‘Finding your people’ in the ‘middle’ spaces: New views of teachers’ research and professional learning
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Through experiences of practicing teachers who graduated from an online, asynchronous curriculum and instruction master’s program, we examine how coursework across specializations affords opportunities for both context-specific connections and expansive networking across contexts. We forward teachers’ own inquiries through collaborative analysis and discussion of surveys, interviews, presentations, and course documents. Findings around professional learning as distinct from professional development (PD) and as rooted in practitioner research offer implications for practicing teachers, teacher educators, and teacher PD, especially relating to online coursework and educator networks.
DOI: 10.62798/pubh8042
Authors: Emily Catena, Kathleen Clark, Tessa Schirm, Robert McHugh
Institutions: Florida State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4410765400