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Yalalem Assefa; Shouket Ahmad Tilwani; Bekalu Tadesse Moges; Yared Fentaw; Yonatan Muhabaw Tessema – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
The study's main purpose is to evaluate the planning practices of the Ethiopian Integrated Functional Adult Education (IFAE) programme and to draw lessons that can be learned for future adult education programmes. The study used an explanatory sequential mixed methods research design and involved 224 participants. Data were collected using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Teachers
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Kotuláková, Katarína – Research in Science Education, 2021
Teachers bring with them a variety of beliefs when they arrive at continual professional development (CPD) training courses focusing on the inquiry-based approach to science education. These beliefs influence the way they understand, accept and ultimately implement the content of the training. The purpose of the present study was to identify the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Active Learning
Robyn Kelton; Irina Tenis – McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2024
Research has established the vital role administrators play in the success and sustainability of high-quality early childhood care and education (ECEC) programs. However, many center-based program administrators assume their leadership roles by being promoted from a teaching position. Consequently, while they may assume their administrative role…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Development, Administrator Education, Career Development
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Schiller, Emese; Dorner, Helga; Szabó, Zoltán András – Educational Gerontology, 2020
This paper outlines findings from a research project on Hungarian foreign language (FL) teachers' conceptualizations of helping senior language learners to develop their autonomy in learning. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to explore the applied instructional approaches to teaching older adults and developing their learner…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Older Adults, Adult Educators, Language Teachers
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Dorner, Helga; Káplár-Kodácsy, Kinga – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2020
In this paper, we outline findings from a research project on mentor teachers' conceptualizations and strategies of mentoring novice teachers for reflective practice. The study was conducted with the aim to explore the qualitatively different ways in which mentor teachers conceive of mentoring for reflective practice and also how they translate…
Descriptors: Mentors, Reflective Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Hansman, Catherine A. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This chapter examines the role of mentoring in continuing professional education from a critical perspective, addressing informal and formal mentoring relationships while highlighting their potential to encourage critical reflection, learning, and coconstruction of knowledge.
Descriptors: Mentors, Informal Education, Professional Continuing Education, Role Perception
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Ohlin, Christer – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2019
This study takes its departure from ongoing debate about teachers' (collective) "continuing professional development" (CPD). The overall aim is to highlight active teachers' perceptions on developing a self-understanding of their complex role in daily practice by using digital tools. The following research questions guided the study: How…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Information Technology