Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Professional Development in Education: Pushing the Boundaries of Possibilities

This issue explores the topic of professional development and shares a wide range of nuanced examples that are research based, meaningful, and contextually and culturally relevant.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v9i1

Published: 2014-01-15

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Editorial

Lynn Butler-Kisber

7-13
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Commentaries

Commentary: If Education Is the Key to Reconciliation, How Will Professional Development Contribute to Unlocking the Process?

Avril Aitken

15-22
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Commentary: Professional Learning: A Community of Practice for Great Schools

Linda Darling-Hammond

23-28
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- Linda Darling-Hammond Interview
Commentary: A Professional Learning Odyssey

Dean Fink

29-35
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Commentary: Teachers’ Professional Development: A Vital Lever for Change

Megan Webster

37-46
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- Megan Webster Interview

Articles

Con Aprecio / With Appreciation: Pushing Beyond the Boundaries of Possibility in Educational Professional Development

M. Cathrene Connery

47-58
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The Promise of Action Research: Lessons Learned From the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute

Nancy Fichtman Dana, Linda Marrs-Morford, Shelley Roberts

59-79
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Doing-It-Ourselves as Teacher Researchers: A Collaborative Action Research Approach for Improving Literacy Support at Home

Catia Guerra, Beatrice Hanratty, Andreia Onofre, Michele Tedeschi, Laura Wilenchik, Michele Knobel

81-99
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Making Room for Inquiry and Creativity From Pre-Kindergarten Through University

Amanda Nicole Gulla, Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio, Alison Lehner-Quam

101-118
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Push, Pull and Nudge: The Future of Teaching and Educational Change

Andy Hargreaves

119-142
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Bridges for Academic Success: Opening Spaces for Culturally Responsive Practice in an Urban Pre-School

Denise Jones, Susan Browne

143-159
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A Narrative Conception of Professional Development as a Nested Community

Hiroko Kubota, Jinny Menon, Dorit Redlich-Amirav, Muna Saleh

161-176
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The Ed.D. as Investment in Professional Development: Cultivating Practitioner Knowledge

Margaret Macintyre Latta, Edmund T. Hamann, Susan A. Wunder

177-196
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Capturing the Processes of Our Transformative Learning in a Transdisciplinary Research Course

Janet C. Richards

197-216
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Professional Development That Positions Teachers as Inquirers and Possibilizers

Leyton Schnellert, Donna Kozak, Shelley Moore

217-236
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Rediscovering the Self Through Self-Reflection and Transformative Learning

Vanden Thong

237-247
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Trust and Witnessing: Lessons for Dance Education / Professional Development in Community

Miriam Torzillo

249-265
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Reflecting Selves: Pre-Service Teacher Identity Development Explored Through Material Culture

Boyd E. White, Amélie Lemieux

267-283
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"‘Cause It Has to Happen": Exploring Teachers’ Resistance to LGBT Literature and Issues in a Teacher Inquiry Group

Lynne Wiltse, Theresa Boyko

285-302
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New Practices for a New Day: Principal Professional Development to Support Performance Cultures in Schools

Sally J. Zepeda, Albert M. Jimenez, Philip D. Lanoue

303-322
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