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A Model of Teacher Agency in Professional Development and School Reform
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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
Towards a Comprehensive and Dynamic Conceptual Framework to Research and Enact Professional Learning Communities in the Context of Secondary Education
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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
Striving for Literary Development in Secondary Literature Students: A Teacher's Self-Study
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Groenendijk, Ramon; Kooy, Mary; Coppen, Peter-Arno; Imants, Jeroen; Van de Ven, Piet-Hein – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2013
In a self-study the main author examines the difficulties and challenges his students experience in their literary development. The central question is: How can my teaching support students in their literary development? This self-study is supported by a research group, examining together one literature lesson given by the main author, striving…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Literature, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Communication
Experienced Teachers' Informal Workplace Learning and Perceptions of Workplace Conditions
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Hoekstra, Annemarieke; Korthagen, Fred; Brekelmans, Mieke; Beijaard, Douwe; Imants, Jeroen – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore in detail how teachers' perceptions of workplace conditions for learning are related to their informal workplace learning activities and learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: From a sample of 32 teachers, a purposeful sampling technique of maximal variation was used to select two cases…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Learning Activities, Interaction, Experienced Teachers