Scholarly efforts to identify core design features for effective teacher professional
development have grown rapidly in the last 25 years. Many concise lists of design principles …

Purpose Current school leadership research has primarily utilized quantitative methods to
explore the relationship between leadership and teacher learning. However, there is a …

Background Rapid reviews involve a streamlined approach to knowledge synthesis. They
are used to identify high-quality evidence for the purpose of informing decisions and …

Research on teachers' professional learning and development (PLD) has investigated the
nature and design of such learning initiatives, itemising characteristics that promote high …

The professional development literature has identified characteristics of effective
professional development and investigated teachers' reasoning for their professional …

Professional Development in Education (PDiE) is 50 years old in 2024. In this Editorial we
are celebrating with a look back at the ways in which the professional learning of educators …

This instrumental case study explored 10 English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors'
perceptions and experiences of participating in an asynchronous online professional …

While research evidence has the potential to improve classroom practice, research–practice
gaps continue to persist not least owing to the limited relevance of research findings for …

This study aims to answer the following research question: What were the participants'
perceptions of how their engagement in a professional development programme contributed …

There are growing expectations in Australia and internationally that school educators will
engage with and use research to improve their practice. In order to support educators to …