Collective imagination as a source of professional practice change: A cultural-historical study of early childhood teacher professional development in the motivated …

M Fleer, G Fragkiadaki, P Rai - Teaching and Teacher Education, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of the research was to investigate how early childhood teachers create new
practices as a result of participation in a 10-week professional development program of an …

Exploring the Personal, Social and Occupational Elements of Teacher Professional Development.

V McComb, N Eather - Journal of education and Training Studies, 2017 - ERIC
In a neoliberal political context, educational reform is seen as largely dependent on the
individual teacher and his or her ability to continue developing and improving his or her …

Predictors of Practitioners' Use of Recommended Early Childhood Intervention Practices.

CJ Dunst, MB Bruder, SP Maude, M Schnurr… - International Education …, 2020 - ERIC
Findings from research syntheses of adult learning and in-service training studies identified
the importance of professional development as a factor influencing practitioner use of …

“What parts of the plants do we eat, is this STEM?”–A study of Chinese kindergarten teachers' STEM professional development

Y Wang, L Li, M Fleer, Y Ma - Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 2024 - Elsevier
The emerging value of STEM in society puts demands on Chinese kindergarten teachers to
involve STEM teaching in play-based settings. As reported in the literature, societal …

Education law, schools, and school principals: A mixed methods study of the impact of law on Tasmanian school principals

A Trimble - 2017 - figshare.utas.edu.au
This study reports research conducted in Tasmania concerning the impact of legal issues on
school principals across the government, Catholic and Independent school sectors. The …

An exploration of how teachers in Scotland enact professional standards and the influence of teacher professionalism

C Simpson - 2022 - stax.strath.ac.uk
There is a plethora of literature that discusses Professional Standards, however, there is a
lack of empirical research about the impact of the enactment of Professional Standards. The …