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Download full textTaylor, Joseph; Roth, Kathleen; Wilson, Christopher; Stuhlsatz, Molly; Tipton, Elizabeth – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Over a decade ago, Borko (2004) raised the awareness of the education research community to the critical need for studies of teacher professional development (PD) programs. She states on page 13: "My challenge to the educational research community is this: We have much work to do and many questions to answer in order to provide high-quality…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Outcomes of Education, Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Direct linkMachida, Tomohisa; Walsh, Daniel J. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
This case study examines the implementation of "Foreign Language Activities" (English language education), which officially began in Japanese elementary schools in 2011. Subjects in this study included 37 Japanese classroom teachers (20 males and 17 females) in four elementary schools in Tokyo. The Teacher Foreign Language Anxiety Scale…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Program Implementation, English (Second Language), Educational Change
Rone, Brenda Catherine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine if implementing a specific collaborative structure would create effective teacher teams that in turn would lead to improved student achievement. An effective team can be viewed as one that uses collaboration to increase its knowledge and improve its practices. The structure that was implemented during…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Teacher Participation, Academic Achievement, Teacher Collaboration
Wilcox, Ruth A.; Bridges, Stacey L.; Montgomery, Diane – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2010
One strategy used by Project CREATES to enhance the fusion of social studies with the arts was to provide various forms of professional development to artists and teachers (Montgomery, Otto, & Hull, 2007), including seminars, book clubs, and on-site Arts Resource Coaches. The purpose of this study was to describe the role of the coaches as…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Artists, Art Education, Social Studies
Valli, Linda; Croninger, Robert G.; Walters, Kirk – American Journal of Education, 2007
This article examines a premise underlying teacher accountability policies, namely, that annual student learning gains can be attributed to individual teachers. After analyzing data collected in fourth- and fifth-grade reading and mathematics classes in 18 schools, the authors identify forms of instructional design that rely on multiple teachers.…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Change, Instructional Design
Musetti, Bernadette McCormack; O'Hara, Susan; Gibson, Elizabeth; McMahon, Maureen – 1997
This report describes Project CREEK (Community Resources Through Environmental Education for Kids), a collaborative 3-year project between the University of California at Davis, the University of Maryland, and a large, rural K-5 elementary school in central California, and a sister site near Baltimore. Specifically, this report examines changes in…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
