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Gast, Inken; Schildkamp, Kim; van der Veen, Jan T. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Most professional development activities focus on individual teachers, such as mentoring or the use of portfolios. However, new developments in higher education require teachers to work together in teams more often. Due to these changes, there is a growing need for professional development activities focusing on teams. Therefore, this review study…
Descriptors: Intervention, Higher Education, Faculty Development, Team Training
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Brebner, Chris; Attrill, Stacie; Marsh, Claire; Coles, Lilienne – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
Professional development can provide opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge, and to apply them to practice in a sustainable way. However, delivery of professional development needs to consider the philosophies and pedagogies of training recipients, and activities should be tailored to meet their needs. This article reports on an…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Models
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Eddy Spicer, David H. – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2013
This article interrogates the "soft power" of teacher teamwork by probing the ways in which authority conditions the appropriation of institutional motives through collective meaning making. The study analyzes the interaction of a teacher-leader and a science teacher team across two settings of professional development organized to…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Science Teachers, Secondary School Science, Physics
Plank, Kathryn M., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
For those considering adopting team teaching, or interested in reviewing their own practice, this book offers an over-view of this pedagogy, its challenges and rewards, and a rich range of examples in which teachers present and reflect upon their approaches. The interaction of two teachers--both the intellectual interaction involved in the design…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Social Sciences, Active Learning, Interaction