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Cuddapah, Jennifer L.; Clayton, Christine D. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This qualitative study explores a cohort professional development experience that brought new teachers together every few weeks from across an urban school district. Observation data were analyzed through Wenger's (1998) "Communities of Practice" social learning framework. The purpose was to examine how a cohort can be a valuable resource of new…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Professional Development, Phenomenology, Cohort Analysis
Capobianco, Brenda M.; Lincoln, Susan; Canuel-Browne, Donna; Trimarchi, Ruth – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2006
The purpose of this article is to examine the teacher research movement from the perspective of three generations of teacher researchers within the context of a unique collaborative science teacher action research group. The question that guided the study was the following: In what ways do three generations of science teachers perceive their…
Descriptors: Action Research, Science Teachers, Teacher Researchers, Secondary School Science