Research Impact: In this paper we suggest that professional development providers need to be aware of the multiple elements of a teacher assemblage and to understand the complexity of teacher learning when deciding where to […]

Research Impact: In this paper we suggest that professional development providers need to be aware of the multiple elements of a teacher assemblage and to understand the complexity of teacher learning when deciding where to […]
BOOK: Vanderlinde, R., Smith, K., Murray, J. & Lunenberg, M. (Eds.) Teacher Educators and their Professional Development: Learning from the past, looking to the future. Published May 27, 2021 by Routledge. ISBN 9780367769086 About this […]
University of Limerick publication from Yueying Gong, Ann MacPhail & Ainat Guberman (2021): on the professional learning and development needs of Chinese university-based physical education teacher educators
Research Impact: We contend that the notion of critical friend is a legitimate consideration with respect to considering how to most effectively encourage professional relationships that support and enhance professional learning and development (PLD).The authors […]
Research Impact: This study describes higher education-based teacher educators’ professional trajectories, i.e. their professional activities and learning as developed throughout their career. While socially coherent and idealistic attitudes are present among teacher educators, they are […]
Research Impact: We explicate the complexity of teacher education learning by showing how a conflux of interactive elements co-produce a teacher educator’s practice. This encourages us to introduce the metaphor of “orchestration” as a way […]
Research Impact: It is important to learn what skills and knowledge teacher educators need and how they acquire such skills and knowledge throughout their career. Results revolve around (i) self-initiated professional development, (ii) the importance […]
Research Impact: This study examined the ways teachers interact within a newly developed community to understand how conversations evolve; how teachers question, challenge, and/or encourage one another to grow professionally in a learning community. Bales’s […]
Research Impact: Current literature suggests that while teacher educators perform a multitude of complex roles, they receive minimal preparation or possibilities for professional development to fulfil these roles. As a result, they need to acquire relevant […]
I’m a Chinese second year PhD student in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) in UL. This year, I have developed my research skills further and I have found myself being more […]