ERIC Number: EJ883500
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-May
Pages: 13
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The Impact of a Professional Development Programme on the Practices and Beliefs of Numeracy Teachers
Swan, Malcolm; Swain, Jon
Journal of Further and Higher Education, v34 n2 p165-177 May 2010
This article describes some outcomes of a nine-month design-based research study into the professional development of 24 numeracy teachers with post-16 learners. Teachers analysed research-based principles for teaching, and engaged in a design-research process by testing and refining teaching activities to embody these principles. Data from questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations suggest that many of the teachers' practices and beliefs were profoundly affected. Practices became less transmission-oriented and teachers began to create new, collaborative learning environments where students were challenged to confront difficulties and take on more active classroom roles. Changes in beliefs regarding mathematics, learning and teaching are also described and discussed. (Contains 2 tables, 2 figures and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Numeracy, Professional Development, Educational Practices, Beliefs, Mathematics Teachers, Educational Principles, Questionnaires, Interviews, Classroom Observation Techniques, Basic Skills, Attitude Change, Educational Change, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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