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Vincent, Angela K. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This phenomenological, action research study engaged a sample of teachers from a large middle school in northern South Carolina in developing a protocol and recommendations for the use of peer observations that would provide meaningful professional development for teachers at this school. Data collection methods consisted of interviews, focus…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Parent-Nichols, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In-service trainings for teachers provide information to influence teacher practice within the complex, dynamic environment of the classroom. Transfer of learning, the ability to use previously learned information in a novel setting or time, is necessary for generalization to actual practice (Sork and Caffarella, 1998). Teachers report that…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Transfer of Training, Generalization
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Aarto-Pesonen, Leena; Tynjälä, Päivi – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This article conceptualises adult learners' professional growth in a tailored, work-related, teacher-qualification programme in physical education. The study data consisted of the reflectivelearning diaries of 20 adult learners during a 2-year tertiary and work-related teacher-qualification programme. The data were analysed using data-driven open…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Education, Physical Education, Grounded Theory
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Lai, Horng-Ji – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore secondary school teachers' perceptions of interactive whiteboard (IWB) training workshops in Taiwan. This study also sought to identify potential problems associated with the design of IWB training workshops in order to improve their effectiveness. This research employed observations and interviews to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Junior High Schools, Adult Learning
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory