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Kudenko, Irina; Ratcliffe, Mary; Redmore, Alison; Aldridge, Catherine – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2011
Evaluation of large-scale professional development programmes in a cost-effective but detailed manner presents challenges. Much of the research evidence on the effectiveness of professional development in science education has been the result of small-scale studies that use clustered or stratified sampling methods. Using the evidence collected…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Science Education, Program Effectiveness
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Millar, Robin; Leach, John; Osborne, Jonathan; Ratcliffe, Mary – Oxford Review of Education, 2008
A reader of Traianou and Hammersley's article (in this issue), which discusses at some length the work we undertook in the "Evidence-based Practice in Science Education (EPSE)" Research Network, might attribute to us views that are rather different from those which we in fact hold, and which we have sought to present in our own accounts…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Science Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Inferences
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Hanley, Pam; Maringe, Felix; Ratcliffe, Mary – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This evaluation used a change transition model to explore the processes of development of a three-phase professional programme devised by two teams of researchers to support teachers' expertise in six domains of science teaching. The full programme operated over two years. Interviews with developers at the end of each phase (21 interviews) and…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Professional Development, Science Instruction, Interviews