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Professional Development in Early Childhood Education: Effects of a Virtual Community of Practice on Implementing Best Practices

abstract: This mixed methods study examined whether participation in a virtual community of practice (vCoP) could impact the implementation of new skills learned in a professional development session and help to close the research to implementation gap.

Six participants attended a common professional development session and completed pre- , mid- , and post-intervention surveys regarding their implementation of social emotional teaching strategies as well as face-to-face interviews.

Both quantitative and qualitative data was examined to determine if participation in the vCoP impacted implementation of skills learned in the PD session. Quantitative data was inconclusive but qualitative data showed an appreciation for participation in the vCoP and access to the resources shared by the participants. Limitations and implications for future cycles of research are discussed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Leadership and Innovation 2018

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:51652
Date January 2018
ContributorsLopez, Ariana Colleen (Author), Dorn, Sherman (Advisor), Gray, Shelley (Committee member), Zbyszinski, Lauren (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format110 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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