post-16 in England, the mathematics teaching workforce in further education (FE) colleges has grown and diversified. The question of how best to develop the professional practice of this changing workforce is, however, unresolved. Teachers in a recent national study report the benefits of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development
Peltier, Leana A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
It is critical to provide inservice elementary teachers the opportunity to advance their science instruction, which in turn can positively impact not only their practice but also their perceptions towards science teaching and learning. Too often, science-specific professional development (PD) programs are scarcely provided as a result of an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Instructional Improvement
Goldhawk, Andy; Waller, Richard – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2023
This article discusses the findings of research into further education (FE) lecturers' and middle managers' perceptions of what constitutes effective professional development. This focus addresses an area of paucity in the literature that requires attention in this historically under-funded, yet evermore burdened, education sector which can ill…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Middle Management, Teacher Attitudes
Abbott, Marilyn L.; Lee, Kent K. – Modern Language Journal, 2022
We describe a longitudinal (5-year) researcher-supported initiative designed to strengthen the research-practice link (RPL) and serve as an effective form of situated professional learning and development (PLD) in adult second language programs. We facilitated the formation of and supported 9 professional reading groups of 6-12 instructors (N =…
Descriptors: Researchers, Faculty Development, Adult Education, Second Language Learning
Krzyszkowska, Krystyna; Mavrommati, Maria – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2020
Education authorities in Norway endorse online courses for in-service teachers to raise education standards and to promote digital competence. Naturally, these offerings present teachers with opportunities to integrate new theoretical perspectives and their professional experience in an online learning community. The inquiry into one's…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Distance Education
Abbot, Marilyn L.; Lee, Kent K.; Rossiter, Marian J. – TESL Canada Journal, 2018
In this article, we describe and evaluate a research utilization initiative designed to bridge the teaching English as a second language (TESL) research-practice gap by fostering the formation of and supporting professional learning communities (PLCs) in adult ESL instructional contexts. We review literature on teachers' professional reading,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lepe-Ramirez, Adriana – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Numerous studies have found that students of color are often subject to teacher biases or negative preconceptions. These biases often result in barriers and limitations that negatively impact students' academic achievement and social and emotional development. Studies have also documented the impact of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrator Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods
Brown, Cory; Correll, Pamela; Stormer, Kimberly J. – Middle School Journal, 2021
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, transitioning to online education proved to be difficult due to lack of training, resources, and funding to adequately provide what every student and teacher needed. We present a framework for ongoing professional development for in-service teachers to expand their attitudes and beliefs about culturally…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Middle School Teachers, COVID-19
A Practitioner Inquiry of High School Teachers' Experiences Participating as a Community of Practice
Procter, Joe Don – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The focus of this study was to explore high school teachers' perceptions of self-directed professional development learning as participants in a community of practice. The questions for this study were: How did directing their own learning influence high school teachers' perceptions of their professional development? How did participating in a…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes