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Professional development
About: Professional development is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 81108 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1316681 citations.
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16 Jan 2011
TL;DR: This book discusses the characteristics of Superintendents and their Employing Districts, as well as professional experiences, and politics, Mandates, Standards, and Government Relations.
Abstract: Chapter 1. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Chapter 2. Methodology Chapter 3. Characteristics of Superintendents and Their Employing Districts Chapter 4. Professional Experiences Chapter 5. Elements of Practice Chapter 6. Superintendent Interactions with School Boards Chapter 7.Gender and Race/Ethnicity Chapter 8. Professional Preparation Chapter 9. Politics, Mandates, Standards, and Government Relations
198 citations
TL;DR: The Inquiry Learning Forum (ILF) as mentioned in this paper is a web-based professional development system designed to support a community of practice of in-service and preservice mathematics and science teachers who are creating, reflecting upon, sharing, and improving inquiry-based pedagogical practices.
Abstract: In this article we focus on the challenges we have encountered in attempting to support the development of an online community of practice for grade 5-12 mathematics and science teachers. Specifically, this project involves the design and evaluation of an electronic knowledge network, the Inquiry Learning Forum (ILF), a web-based professional development system designed to support a community of practice (CoP) of in-service and preservice mathematics and science teachers who are creating, reflecting upon, sharing, and improving inquiry-based pedagogical practices. This research examines the interplay among a variety of variables that characterize the dynamics of building a social network through which participating teachers will seek to share and improve their pedagogical practices. Our research suggests that designing for virtual communities involves balancing and leveraging complex dualities from the "inside" rather than applying some set of design principles from the "outside." This research provides a...
198 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the background experiences, academic preparation and perceptions of a small number of cooperating teachers in a secondary Professional Development School site about their experiences in successful practice were profiled, showing that teachers have a depth of understanding of their role in the process and that they undertake the responsibility with clear expectations for the experience.
198 citations
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