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Scott, John Trevitt; Armstrong, Ann Cheryl – Professional Development in Education, 2019
This paper originates from an earlier comparative study of professional learning in a Christian, a Jewish, and a Muslim Australian independent school, in which teachers and school leaders were asked to engage in critical reflection as to the school's distinctive characteristics. The paper recognizes the tension that may arise in all schools from…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Faculty Development, Christianity, Muslims
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Evans, Lisa; Thornton, Bill; Usinger, Janet – NASSP Bulletin, 2012
A firm grounding in change theory can provide educational leaders with an opportunity to orchestrate meaningful organizational improvements. This article provides an opportunity for practicing leaders to review four major theories of organizational change--continuous improvement, two approaches to organizational learning, and appreciative inquiry.…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership, Principals
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Porakari, James; Edwards, Frances – Waikato Journal of Education, 2018
This paper reports on a study that investigated the potential of using Appreciative Inquiry for exploring the development of three beginning science teachers in the Solomon Islands. Using the four phases of an Appreciative Inquiry framework, the teachers followed a process that allowed their strengths to be identified through the analysis of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Empowerment
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Peel, Karen L. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2021
The role of educational research, and schools' and teachers' engagement in and with research, changes when it is viewed as a form of professional development. The study presented in this paper intended to explore teachers' practices for designing learning, instructing students and managing classrooms in the context of the primary-secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Faculty Development, Teacher Role
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Helens-Hart, Rose – Communication Teacher, 2018
Negative self-talk and appraisals of self-efficacy can damage students' abilities to do well in college and lead to self-fulfilling prophesies where students fail to meet their academic and professional potentials. This multi-class activity uses appreciative coaching to help students utilize a positive mindset and achieve academic and professional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance), Speech Communication
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Kay M. Hammond; Meenal Rai; Amira Hassouna; Sue Raleigh – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
Continuous increase of global reliance on sessional staff in higher education has not been accompanied by the development of strategies to enhance quality learning and teaching or understanding the experiences of these staff. This has resulted in a general discontent among this category of academics. The growing importance of building respectful…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment Practices, College Faculty, Temporary Employment
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Laura Cruz; Eileen Grodziak; Diana Botnaru; Deborah Walker; Trent W. Maurer; Alan Altany; Betty Abraham-Settles; Michelle Amos; Kimberly Bunch-Crump; Alan Cook; Heidi Eisenreich; Diana Gregory; Michael L. Howell; Ioney James; Shainaz Landge; Jane Lynes; Joyce Pompey; Brendan L. Shapiro; Allison Smith; Brenda Thomas; Felicity M. Turner; Ellen H. Williams; Robin Gerchman; Miiriam Horne; Richard Hughes; Alandra Kahl; Rebecca Layson; David X. Lemmons; Jeffrey A. Stone; Elizabeth VanDeusen; Yue Zhang – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This is a large-scale, multi-author collaborative autoethnographic study exploring the concept of building a tangible teaching commons on the example of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Commons Conference. The project organizers sought to provide a big tent and extended an invitation to attendees to respond to a series of writing…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Fickel, Letitia Hochstrasser; Henderson, Christine; Price, Gaylene – Educational Research, 2017
Background: Given the persistent gap among majority and minority students in international measures of student outcomes, there is growing attention and research focused on teacher knowledge, learning and professional development. Culturally responsive practice has been posited as one way to ameliorate disparities in outcomes. Proponents of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Culturally Relevant Education, Minority Group Students
Daniel Thomas Henley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem investigated by this study is that professional development (PD) provided for educators had not prepared them to implement behavior interventions and positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) to meet classroom management and students' needs. This basic qualitative study was conducted to investigate the experiences of high…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Positive Behavior Supports
Finch, Brian S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Appreciative advising is an innovative academic advising method based on the organizational development theory of appreciative inquiry. This approach emphasizes student strengths through a collaborative relationship between advisor and student using open-ended questions and focusing on positive potential. This study addressed the local problem of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Inquiry, Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers
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Brunzell, Tom; Stokes, Helen; Waters, Lea – School Mental Health, 2019
This study explored how primary and secondary school teachers changed their practice pedagogy as they underwent training in trauma-informed positive education (Brunzell et al., Contemp School Psychol 20:63-83, 2016b. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-015-0070-x). TIPE integrates teaching strategies from two practice paradigms: trauma-informed…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Trauma
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Ewing, Bronwyn – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Success in primary and secondary school mathematics is becoming increasingly important to today's teachers, students, parents and employment providers in Australia. Mathematics is viewed as high status and essential for a range of employment opportunities. The Disability Standards for Education [1] and the Australian Curriculum, Reporting and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Mathematics Achievement, Disabilities
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He, Ye – Teacher Development, 2013
This study described the application of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in a graduate-level teacher education course to guide teacher candidates' interactions with culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. Through the process of "Discover," "Dream," "Design," and "Delivery," teacher…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Graduate Study, Student Diversity, Preservice Teachers
Seto, Laurie U'ilani – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Due to rapid advancements in the world and shifting priorities at the school level, educators must keep abreast of current developments and how to continue to engage and challenge students in creative ways. This study examined the experiences 21 Kamehameha Schools educators indicated best support their professional learning to gain further…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Focus Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Tezcan-Unal, Burcu – Educational Action Research, 2018
Observing peers for professional development is a familiar and valuable practice but not always favoured in many educational institutions. This small-scale action research (AR) was conducted in an institution where teachers are accustomed to regular peer observation, requiring each teacher to conduct peer observation and to reflect in their…
Descriptors: Observation, Faculty Development, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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