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Teacher Professional Learning, Teaching Practice And Student Learning Outcomes : Important Issues, Marion Meiers
Teacher Professional Learning, Teaching Practice And Student Learning Outcomes : Important Issues, Marion Meiers
Marion Meiers
What is the impact of teacher professional development on student learning outcomes? This is a critical question asked increasingly often by policy-makers, school leadership teams, teacher professional associations and many others with a stake in providing high quality teaching for all students. Recent work in the Teaching and Learning Research Group at the Australian Council for Educational Research has explored this critical question in a number of evaluation studies of teacher professional development. This chapter outlines some key research findings, and concludes that more is now understood about what constitutes effective professional development and about the links between such professional …
Engaging With The Profession : Communities Of Learners, Marion Meiers
Engaging With The Profession : Communities Of Learners, Marion Meiers
Marion Meiers
In 2005 the Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) established a professional learning project focused on the STELLA professional standards developed earlier in the decade by the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) and ALEA. The key question for the project was: How does STELLA provide a framework for teachers' professional learning? The project supported a small group of primary teachers in each of three states and territories: Western Australia, South Australia and the ACT. These groups worked with a mentor to explore the STELLA professional standards, to develop their own professional learning, and ultimately, to share their stories …
Reflections On The Use Of Research To Inform Teaching, Marion Meiers
Reflections On The Use Of Research To Inform Teaching, Marion Meiers
Marion Meiers
This article is a response to the AATE statement of belief 'We use research and evidence to inform teaching practice and improve the learning of students'. This statement and the elaborating notes focus on the was in which teachers, throughout their careers, use research for the key purposes of informing their teaching practices and improving students' learning. The author maps the territory of research, including some backwards mapping, to explore impact. There are major challenges for researchers seeking to identify the impact of teachers' professional learning on students' learning. The most significant challenge lies in the need for research that …