Recent global educational initiatives and reforms have focused on increasing the number of
students pursuing STEM subjects, and ensuring students are well-prepared, and suitably …

The Next Generation Science Standards will require large-scale professional development
(PD) for all science teachers. Existing research on effective teacher PD suggests factors that …

Teacher professional learning is of increasing interest as one way to support the
increasingly complex skills students need to learn in preparation for further education and …

To unfold the potential of learning with technology in classrooms, teachers must be prepared
to integrate it meaningfully and with high instructional quality. Professional development …

Situated in the context of the Advanced Placement curriculum reform in the sciences, this
quantitative study validates selected elements of Desimone's (2009) conceptual framework …

Teacher preparedness is linked to student achievement, yet regularly teachers are entering
the profession unprepared. In-service training, or professional development activities, are …

Central in this study is the professional development of beginning and experienced teachers
collaborating in Lesson Study teams. Two high school teacher teams participated, a …

Increasingly, teacher involvement in collaborative design of curriculum is viewed as a form
of professional development. However, the research base for this stance is limited. While it is …

Commentaries regarding appropriate methods for researching professional development
have been a frequent topic in recent issues of Educational Researcher as well as other …

Recent research on teacher professional development (PD) underscores the importance of
the coherence of PD with standards, curriculum, and assessment. Teachers' judgments of …