Does Teachers’ Educational and Professional Experience Impact on Teaching Strategies in Primary Education

the effect of efl teachers beliefs about teaching reading strategies on their students success and motivation in reading comprehension

previous studies regarding teachers’ beliefs have revealed that teachers’ beliefs have influence on their classroom practices. the current study aimed to investigate the effect of teachers’ beliefs about teaching reading strategies on students’ motivation and success in reading comprehension in the context of english teaching as a foreign language in high schools of mazandaran, iran. data were ...

Primary teachers’ experience of a physical education professional development programme

Professional development (PD) is essential for primary school teachers to meet the demands of the education system. Quality PD is aligned with classroom conditions, school contexts and teachers’ daily experiences. The purpose of the study was to explore primary teachers’ experiences of a 6-week physical education professional development programme (PE-PDP). A single school case study was employ...

The Impact of Professional Development and Indigenous Education Officers on Australian Teachers’ Indigenous Teaching and Learning

The study investigated the impact of professional development (PD) in Indigenous teaching on teachers’ psychological and behavioural aspects, and Indigenous students’ learning engagement. Adopting a multiple-indicator-multiple-indicator-cause model, frequency of PD was found to have positive paths to teachers’ self-concept in Indigenous teaching and all the teaching strategies, but had a non-si...

The Professional Development Needs of Primary Teachers in Teaching Mathematics

Published as : Ross , J . A . , & Regan , E . ( 1993 ) . Sharing professional experience : Its impact on professional development . Teaching and Teacher Education

Provision for teachers to share professional experiences is a core element of contemporary in-service design, even though few systematic attempts to observe the impact of sharing on professional growth have been reported. An argument for the value of professional sharing was developed from a constructivist model of professional development. Data from an in-service program for district consultan...