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Imants, Jeroen; Van der Wal, Merel M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020
In research on teacher professional development and school reform attention for the role of teacher agency has been growing significantly during the last decade. The objective of this study is to create a model with the potential to view professional development and school reform from a teacher agency perspective at multiple levels. The model of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role
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Van Meeuwen, Pierre; Huijboom, Fred; Rusman, Ellen; Vermeulen, Marjan; Imants, Jeroen – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
The past two decades research on teachers' professional development focusses increasingly on professional learning communities (PLCs). Based on a literature search a conceptual framework was developed including a comprehensive PLC-concept. Comprehensive because it takes into account the complexity of the educational context. The PLC-concept…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Secondary School Teachers, Guidelines, Specialists
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Hooghuis, Fer; van der Schee, Joop; van der Velde, Martin; Imants, Jeroen; Volman, Monique – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2014
The development of geographical reasoning is essential in geographical education. Strategies developed by the English "Thinking Through Geography" group (TTG) offer a promising approach to promote geographical reasoning. In the last decade, the TTG approach has become a regular element in geographical education in several countries.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Thinking Skills