@article{KalinowskiEgertGronostajetal.2019, author = {Kalinowski, Eva and Egert, Franziska and Gronostaj, Anna and Vock, Miriam}, title = {Professional development on fostering students' academic language proficiency across the curriculum}, series = {Teaching and teacher education}, volume = {88}, journal = {Teaching and teacher education}, publisher = {Elsevier Science}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0742-051X}, doi = {10.1016/j.tate.2019.102971}, pages = {15}, year = {2019}, abstract = {This meta-analysis aggregates effects from 10 studies evaluating professional development interventions aimed at qualifying in-service teachers to support their students in mastering academic language skills while teaching their respective subject areas. The analysis of a subset of studies revealed a small non-significant weighted training effect on teachers' cognition (g' = 0.21, SE = 0.14). An effect aggregation including all studies (with 650 teachers) revealed a medium to large weighted overall effect on teachers' classroom practices (g' = 0.71, SE = 0.16). Methodological variables moderated the effect magnitude. Nevertheless, the results suggest professional development is beneficial for improving teachers' practice.}, language = {en} } @article{KrauskopfFoulgerWilliams2018, author = {Krauskopf, Karsten and Foulger, Teresa S. and Williams, Mia Kim}, title = {Prompting teachers' reflection of their professional knowledge}, series = {Teacher Development}, volume = {22}, journal = {Teacher Development}, number = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1366-4530}, doi = {10.1080/13664530.2017.1367717}, pages = {153 -- 174}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Many educational technology proponents support the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model as a way to conceptualize teaching with technology, but recent TPACK research shows a need for empirical studies regarding the development of this knowledge. This proof-of-concept study applies mixed-methods to investigate the meta-cognitive awareness produced by teachers who participate in the Graphic Assessment of TPACK Instrument (GATI). This process involves creating graphical representations (circles of differing sizes and the degree of their overlap) that represent what teachers understand to be their current and aspired TPACK. This study documented teachers' explanations during a think-aloud procedure as they created their GATI figures. The in-depth data from two German teachers who participated in the process captured the details of their experience and demonstrated the potential of the GATI to support teachers in reflecting about their professional knowledge and in determining their own professional development activities. These findings will be informative to future pilot studies involving the larger design of the GATI process, to better understand the role of teachers' meta-conceptual awareness, and to better ascertain how the GATI might be used to support professional development on a larger scale.}, language = {en} } @article{RichterKunterMarxetal.2021, author = {Richter, Eric and Kunter, Mareike and Marx, Alexandra and Richter, Dirk}, title = {Who participates in content-focused teacher professional development?}, series = {Frontiers in education}, journal = {Frontiers in education}, number = {6}, publisher = {Frontiers Media}, address = {Lausanne, Schweiz}, issn = {2504-284X}, doi = {10.3389/feduc.2021.722169}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2021}, abstract = {This study investigates the relationship between teacher quality and teachers' engagement in professional development (PD) activities using data on 229 German secondary school mathematics teachers. We assessed different aspects of teacher quality (e.g. professional knowledge, instructional quality) using a variety of measures, including standardised tests of teachers' content knowledge, to determine what characteristics are associated with high participation in PD. The results show that teachers with higher scores for teacher quality variables take part in more content-focused PD than teachers with lower scores for these variables. This suggests that teacher learning may be subject to a Matthew effect, whereby more proficient teachers benefit more from PD than less proficient teachers.}, language = {en} } @article{KalinowskiGronostajVock2019, author = {Kalinowski, Eva and Gronostaj, Anna and Vock, Miriam}, title = {Effective Professional Development for Teachers to Foster Students' Academic Language Proficiency Across the Curriculum}, series = {AERA Open}, volume = {5}, journal = {AERA Open}, number = {1}, publisher = {Sage}, address = {Thousand Oaks}, issn = {2332-8584}, doi = {10.1177/2332858419828691}, pages = {1 -- 23}, year = {2019}, abstract = {This review summarizes features of professional development programs that aim to prepare in-service teachers to improve students' academic language proficiency when teaching subject areas. The 38 studies reviewed suggest that all of the profiled interventions were effective to some extent. The programs share many characteristics considered important in successful teacher professional development across different subject areas. They also include some features that appear to be specific to teacher training in this particular domain. This review supports the idea that professional development helps change teachers' thinking and practice and benefits students, if certain features are taken into consideration in its design and implementation.}, language = {en} }