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MacDonald Grieve, Ann; McGinley, Brian Peter – Teaching Education, 2010
This paper explores the concept of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers in Scotland in an education system undergoing change. It considers the curricular and political changes which affect the nature of CPD considered appropriate and relevant for teachers. This article reports on one small-scale qualitative study into…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Measures (Individuals), Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Egbert, Joy; Salsbury, Tom – Teaching Education, 2009
Parents can provide interaction that is crucial to student learning. Helping teachers connect students' home and school lives and assisting parents in understanding possible roles in student learning can contribute to student achievement. A one-year funded project focused on: (1) helping teachers involve parents in the literacy achievement of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parents as Teachers, Parent School Relationship
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Pang, Ming Fai – Teaching Education, 2006
The study that we report in this paper, named as learning study, is a hybrid between a design experiment as characterized by Brown and Collins, and a Japanese lesson study as characterized by Yoshida, and Stigler and Hiebert. This paper aims at tracing the development of the learning study and examining its impact on teacher professional learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Instructional Design