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Transforming Professional Development for Teachers: A Guide for State Policymakers.
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The article was published on 1995-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 244 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Certificate in Education & Education policy.read more
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What Makes Professional Development Effective? Results From a National Sample of Teachers
TL;DR: The authors used a large-scale empirical comparison of effects of different characteristics of professional development on teachers' learning, and found that content knowledge, opportunities for active learning and coherence with other learning activities significantly affect teacher learning.
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Chapter 6 : Teacher Learning and the Acquisition of Professional Knowledge: An Examination of Research on Contemporary Professlonal Development
Suzanne M. Wilson,Jennifer Berne +1 more
TL;DR: In the past 10 years, the calls for a commitment to teacher learning have increased exponentially, most likely from a confluence of forces as mentioned in this paper, such as the standards movement and professional development.
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What Makes Professional Development Effective
TL;DR: Guskey as mentioned in this paper analyzed 13 different lists of the characteristics of effective professional development, all published within the last decade, and concluded that they vary widely and that the research that supports them is inconsistent and often contradictory.
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Designing Professional Development That Works.
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Changing how and what children learn in school with computer-based technologies.
TL;DR: It is concluded that further research is needed to identify the uses that most effectively support learning and the conditions required for successful implementation of these uses.