Creating Sustainable Project-Based Learning Through Teacher Professional Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 378-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia McCormack
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Professional Development For Teachers ◽  
Teacher Mindset ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Educational Collaboration

This chapter highlights the effectiveness of teacher professional development to expand and support the implementation of project-based learning. Teacher professional development is essential for the growth of teacher content comprehension in the educational environment, confidence, and refining instructional learning segments. The purpose was to increase the capacity and implementation of project-based learning through teacher professional development that afforded distinctive methods in which teachers acted as a team with a variety of learning tasks, assessments, tools and materials. Consideration was given to educational collaboration and support, the influence of teacher mindset and self-certitude, resource impediments, and improving student participation. The results denoted valuable inferences of how professional development for teachers could guide the function of project- based learning in the learning environment.

Visiting Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK)

2018 ◽  
pp. 1091-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien Yu ◽  
Dana Pomykal Franz
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Content Areas ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Professional Development For Teachers ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Quality Professional Development

The TPACK framework has been widely discussed for effective technology integration, and the literature has also indicated TPACK has significant implications for teacher education and professional development. The purpose of this chapter is to examine interconnectedness of TPACK and teacher professional development. This chapter reviews the research on TPACK and the extensive literature on quality professional development for teachers. In addition, the chapter highlights how various content areas have addressed pedagogical content knowledge and implications for practice in technology and teacher development. The chapter seeks to contribute knowledge about the structure of professional development initiatives that involve instructional technology and integration into various content knowledge disciplines.

Use of Community of Practice Dimensions in Community-Based Teacher Professional Development

2016 ◽  
pp. 92-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puvaneswary Murugaiah ◽  
Siew Ming Thang ◽  
Hazita Azman ◽  
Radha Nambiar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Professional Development For Teachers ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Mathematics And Science

The role of communities of practice (CoPs) in teacher professional development (TPD) is increasingly recognized. CoPs help teachers in a cohort to reflect on their practices, develop new skills and find motivation through mutual collaboration. With the affordances provided by Web technologies, the potentiality of online CoPs as a means of improving (TPD) has become a reality and is gaining popularity as the flexibility provided help teachers improve their instructional practices. The Online Continuing Professional Development for Teachers (e-CPDelT) project aimed to develop three online CoPs; that is, English, Mathematics and Science communities among twenty Malaysian Smart school teachers. This paper examined the key CoP dimensions, as expounded in Wenger's (1998) framework, and investigated their use in the English cohort's TPD. The findings revealed that although key CoP dimensions were present, several factors inhibited teachers' participation in the community. It can be implied that it is crucial to consider these factors in developing online CoPs for teachers in Malaysia.

Is Presence of Community of Practice Dimensions Sufficient for Community-Based Teacher Professional Development?

2014 ◽  
pp. 1816-1830
Author(s):  
Puvaneswary Murugaiah ◽  
Thang Siew Ming ◽  
Hazita Azman ◽  
Radha Nambiar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Collaboration ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Professional Development For Teachers ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Online Communities Of Practice ◽  
And Control

Professional development programmes that include teacher collaboration can help teachers meet their professional needs and control their professional lives. They can voice their needs and expectations to peers who share similar experiences. Moreover, teachers can discover new teaching roles and opportunities, develop new skills and find motivation in being a member of a group (Burbank & Kauchak, 2003; Hawkes, 2000). With the affordances provided by Web technologies, the potentiality of online communities of practice (CoPs) as a means of improving teacher professional development has become a reality and is gaining popularity. The Online Continuing Professional Development for Teachers (e-CPDelT) project aimed to develop three online CoPs; that is, English, Mathematics and Science communities among twenty Malaysian Smart school teachers. This paper examined the key CoP dimensions, as expounded in Wenger's (1998) framework, and investigated whether their presence is sufficient for successful CoP among teachers in the English cohort. The findings revealed that although the key CoP dimensions were present, there were several factors inhibiting their participation in the community-based cohort. It can be implied that it is crucial to consider these factors in developing teacher online CoPs in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Criação de comunidades virtuais de aprendizagem colaborativa para a formação contínua de professores / Building virtual collaborative learning communities for teacher professional development

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Meirinhos ◽  
António Osório
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Collaborative Learning Communities ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Distance Interaction

ABSTRACT This paper aims to describe the model of development of virtual communities, based on b-learning and aiming to achieve collaborative learning, as users develop distance interaction skills. In a society where a lifelong learning culture is increasingly needed, for the development of virtual communities intermingled with concepts of collaboration, learning environment and b-learning, allowing to devise innovative training forms, according to the needs demanded by the new society. RESUMO Este trabalho tem como finalidade descrever o modelo de desenvolvimento de comunidades virtuais, com base na modalidade b-learning e visando alcançar a aprendizagem colaborativa, à medida que os utilizadores desenvolvem competências de interação a distância. Numa sociedade onde a cultura de aprendizagem permanente é cada vez mais uma necessidade, no desenvolvimento de comunidades virtuais entrecruzam-se conceitos de colaboração, de ambiente de aprendizagem e de b-learning, que nos permitem idealizar formas inovadoras de formação, de acordo com as necessidades que a nova sociedade exige.Contato principal: [email protected]

Teacher Professional Development Practices

2010 ◽  
pp. 77-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Pachler ◽  
Caroline Daly ◽  
Anne Turvey
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Professional Development For Teachers ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

This chapter discusses the need for new models of teachers’ professional development in the context of established and emerging technologies and socio-constructivist theories of teacher learning within online and other communities. The authors present the current contexts affecting professional development in England and discuss the significance of the shift towards collaborative and community approaches to teachers’ learning. The authors argue that transformation is a key, though troublesome, concept in considering the aims of professional development for teachers’ use of technologies in their everyday practice. They explore these ideas by presenting the case of the Transformation Teachers Programme (TTP), a wide-scale teachers’ development project carried out in a London borough by Haringey City Learning Centre (CLC), and they examine how this project has implemented new approaches to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and teachers’ professional development, based on collaborative experimentation, enquiry and risk-taking within online and other community-based arrangements.

Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium

2019 ◽  
pp. 51-79
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Museum Visitors ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Tangible Product

The Tinkering Studio is located in the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco, California. The studio is at the forefront of research and evaluation on engagement and teacher professional development in the use of tinkering and making for learning. Divided into two spaces, a floor area for museum visitors and a learning studio for resident artists, allows scientists and exhibit developers to hone their craft and designs. Central to the visitor's experience is the problem space that permits deep engagement of a phenomena and the opportunity to devise meaning through the process of making or in this case tinkering. Tinkering, in the broadest sense, overlaps a great deal with making. Tinkering oftentimes does not lead to a tangible product, and at times there is focus on aesthetics at the cost of functionality as one tinkers. Learning communities can be a challenge in the space due to the drop-in nature of the visits. Learning communities are formed through a carefully designed learning environment that supports social interactions and educators in the space that connect learners. This chapter explores the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium Museum.

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