Magazines & Journals for Professional Development & Professional Learning Communities
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This guide will assist with finding topics and information to support Teacher Professional Development (PD) or Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Professional Development Journals
Why use education Magazines & Journals for PDs & PLCs
Evidence-based instructional strategies
Deepens subject knowledge
Exposure to trends and changes in the profession
Ensures quality learning
Provides avenues for assessment and collaboration
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The journals below are a select representation of journals and magazines to strengthen learning. For more publications, please check Education Research Complete or ERIC for additional resources.
Sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) contains articles presenting a variety of viewpoints aimed at leaders in elementary, middle and secondary education as well as those interested in curriculum, instruction, supervision and leadership in schools.
A weekly newspaper devoted to education. Articles, profiles, commentary, legislation, state and national news and book reviews for teachers and administrators in elementary and secondary schools.
The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving mathematics instruction for grade 8-14 and supporting teacher education programs. It provides a forum for sharing activities and pedagogical strategies, deepening understanding of mathematical ideas, and linking mathematics education research to practice.
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS) is an official peer-reviewed journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is intended as a resource for middle school students, teachers, and teacher educators. The focus of the journal is on intuitive, exploratory investigations that use informal reasoning to help students develop a strong conceptual basis that leads to greater mathematical abstraction.
Teaching Children Mathematics (TCM) is an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is intended as a resource for elementary school students, teachers, and teacher educators. The focus of the journal is on intuitive, exploratory investigations that use informal reasoning to help students develop a strong conceptual basis that leads to greater mathematical abstraction.
The goal of Social Studies and the Young Learner is to capture and enthuse elementary teachers across the country by providing relevant and useful information about the teaching of social studies to elementary students. The teaching techniques presented in this peer-reviewed journal are designed to stimulate the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills vital to classroom success.
Science and Children is an award-winning peer-reviewed practitioners’ journal with an audience of preK–5 science teachers and those who provide them support, as well as instructors of teachers and preservice elementary students.
The Science Teacher is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal with an audience made up of high school science educators who provide support for teachers, instructors of teachers, and preservice secondary education students.
A journal of ideas for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools. It presents information on the teaching of writing and reading, literature, and language, and includes information on how teachers are using the latest technologies to work in their classrooms.
A journal for the teaching of language arts, focusing primarily on issues concerning children of preschool through middle school age. This peer-reviewed publication draws a diverse readership of teachers, researchers, teacher educators, policymakers, administrators, and all those with an interest in language, literacy, literature, and culture.
The most popular journal for educators of literacy learners up to age 12, offering high-quality, evidence-based teaching tips and ideas plus the teacher perspective.
