Teaching is a complicated profession that involves constant fulfilment of several traits and qualifications for the entire length teacher’s career. Ideally, professional learning communities (henceforth PLC) have potential to boost teacher development TPD). Nevertheless, execution PLC not always implemented as planned. This research aims determine situation consequences these on in some schools...

While systematic and worthwhile research efforts have been undertaken regarding the conceptualization, development, and assessment of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) within the context of face-to-face learning experiences in higher education and teacher professional development settings, the authors herein posit that the framework of TPCK requires a technological solution, be...

In this paper we describe a science teacher preparation program, implemented in Greece, aiming at ICT integration in classroom practice. The development of this teacher preparation program was guided by the various components of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) while attempting to meet the professional development needs of science teachers. We begin with an overview of this t...

This paper describes the perception of a social constructivist approach to teaching and learning among Vietnamese teachers in a Confucian heritage culture and the changes these teachers undergo through their interaction with a new science curriculum that was designed culturally appropriate. A framework of teacher professional development combining state-of-the-art knowledge on professional deve...

In this paper, we describe our path for designing an online community of practice for teachers in Singapore, from identifying the current status of professional development to designing an online platform where teachers can share vivid images of their teaching practices with other teachers. To identify current practices in professional development, we conducted a large scale online survey with ...

This study aims to examine the promise and problems of learning progression-guided interventions of an important science topic: using the knowledge of photosynthesis and cellular respiration to explain plant growth. In particular, a Learning Progression Framework (LPF) was developed to describe the conceptual change from force-dynamic reasoning that frames phenomena in terms of plants using ena...

This study examined the impact of teacher professional development aimed at improving the capacity of primary teachers in disadvantaged schools to strengthen children's expressive and receptive oral language skills and early literacy success in the first 2 years of school. Fourteen low-SES schools in Victoria, Australia were randomly allocated to a research (n = 8) or control arm (n = 6), resul...

Problem Statement: Student teachers’ beliefs and conceptions affect not only what and how they learn in teacher education programs, but also their future professional development in their teaching careers. Examining and understanding student teachers’ beliefs and conceptions is therefore crucial to improving their professional preparation and development, as well as the effectiveness of teacher...

This paper reports on the initial phase of a research study that is investigating how and why secondary school mathematics teachers use digital technologies to help their students learn. Case studies of a beginning teacher and an experienced teacher, both of whom are regarded as effective users of technology, aim to identify critical factors that support or hinder innovative teaching and learni...