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Friesen, Sharon; Brown, Barbara – Teaching Education, 2022
Teacher leaders play a significant role in school and system improvement. Teacher leaders who maintain teaching responsibilities while taking on leadership responsibilities outside the classroom require professional learning. A school district worked with university faculty and professional learning facilitators to develop a design-based…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Educational Improvement, Professional Development, Faculty Development
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Brown, Barbara – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of this research was to study how researchers and practitioners from universities and school authorities in Alberta, Canada, lead eleven research partnership projects, shared work and learning responsibilities, as well as understood their common challenges. Project leaders (N = 38) revealed their perceptions of the research partnership…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Researchers, Administrator Attitudes
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Friesen, Sharon; Brown, Barbara – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the work of one tripartite partnership with stakeholders to improve and strengthen novice teachers' pedagogical designs using design based professional learning guided by the principles of knowledge building/knowledge creation. The tripartite partnership involved 450 novice teachers from an urban school…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Beginning Teachers, Instructional Design, Faculty Development
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Simmons, Marlon; McDermott, Mairi; Eaton, Sarah Elaine; Brown, Barbara; Jacobsen, Michele – Educational Action Research, 2021
In this paper, we attend to the pedagogical role of reflection within action research practices. We discuss educational considerations of the complex process of improving curriculum, while undertaking collaborative research in which reflection within the iterative process of action research became pedagogical. We draw upon our reflections from an…
Descriptors: Reflection, Teaching Methods, Action Research, Graduate Students
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Brown, Barbara; Friesen, Sharon; Beck, Jaime; Roberts, Verena – Education Sciences, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine a professional learning intervention designed to support new teachers with implementing professional practice competencies. Partners from a school authority joined researcher-practitioners from a university to engage in designing a professional learning series for new teachers. A design-based research approach…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Instructional Design, Professional Development
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Hermann, Janice; Parker, Stephany; Phelps, Josh; Brown, Barbara – Journal of Extension, 2011
Extension is positioned to provide school-based nutrition education programs as required by the 2004 Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act. To enhance program acceptance and sustainability, it is important to consider school administrators' and teachers' interests and preferences regarding nutrition education programming. The project…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Extension Education, Nutrition, Elementary School Teachers