Teacher Professional Education is one of the education program to improve teacher competence in getting professional teacher certificates. This study aims to implement learning innovations to improve teacher competence in teacher certification programs for in-service teachers through collaboration with local governments. The study was conducted…

Teachers play an active, creative and innovative role in online learning so that student learning outcomes get maximum results. One of the efforts made is to develop animation learning media based on local wisdom in online learning. Animation media chose because students tend to be more interested in exciting things around them. To achieve this,…

Learning progressions have become an important construct in educational research, in part because of their ability to inform the design of coherent standards, curricula, assessments, and instruction. In this paper, I discuss how a learning progressions approach has guided our development of an early algebra innovation for the elementary grades and…

This article illustrates how schooling Innovative Learning Environments (ILE) deploy a future-focused imaginary for a perfectly self-managing society. New building design, coupled with this imaginary, creates possibilities for new ecologies of practices in which there are reframed relationships and pedagogical opportunities. We use the theory of…

Shared leadership and employee empowerment develop positive feelings in employees towards the organization, the work they do and themselves. These positive emotions create confidence for employees to try new methods and techniques in their work. Employees who approach their work with an innovative mindset will be more beneficial to their…

At Race Leys Junior School in Warwickshire, creative and unique experiences are at the forefront of the minds of the teachers. As a team, the teachers are always seeking new and innovative ideas to enrich their curriculum. Over the last year, through the COVID-19 pandemic, they have become more adventurous with their thinking and lesson delivery.…

Leadership has been identified as an important influence on the provision of primary physical education (PE) in several different contexts. To date, however, there is a lack of data explicitly investigating informal PE leadership provided by generalist teachers in primary schools. Accordingly, this research sought to explore generalist teachers'…

The aim of this study is to examine the level of individual innovation and the professional innovativeness tendencies of the primary school teacher candidates. Scanning model was used in the research. The population of the study consists of 192 primary school teacher candidates studying in the faculty of education. Kiliçer and Odabasi's (2010)…

A game-based approach is widely used to increase students' motivation through their active participation, whereby research is interwoven with fun and competition is incorporated with cooperation. Working in teams or groups encourages students to exchange their opinions, to try to find solutions together or to win a game. In this way, they learn…

The increasingly competitive global environment has made continuous innovation vital for survival. In education, teachers' innovative behaviors have become crucial, as successful reforms depend on their effective implementation. Teachers are central to student success, but constraints on their ability to innovate can negatively impact learning…

This paper considers the pedagogical collaborations between early childhood teachers in kindergarten (4 years) and the first year of school (5 years) in one Australian State. We report on a year-long project that brought these early childhood teachers together as we asked them to design STEM learning ecologies that would not only support new…

The typical middle school in the United States is designed for superficial learning rather than deeper learning, compliance rather than engagement. This study sought to understand and develop problem-based learning (PBL), student choice, and community partnerships to increase deeper learning. Participants and data collected in Cycle 1 consisted of…

The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to a type of online education adopted with startling speed and a scale never before seen. The educational community adopted the term "emergency remote teaching" to distinguish this type of online teaching from carefully planned virtual instruction. The problem addressed in this study was emergency remote…

Our traditional professional development format at faculty meetings felt tired. While our schools--Constable and Monmouth Junction Elementary Schools in the South Brunswick School District in New Jersey--are known for their commitment to meaningful and innovative professional development for staff, weekly Monday faculty meetings didn't always…

The importance of rural teachers' innovative behavior of integrating technology into teaching (ITT) has been well recognized. Nevertheless, rural teachers' innovative behavior of ITT is far from satisfactory. In order to promote rural teachers' innovative behavior of ITT, it is necessary to better understand what factors are related to it. This…