Handbook of Research on Educator Preparation and Professional Learning (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development)

ISBN 10: 1522585834 / ISBN 13: 9781522585831

Published by Information Science Reference, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Research on Educator Preparation and Professional Learning (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development)
• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1522585834
• ISBN 13: 9781522585831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The current climate in education environments necessitates the collaboration on and sharing of research done by teacher educators and professional developers. In an era of high-stakes assessment driven by international tests, professionals are looking for research-based or evidence-based initiatives and approaches to enhance teacher learning, which will in turn impact student learning. The Handbook of Research on Educator Preparation and Professional Learning is a critical scholarly publication that examines pedagogy for educator preparation and growth for classroom expertise. This book features a wide array of topics such as online environments, project-based learning, and urban education. This book is ideal for educators, administrators, professional developers, academicians, policymakers, and researchers.

About the Authors

Drew Polly is a professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research agenda focuses on examining how to support the implementation of technology and standards-based pedagogies. More information can be found at: .

Christie Martin teaches undergraduate and graduate course in elementary education and research. My personal experiences frame the three inter-related areas of my research agenda: content area literacy, program evaluation, and technology in the classroom.

Kenan Dikilitas is currently an Assistant Professor at department of English language teaching at Bahçesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has published articles and edited books on teacher research as a professional development strategy. He has also conducted teacher research projects and has given hands-on workshops on how to do educational research across Turkey and overseas. His teacher training experience primarily includessupporting teacher research for professional development. His primary research interests are language teacher education, educationalresearch,research into language teaching and learning, and linguisticsfor teaching pedagogy. He is one of the committee members of IATEFL ReSIG.