Action research shifts the paradigm of contemporary educational reform by emphasizing
inquiry and placing teachers at the center of research-into-practice. By situating teachers as …

National standards for teachers are becoming more common. For newly hired teachers of
science (NHTS), these standards have implications for how they are prepared and …

One approach to designing, researching or evaluating professional learning experiences is
to use models of learning processes. Here we analyse and critique five significant …

Teacher knowledge may have a variety of origins, including formal schooling in the past, that
is, initial disciplinary training and teacher education, or continued professional training (cf …

Since classrooms have become more diverse, professional development on adaptive
teaching seems critically important, yet turns out to be complex. Lesson Study may address …

A considerable amount of literature on peer coaching suggests that the professional
development of teachers can be improved through experimentation, observation, reflection …

Over the past 25 years, PCK has become widely accepted as a useful construct in
understanding the unique nature and development of teachers' knowledge, and PCK …

El ensayo aborda un marco teórico para el desarrollo de los constructos actitud hacia las
TIC y actitud hacia la integración didáctica de las TIC en la formación inicial docente. Para …

Over a two-year period, approximately 70 teachers from 18 schools participated in an on-
going professional development program as part of a study to promote the teaching and …

With the spread of the Web 2.0 there has been a proliferation of web-based communities for
learning, across platforms that enable the creation of virtual communities. However, unlike …