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Gaikhorst, Lisa; Beishuizen, Jos J.; Zijlstra, Bonne J. H.; Volman, Monique L. L. – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
This study examined the effects of a professional development programme aimed at equipping teachers for the challenges of teaching in urban schools. The contribution of the programme to teacher quality and teacher retention was evaluated using a mixed research design in which both quantitative (N?=?133) and qualitative (N?=?42) approaches were…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Networks
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Helms-Lorenz, Michelle; van de Grift, Wim; Maulana, Ridwan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
The teaching profession faces a shortage as well as a decline of teaching skills. A possible way to mitigate this is to implement evidence-based induction arrangements. Seventy-one schools with 338 beginning secondary education teachers were randomly allocated to an experimental or a control group. The experimental schools used induction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teaching Skills
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Helms-Lorenz, Michelle; Slof, Bert; van de Grift, Wim – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2013
This study examined the (1) effects of a supportive program (i.e., induction arrangement) on beginning teachers' (BTs') psychological processes after a period of 1 year and (2) psychological paths of influence of the arrangement. Participants (56 Dutch secondary schools with 143 BTs) were randomly allocated to two conditions. Experimental schools…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Psychological Patterns, Secondary School Teachers