Since the original publication of Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching
in 1996, thousands of educators in the United States and around the world have used the …

A common theme has been consistently woven through the literature on teacher
professional development: that practice-based designs and collaboration are two …

Transform your teaching practice with this powerful approach to professional growth!
Teacher inquiry can play a critical role in professional staff development across all grade …

Using a sociocultural approach to critical action research, this book is a primer in doing
reflexive, authentic inquiry research in teaching and learning for educators as teacher …

In recent years, a small but growing strand of research has investigated ways of focusing
teachers' professional education on “core” or “high leverage” practices of teaching. These …

This thought-provoking book presents a diverse yet integrated approach to understanding
how research and practice in classrooms are changing. It reflects a compelling mixture of …

In this article, we argue that teaching is and should be a central element to learning to teach,
particularly as teacher education once again turns toward practice. From this perspective …

In this article, the authors examine two distinct but closely related fields, research on
teaching and research on teacher education. Despite its roots in research on teaching …

Professional development school (PDS) contexts are increasingly being viewed as powerful
sites for the preparation of future teachers in the USA. One of their documented strengths is …

Under the umbrella of practitioner inquiry,'action research,'which is the focus of this
handbook, is commonly used to describe collaborations among school-based teachers and …