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White, Simone – Teaching Education, 2021
The increasing datafication of teachers' work and schooling practices as evidenced through various metrics of student testing and school improvement measures have continued to grow unabated across many OECD Countries. Such practices have been fuelled by global competition for league tables such as the Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Data, Standards
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Lindsay, William E.; Otero, Valerie K. – Science Education, 2023
This study examines the impact of organizational purposes and values on reforming physics instruction to align with a practice-based instructional approach, in a case of engaging in infrastructuring with a no-excuses charter network. The network's instruction was guided by organizational purposes of ensuring predictable academic success and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Physics, Science Instruction, Alignment (Education)
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Dianne Gardner Renn; Rachel Shefner; Kelly Holmes; Stacy A. Wenzel; Eric Osthoff – Planning and Changing, 2021
The paper highlights the development of a collaborative formative assessment scoring process in a partnership between an urban university and one of the nation's largest districts. We explore collaborative research through the lens of a single formative assessment rubric derived from the Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework (CER, McNeill…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Standards
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Humes, Walter – Scottish Educational Review, 2014
Starting in August 2014, all registered teachers in Scotland are now required to engage in a process of Professional Update (PU) managed by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS). The aim is to ensure that teachers at every stage of their careers participate in worthwhile professional learning, which can take a variety of forms. PU is,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Inquiry
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Huffman, Jane B.; Olivier, Dianne F.; Wang, Ting; Chen, Peiying; Hairon, Salleh; Pang, Nicholas – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2016
The authors seek to find common PLC structures and actions among global educational systems to enhance understanding and practice. Six international researchers formed the Global Professional Learning Community Network (GloPLCNet), conducted literature reviews of each country's involvement with PLC actions, and noted similarities and common…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Communities of Practice, Networks, Interviews
Marks, Susan Faye – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Educating students to meet high accountability standards and even more importantly preparing students to be competitive in a complex and demanding world requires schools to become high functioning organizations. This mixed-method study examined the relationship between professional learning communities and the collective efficacy in 10 elementary…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Faculty Development, Researchers, Teaching Methods
Beatty, Alexandra – National Academies Press, 2012
Climate change is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems. Each additional ton of greenhouse gases emitted commits us to further change and greater risks. In the judgment of the Committee on America's Climate Choices, the environmental, economic, and…
Descriptors: Workshops, Climate, Educational Strategies, Evidence