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Professional Knowledge Development

Professional Knowledge Development is a structured process through which teachers systematically acquire, refine, and apply specialized knowledge and evidence-based understandings inherent to effective pedagogical practice, disciplinary content, and contextual classroom dynamics, distinguishing it from general professional growth by its focused advancement of discipline-specific and practice-informed expertise.

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Publications

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Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching

Lee S. Shulman · Educational Researcher · 1986 · 18.1K citations · Full text

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What Makes Professional Development Effective? Results From a National Sample of Teachers

Michael S. Garet, Andrew C. Porter, Laura M. Desimone et al. · American Educational Research Journal · 2001 · 5K citations

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Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching

Lee S. Shulman · Educational Researcher · 1986 · 4.4K citations

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Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform

Linda Darling‐Hammond, Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin · Phi Delta Kappan · 2011 · 2.1K citations

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Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge, Cognitive Activation in the Classroom, and Student Progress

Jürgen Baumert, Mareike Kunter, Werner Blum et al. · American Educational Research Journal · 2009 · 2K citations · Full text

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Authors

8.1K

  1. JL
    John Loughran

    Monash University, Australia

    9 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. JH
    Jim Hordern

    Bath Spa University, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 306 citations

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  3. JV
    Jan van Driel

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    8 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. AB
    Amanda Berry

    Monash University, Australia

    8 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. TS
    Tina Seidel

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    8 publications · 474 citations

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Institutions

2.4K

  1. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    25 h-index

    73 publications

    7.5K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    24 h-index

    69 publications

    4.2K citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    23 h-index

    48 publications

    8.1K citations

  4. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    22 h-index

    52 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    43 publications

    3.4K citations

  6. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    19 h-index

    43 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. University of Technology Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    19 h-index

    28 publications

    4.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Teaching and Teacher Education

    56 publications · 6.3K citations

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  2. Professional Development in Education

    55 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Teacher Education

    JTE · 36 publications · 3.6K citations

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  4. Teachers and Teaching

    30 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. International Journal of Science Education

    IJSE · 27 publications · 1.5K citations

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