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Zulfitri, Zulfitri. "Teacher Professional Development." JADEs : Journal of Academia in English Education 1, no. 1 (June 15, 2020): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.32505/jades.v1i1.2680.
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Professionalism of teachers is often attributed to three factors are quite important, namely the competence of teachers, teacher certification and teacher professional allowance. The third factor is the background that was allegedly closely associated with the quality of education. Professional teachers as evidenced by its competence shall promote the establishment process and product performance which can support the quality of education. Competent teachers can be evidenced by the acquisition of teacher certification following an adequate allowance according to the size of Indonesia. Today, there are a number of teachers who have been certified, it will be certified, has gained professional allowance, and will acquire the professional allowance. The fact that the teachers have been certified is a strong assumption, that the teacher already has competence. The problem that arises then, that the teacher is assumed to have had the competence which is only based on the assumption that they have been certified; it seems in the long term it is difficult to be accountable academically. Evidence have been certified, the teacher is present condition, which is generally a quality teacher resources shortly after certification. Therefore, the certification is closely related to the learning process, the certification cannot be assumed to reflect the competence of a superior lifetime. Post- certification should be an early milestone for teachers to constantly improve competence by means of long-life learning. To facilitate the improvement of teacher competence, it is necessary that a competence is initiated in order to manage the development of teachers’ professionalism.
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Carlson, Mary Alice, Ruth Heaton, and Molly Williams. "Translating Professional Development for Teachers Into Professional Development for Instructional Leaders." Mathematics Teacher Educator 6, no. 1 (September 2017): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mathteaceduc.6.1.0027.
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In recent years, teacher noticing of children's mathematical thinking has emerged as an important and generative construct in mathematics education (Sherin, Jacobs, & Philipp, 2011). Less is known about ways instructional leaders notice teachers' learning. Between 2011 and 2015, we facilitated professional development (PD) in which coaches, principals, and teachers studied mathematics teaching and learning together. Our initial focus on teacher decision-making was inadequate in meeting instructional leaders' learning needs. We adapted the PD to focus instructional leaders' attention on the work of learning teaching. Analysis of leaders' discourse revealed shifts from noticing teacher characteristics to noticing dilemmas and decision-making within teaching and coaching. Findings suggest new roles for teacher educators and new forms of PD for instructional leaders.
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Meesuk, Parinya, Angwara Wongrugsa, and Thipwimol Wangkaewhiran. "Sustainable Teacher Professional Development Through Professional Learning Community: PLC." Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability 23, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 30–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2021-0015.
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Abstract In Thailand, in-service teachers’ professional development has been implemented through the Professional Learning Community (PLC) program for more than four years to develop teachers’ sustainably. The sustainable development program has spread across the country in the Thai Teacher Council network. The research goals are as follows: (1) to evaluate the causes and results of the Professional Development Program in the form of a Professional Learning Community conducted by the Teachers’ Council of Thailand and (2) to analyze factors affecting success and sustainability of the teacher professional development project. Within the study, 490 samples have been collected from the relevant parties. The respondents have completed the questionnaire and participated in the interview. The research results have revealed that the project is essential for teachers and education personnel. They change the teaching and learning approaches, as well as positive thinking skills; moreover, the students also increase academic achievements.
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МАТВЕЕВА, Елена Фёдоровна. "Профессиональные обучающиеся сообщества в системе непрерывного профессионального развития учителей в России и Сингапуре." Известия Восточного института 47, no. 3 (2020): 59–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.24866/2542-1611/2020-3/59-69.
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В статье поднимается проблема управления профессиональным развитием учителя в России и в Сингапуре; освещается опыт непрерывного повышения квалификации педагога в Сингапуре посредством создания профессиональных обучающихся сообществ; раскрываются особенности организации работы сингапурских профессиональных обучающихся сообществ в школах, принципы их функционирования. В сравнительном ключе актуализируются вопросы развития профессионализма педагога в России, опыт региональных практик повышении квалификации педагогов, неформального объединения педагогов, инновационных практик дополнительного профессионального образования. В итоге сравнительного анализа делается вывод о том, что опыт Сингапура по созданию и развитию системы непрерывного повышения профессионализма учителя через профессиональные обучающиеся сообщества может заслуживать более пристального внимания со стороны, как учёных-теоретиков, так и учителей-практиков и управленцев школ в России. The article touches upon the issue of management of teacher professional development in Russia and Singapore. The author refers to the experience of organization of teacher continual professional development through professional learning communities in Singaporean schools as one of the most effective in the world. The paper provides insight into their work organization and principles of operation, as well as describes the history of their development. The phases of teachers’ participation in professional learning communities in Singaporean schools are viewed within the present studies. Concurrently, the issues of teacher professional development in Russia, the emerging experience of teacher qualifications upgrading in regional practices and informal teacher communities, innovative practices of teacher complementary professional education are updated in a comparative manner. The author reveals some difficulties and achievements in this area. In the end of the comparative analysis it is stated that the experience achieved by Singapore in creating a highly effective system of teacher professional learning communities needs a more focused attention from academics, as well as from practicing teachers and school managers.
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Budiwati, Neti. "Development of Education and Training Models in Improving the Professionalism of Economic Teachers." International Journal Pedagogy of Social Studies 4, no. 1 (June 30, 2019): 98–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/ijposs.v4i1.21496.
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The aim to develop models of education and training that are effective in improving teacher competencies. The research method uses non-experimental explanatory and R & D method. The research sample is a high school economic teacher in the Greater Bandung area. Data collection using a questionnaire. Based on the education and training model that was once followed by economic teachers, the results of the research showed that teachers of professional education and training are very helpful in improving teacher professionalism, the form of online learning is very difficult for teachers, especially those in remote areas. Therefore teachers strongly agree to use face-to-face patterns and material support in improving teacher professionalism. Besides that the teacher strongly agrees that the Teacher Professional Education and Training and the teacher learning program with online mentoring can improve literacy and teachers who support professionalism. Teachers state patterns of teacher certification through Professional Education and Training Teachers should focus on professional competence. This study can determine the alternative development of the Teacher's Professional Education and Training model in positions and models, namely Teacher Professional Education and Training using blended learning and Teacher Education and Training Model Based on needs.
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Kelly, Cara L., Laura L. Brock, Julie Dingle Swanson, and Lara Walker Russell. "Teacher Engagement Scale for Professional Development." Journal of Educational Issues 8, no. 1 (April 20, 2022): 261. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jei.v8i1.19636.
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Teacher professional development aims to bolster effective instructional practices that enhance student learning. The development of the Sustained Investment and Teacher Engagement Scale for Professional Development (SITES-PD) grew out of a need to understand how teachers respond to opportunities for professional learning in ways that contribute to skill improvement. One hundred and eight elementary teachers participated in a sustained professional development coaching intervention. Prior to and following the intervention, data were collected from multiple sources (e.g., teacher report, blind classroom observations). For the development of this instrument, coaches rated teacher engagement with opportunities for professional learning. Exploratory factor analysis reveals a one factor solution and that a summed composite of eight items is appropriate. Reliability and validity results suggest the SITES-PD instrument may be a useful tool for investigating the underlying mechanisms that mediate the efficacy of teacher professional development interventions.
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Lillge, Danielle. "Improving professional development relationships that support teacher learning." English Teaching: Practice & Critique 18, no. 3 (October 14, 2019): 365–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/etpc-12-2018-0121.
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Purpose Current top-down literacy reform mandates have reenergized attention to professional development (PD) outcomes. Still, questions remain about why English teachers struggle to apply their learning. Refocusing attention on understanding the complex yet critical relationship between professional development (PD) facilitators and teachers offers one explanation. Design/methodology/approach Using a telling case from an interactional ethnography, this paper illustrates how through their language-in-use teachers and facilitators can productively resolve conflicts that, if left unaddressed, can prevent teachers from acting on their professional learning. Findings A set of discursive moves – flagging, naming, soliciting and processing – provide a toolkit for surfacing and successfully resolving conflict in PD interactions. Research limitations/implications These moves offer a way of prioritizing the importance of teacher–facilitator relationships in future research aimed at addressing the longstanding conundrum of how best to support English teachers’ ongoing professional learning. Practical implications Teaching facilitators and teachers how to collaboratively address inevitable conflicts offers a needed intervention in supporting both teacher and facilitator learning. Originality/value Previous research has affirmed that facilitators, like teachers, need support for navigating the complexity of professional learning interactions. This paper offers a language for uncovering why teacher–facilitator interactions can be so challenging for teachers and facilitators as well as ways of responding productively in-the-moment. It contributes to a more capacious understanding of how these relationships shape diverse English teacher learning.
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Koh, Joyce Hwee Ling, Ching Sing Chai, and Wei Ying Lim. "Teacher Professional Development for TPACK-21CL." Journal of Educational Computing Research 55, no. 2 (July 26, 2016): 172–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0735633116656848.
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This article explicates the conception and evaluation of an information and communications technologies (ICT) professional development process for developing teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge for 21st century learning. The process emphasizes teachers’ prolonged engagement with peers and researchers in design teams. Supported by technological pedagogical content knowledge rubrics and technological pedagogical content knowledge design heuristics, the process enabled teachers to assess their current ICT lessons, set design goals, redesign, implement, and evaluate student learning outcomes, as well as reflect on their pedagogical practices. A year-long implementation study conducted with 37 teachers from a Singapore primary school who were organized into seven lesson design teams found that the process had positive effects on teachers’ confidence for technological pedagogical content knowledge for 21st century learning and lesson design practices. Five of the seven design teams were able to make pedagogical changes toward 21st century learning, and six of the teams realized improvement in student learning outcomes. The implications for teacher ICT professional development are discussed.
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Bredeson, Paul V. "Union Contracts and Teacher Professional Development." education policy analysis archives 9 (July 26, 2001): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v9n26.2001.
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In this article, I report the results of an investigation that examined the impact of teacher union contracts on the development of professional learning communities in schools. There are three primary sources of data used in the study: 1) 100 written teacher union contract documents; 2) structured interview data from 21 educators (school superintendents, principals, directors of staff development, and teacher union representatives; and 3) focus group interview data from educational leaders in schools. The analysis and discussion focus on five areas related to teacher professional development with implications for policy and practice: explicit language covering opportunities for teaching learning in their work; governance and decision making structures, that is, specific provisions covering wages, hours, and conditions of employment; the description of legitimate and sponsored activities for the professional development of teachers; and the resources supporting the on-going professional growth of teachers. The findings indicate that rethinking, restructuring, and organizational re-culturing in schools are initial expressions of a new unionism that has the potential to lead to the development of more powerful professional learning communities in schools.
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SeoKyoungHye. "Teacher Learning Communities and Professional Development." Journal of Korean Teacher Education 26, no. 2 (June 2009): 243–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.24211/tjkte.2009.26.2.243.
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Rosen, Tracy. "Storytelling in Teacher Professional Development." LEARNing Landscapes 11, no. 2 (July 4, 2018): 303–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v11i2.964.
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Teacher voices hold weight for their colleagues. When teachers tell a story of a positive experience with technology (or other teaching tools or strategies), they are showing that it is possible. “Stories, particularly those that are concrete and readily identified with, are particularly powerful for
transferring knowledge rich in tacit dimensions” (Swap, Leonard, Shields, & Abrams, 2001, p. 105). When teachers share their stories with each other, they create a reality based on concrete possibility. This article will focus on how we use teacher stories and conversations in professional development (PD) to create positive realities for teaching and learning.
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Ahmad, Hussain, Fatmawati Latada, Muhammad Nubli Wahab, Sayyed Rashid Shah, and Khushnoor Khan. "Shaping Professional Identity Through Professional Development: A Retrospective Study of TESOL Professionals." International Journal of English Linguistics 8, no. 6 (July 29, 2018): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v8n6p37.
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In an educational milieu student learning outcomes are directly related to teacher professional identity (TPI) i.e. improvement in the TPI will bear a direct positive effect on the learners’ academic achievements. Current study focuses on the development of TPI of English as a Foreign Language Teacher at English Language Institute (ELI) of a Saudi Arabian university through an in-service Cambridge English Teachers (CET) Professional Development (PD) program (CET-PD). Five determinants of TPI - Knowledge of Teaching Context (KCT), Collegial Collaboration (CC), Teaching Practices (TPs), Teacher Self-Efficacy (TSE), and Teacher Agency (TA) were studied before and after the PD program. Retrospective pretest-posttest research design was employed for addressing the research question: whereas responses on the five determinants were elicited from 120 participants through a self-administered questionnaire before and after the CET-PD program. Due to non-normality of data, a non-parametric statistic test-Wilcoxon signed Rank test was employed to analyze the collected data using SPSS. Results of the study revealed that three determinants of TPI - KCT, TSE, and TPs exhibited larger differences; whereas, for CC the differences were moderate and for TA the differences were minimal. By and large, due to in-service CET- PD program TPI exhibited improvement. The results of the study will be beneficial for teacher trainers to focus more on the teachers’ awareness of the learners’ and institutional contextual knowledge in a culture embedded in conservative norms. This study is a part of the quantitative phase of an ongoing Ph.D. project which employs mixed method convergent design.
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Monkevičius, Justinas. "Teacher Professional Learning Community’s Creation and Development Factors." Pedagogika 127, no. 3 (September 20, 2017): 161–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2017.46.
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Article analyses teacher professional learning communities (TPLC’s) creation and development factors. Literature research revealed the lack of theoretical approach of TPLC’s creation and development factors. Thus, grounded research theory is used in order to further analyze TPLC’s creation and development factors. Structured interview with school teachers and administration was conducted until it reached theoretical saturation. Analysis of literature research revealed Personal, interpersonal and managerial school’s principal and personal, interpersonal and managerial school’s teacher factors as very important ones. During empirical research schools’ principals and teachers identified factors having positive effect to TPLC’s creation and development in their own environment. Article analyses theoretical and empirical differences of PLC’S creation and development factors.
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Wagner, Christopher J., Marcela Ossa Parra, and C. Patrick Proctor. "Teacher agency in a multiyear professional development collaborative." English Teaching: Practice & Critique 18, no. 4 (November 11, 2019): 399–414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/etpc-11-2018-0099.
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Purpose This paper aims to report on the decisions two teachers made about how to engage with a five-year school–university collaboration that used professional development (PD) to foster changes in language instruction for teachers of multilingual learners. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal case study was used to examine the experiences of two teachers to provide insights into classroom-level decisions and changes in instructional practices. Findings Changes in instructional practices occurred when teachers made active, engaged choices about their own learning and teaching in the classroom. Teacher learning did not follow a consistent trajectory of improvement and contained contradictions, and early decisions about how to engage with PD affected the pace and nature of teacher learning. Through personal decisions about how to engage with PD, teachers adopted new instructional practices to support multilingual learners. Positive changes required extended time for teachers to implement new practices successfully. Practical implications This collaboration points to a need for long-term PD partnerships that value teacher agency to produce instructional changes that support multilingual learners. Originality/value PD can play a key role in transforming literacy instruction for multilingual learners. Teacher agency, including the decisions teachers make about how to engage with professional learning opportunities and how to enact new instructional practices in the classroom, mediates the efficacy of PD initiatives. This longitudinal case study contributes to the understanding of effective PD by presenting two contrasting case studies of teacher agency and learning during long-term school–university collaboration.
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Prasad Bhatt, Surendra. "Self-Directed Professional Development: EFL Teachers' Understanding." International Journal of Language and Literary Studies 3, no. 4 (December 5, 2021): 196–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v3i4.737.
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Self-directed professional development is the process to develop professionally with the help of self-motivation, self-initiation, and strong willpower. Teacher development through self-direction is the concern these days in Nepal. The study explores the experiences of secondary-level English language teachers in the practice of self-directed professional development strategies within the theoretical framework of adult learning theory, more specifically, a key component of self-directed learning. Based on the telephone interviews with five English teachers teaching English at the secondary level of Dadeldhura district, the practice of the experience of practicing self-directed learning strategies was explored. The study reveals that the teacher teaching in secondary level challenges like large class, less or no effective teacher training, improper use of CAS, and lack of teaching material in the teaching profession. To tackle these challenges, they adopt different strategies themselves. Mainly this study showed that strategies like reading printed materials, use of internet and ICT tools, action research, reflection, and collaboration among teachers are some common among them. These strategies are very often and easy for their professional development. These strategies are adopted for solving mainly everyday problems. Despite being in remote areas of Nepal secondary level English teachers are self-motivated to adopt different strategies for their professional development.
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Hardy, Ian. "Critiquing teacher professional development: teacher learning within the field of teachers' work." Critical Studies in Education 51, no. 1 (January 5, 2010): 71–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508480903450232.
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Shah, Sayyed Rashid, Roohul Amin, and Hussain Ahmad. "Classroom Observation: Linking Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development in TESOL." Global Social Sciences Review III, no. II (June 30, 2018): 168–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(iii-ii).12.
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This study examines the impact of increasingly challenging nature of classroom observation as part of teacher evaluation in English Language Teaching (ELT). This paper highlights the complex nature of evaluative classroom observation systems in various educational contexts. It also considers various issues that embody the challenging nature of classroom observation and teacher evaluation in connection to the professional development of teachers. In a small-scale study of Teaching of English to the Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) professionals in Saudi English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context, it adopts an interpretive approach and utilizes semi-structured interviews to collect data. The results, presented in four major themes provide a detailed account of teachers’ perceptions of the role of classroom observation in their professional learning and development. However, this development has not occurred due to the observation as a tool to elevate teaching and learning standards, alternatively, the managerial demands and the fear of being fired or transferred to remote campuses have stimulated teachers to develop professionally and offset this challenge. Despite their personal drive to professionalize themselves in a collaborative and professional culture, the challenge of observation still prevails owing to the teachers’ lack of autonomy and some insufficiently trained observers’ subjective approach.
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Noonan, James. "An Affinity for Learning: Teacher Identity and Powerful Professional Development." Journal of Teacher Education 70, no. 5 (August 10, 2018): 526–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022487118788838.
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Drawing on interviews with a diverse sample of teachers, this study uses the frame of professional identity to interpret the heterogeneity among teachers’ perceptions of professional development. Specifically, it examines how teachers’ “anchoring beliefs” might be reflected in or refracted by their accounts of powerful professional learning. An analysis of three case studies of teacher identity and teacher learning reveals three distinct “learning affinities”: for the what (content), the who (facilitation), and the with whom (community). This learning affinity framework may better model teachers’ experiences of professional development and thus could point the way toward improved research and design.
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Ivanova, Iryna. "CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS LIFELONG LEARNING." sj-economics scientific journal 42, no. 3 (November 30, 2021): 22–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.58246/sjeconomics.v42i3.33.
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The continuous development of scientific and pedagogical workers in the context of accelerated scientific and technological progress, the emergence of distance learning courses, free access to various sources of information and the Internet, social networks, smartphones and modern gadgets need constant transformations and updates. The requirements for teachers have fundamentally changed, and therefore the approach to education has also changed. The teacher is required to combine the tools and skills with new automated skills necessary to improve the educational process in new life challenges.
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Thant Sin, Khin Khin. "Curriculum development as a tool for professional development." GiLE Journal of Skills Development 1, no. 2 (December 8, 2021): 29–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.52398/gjsd.2021.v1.i2.pp29-43.
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This study investigates teacher participation in national curriculum development in Myanmar. The purpose of this study is to explore teacher learning and reflection during the process of curriculum development through collaboration and communication. A qualitative research method has been applied in this study. Six participants participated in the study through individual interviews. The participants include six school teachers from Basic Education High Schools, specifically, two curriculum developers, two teachers who delivered the subject content of the new curriculum to their colleagues and two school teachers who were trainees for the content. The results showed that teachers experienced significant development in their professional knowledge, especially in their understanding and connection to the subject matter content across different grades and pedagogical content knowledge when they learnt from their colleagues. Moreover, the results also highlighted improvement in their reflective thinking and analytical skills. Because of the challenging tasks during the curriculum development process, teachers became more motivated in their teaching and learning which led to enhance their work performance.
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Ellingson, Charlene L., Katherine Edwards, Gillian H. Roehrig, M. Clark Hoelscher, Rachelle A. Haroldson, and Janet M. Dubinsky. "Connecting the Dots from Professional Development to Student Learning." CBE—Life Sciences Education 20, no. 4 (December 2021): ar57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-02-0035.
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Teacher participation in professional development (PD) improved student learning compared with control teachers. Delivering neuroscience as a unit produced more student learning than when the content was sprinkled throughout the course. Despite commitment to enacting PD strategies, teacher decisions and implementation strategies influenced student outcomes.
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Fadilla, Raisa. "EXPLORING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT." Journal of English Teaching, Applied Linguistics and Literatures (JETALL) 3, no. 2 (October 3, 2020): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.20527/jetall.v3i2.8753.
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Considering the role of teachers which is uneasy, it is necessary to develop an effective means of supporting and retaining teachers to provide good quality learning environment for students and a supportive work environment for teachers. Based on the urgency of professional development for teachers, pre-service teachers’ perception towards teacher professional development (TPD) becomes prominent to explore. The survey reflects the pre-service teachers’ perception with regard to professional development. The perception covers the most needed topics in TPD and the most needed learning activities which may give high impacts to their knowledge for teaching. This study involves pre-service teachers from English Department Batch 2016 who were taking internship program as English teachers in public or private schools in Banjarmasin.Regarding the pre-service teachers’ perception related to the needed topics, classroom management and knowledge of instructional practices in their subject field are the greatest area of development need followed by knowledge of their main subject and also ICT skills. On the concern of pre-service teachers’ perception related to most needed learning activities of TPD, courses or workshops is recognized as the most beneficial learning activities to improve teachers’ competences.The results of this study are expected to provide the basic thought for the implication for teacher preparation program in the future. Furthermore, the targeted implementation of the findings will give insights on the most needed professional development topics and most preferred learning activities which can be considered by the related institution when conducting teacher preparation program.
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Pandey, Shiva Ram, and Mani Ram Sharma. "Mentoring and Professional Development: A Gateway to Professionalism." Journal of Social Work and Science Education 3, no. 2 (May 22, 2022): 168–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.52690/jswse.v3i2.294.
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This article presents ideas on mentoring and professional development. It briefly describes the needs, practices and benefits of mentoring for the professional development of teachers. It discusses teaching as a profession and teacher development. Both mentoring and professional development go hand in hand to maximize teaching and learning process. In teaching profession, mentoring is a process in which a more experienced senior teacher supports the novice teachers by providing required guidance, counseling, ideas and information on carrying out the professional responsibilities successfully. The article concludes with the idea that mentoring helps novice teachers to grow and develop personally, professionally and institutionally. Mentoring is one of the great means to achieve professionalism in teaching.
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Solih, Muhammad, Alfi Hafifah Habibah, and Ayu Putri Julia. "Teacher’s Professional Role In Improving The Learning Process." Edumaspul: Jurnal Pendidikan 6, no. 2 (October 1, 2022): 2115–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.33487/edumaspul.v6i2.4540.
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In this study, the author took the title The Professional Role of Teachers in Improving the Learning Process, for this we both know that the teacher is an important figure in an educational institution. His role as a teacher and educator makes him a highly respected figure for everyone. The professional role of teachers in improving the learning process is also inseparable from how much competence they have. The better the competencies he has, the better the learning process that takes place in the classroom. The position of the teacher as a professional is intended to function to increase the dignity and the role of the teacher as a learning agent to improve the quality of education and national education. The position of teachers as professionals aims to implement the national education system, namely the development of the potential of students to become human beings who believe and fear God Almighty, have noble character, are healthy, knowledgeable, capable, creative, independent, and become democratic and responsible citizens,answer.
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McDonald, Lex. "Transfer of the learning: Teacher professional development." European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences 11, no. 4 (November 20, 2014): 1569–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.140.
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Girvan, Carina, Claire Conneely, and Brendan Tangney. "Extending experiential learning in teacher professional development." Teaching and Teacher Education 58 (August 2016): 129–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.04.009.
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Fox, Alison, and Val Poultney. "Teacher professional learning through lesson study: teachers' reflections." International Journal for Lesson & Learning Studies 9, no. 4 (August 28, 2020): 397–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlls-03-2020-0011.
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PurposeThis study examines the experiences of five teachers working in two English secondary school subject departments after being given the opportunity to engage with Lesson Study (LS) to increase student performance in their subject areas. This study aimed to reveal the drivers for the teachers' engagement in LS, and how this experience of Joint Professional Development (JPD) might be contributing to their learning as teachers.Design/methodology/approachThis study applies an analytic approach to evidencing teacher learning, based on the work of Knud Illeris, offering this as a methodological contribution to the field of professional development literature.FindingsFindings reveal that, despite all the teachers developing a passion for learning through LS, there are constraints on its sustainability and impact which can be attributed to the teachers' broader contexts and which affected them differently. The constraints centre on tensions between priorities and agendas within and beyond the school, related largely to budgets and visions of staff development.Research limitations/implicationsThis focused study on two subject departments engaging in LS limits its generalisability in terms of findings. However, the study offers a practical research application of a model of learning for analysis of teacher reflections on collaborative learning experiences.Originality/valueUnderstanding individual teacher reflections on LS experiences is under-represented in the literature, in particular studies providing insights into conditions conducive and constraining to JPD.
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Siddiqua, Aisha. "Classroom Observation as a Tool for Professional Development." World Journal of English Language 9, no. 1 (February 22, 2019): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v9n1p49.
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The study indicates that classroom observation is potentially a useful tool for teachers’ professional development and works best when the personal capacity of a teacher, an observer, and school provide a base for the effective use and outcome for teachers.A brief summary of major findings and lessons learnt from the project, process, learning of teachers and my own learning is presented as follows;i) Teachers found the pre and post-observation sessions very useful for their professional development. These sessions also help the observer to understand the roots of the teacher's classroom problems.ii) Cyclical observations provide the courage and intellectual capacity to the teachers to turn their focus upon improved actions and they also developed their professional skills.iii) Teachers perceived my role as a helper, facilitator and a resource person who could provide suggestions and alternatives, where needed. I feel the need to further explore, how reflective conversations between a teacher and an observer affect individual teacher's attitudes and behaviour. This will highlight what needs to be done further to improve individual competencies. However, I feel that a co-teaching experience can also provide a valuable basis for collaborative inquiry. It might raise a range of interesting issues and questions for using reflective conversation in planning, teaching, and improving this strategy.
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Muck, Kátia, and Denise Cristina Kluge. "Language teacher professional education:." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 9, no. 4 (April 1, 2021): 304–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss4.3059.
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This article provides a theoretical discussion regarding the implications of peer-to-peer learning in online environments for language teacher professional learning and second language academic literacy. It approaches the use of technology as means to enhance prospective teachers’ cognition and metacognition skills and to foster their language learning, as Language Teacher Education programs usually fulfil a twofold purpose: to learn the language itself and to learn how to teach it as a foreign language. In order to arrive at these implications, it presents a grounded discussion on sociocultural perspective within L2 teacher education, teachers’ beliefs, and mediation in the sociocultural perspective. The discussion reinforces the significance of peer-activities (peer-observation and peer-feedback) to foster a teacher development process. Moreover, it suggests that a guided peer-activity, such as employing the use of carefully elaborated rubrics, could enhance this process.
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Williams, Judy. "The Professional Learning of Teacher Educators Leading International Professional Experience." Journal of Studies in International Education 23, no. 4 (December 7, 2018): 497–510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1028315318816455.
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In this article, the professional learning of teacher educators leading international professional experience (IPE) is examined. There is a growing body of research on the learning of pre-service teachers who undertake a period of professional experience in international contexts, but much less is known about the experiences of the academics who lead these programs. This knowledge is important because the success of such programs for pre-service teachers depends largely on the quality of the planning, preparation, and leadership of these as educational experiences. Based on data collected in semistructured interviews with 10 teacher educators who have led IPE to a variety of global locations, this article outlines the professional learning gained from leading a group of pre-service teachers on 3-week IPEs. Findings include the importance of building professional relationships with others involved in the IPE, including the pre-service teachers, school staff, and communities, and the impact of the experience on the development of teacher educator identities and practice.
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Hamiloğlu, Kamile. "Student Teachers’ Learning and Professional Development in Second Language Teacher Education." European Journal of Language and Literature 7, no. 1 (January 21, 2017): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejls.v7i1.p13-21.
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This article is a review on student teacher (ST) learning in second language teacher education (SLTE) and it aims to establish a context for ST learning for professional development in SLTE research and frame its contribution to the current research literature. To achieve this, it conducts an overview on concepts of interest, and it places in perspective some of the key previous findings relating to the research at hand. Broadly, it is to serve as a foundation for the debate over perspectives of second/foreign language (S/FL) student teachers’ (STs’) learning to teach through their professional development with reference to both coursework and practicum contexts.Keywords: student teacher learning, second language teacher education (SLTE), professional development
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Alshaikhi, Hamad I. "Self-directed Teacher Professional Development in Saudi Arabia: EFL Teachers’ Perceptions." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 10, no. 11 (November 1, 2020): 1359. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1011.03.
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This study explores Saudi EFL teachers’ perspectives, attitudes and experiences with regards to their teacher professional development (TPD) with special emphasis on workplace learning and self-directed initiatives. Using semi-structured interviews and reflective essays, the study managed to highlight a thriving workplace learning context in which teachers are involved in many forms of self-directed learning, including experiences stemming from the dailiness of the everyday realities of their schools. Data showed that Saudi EFL teachers are committed professionals who are well aware of a variety of TPD resources and opportunities; some of them are institutionalised while the majority are self-directed by teachers themselves beyond any institutional requirement. The study revealed that many participants had high preferences for self-directed learning over institutional provisions for its embeddedness in their context, the nature of their specialisation, and for the changing nature of their profession. Networking, collaboration, reflection and collegiality are some of the main features of self-directed learning as reflected in teachers’ current practices.
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Akiba, Motoko. "Professional Learning Activities in Context: A Statewide Survey of Middle School Mathematics Teachers." education policy analysis archives 20 (May 21, 2012): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v20n14.2012.
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Based on a statewide survey of professional learning activities among 577 middle school mathematics teachers in Missouri, this study examined two questions: 1) What professional learning activities do middle school math teachers participate in and how much time do they spend in these activities?, and 2) How are teacher qualifications and contextual characteristics associated with the amount of their professional learning activities? The study examined seven types of formal and informal professional learning activities: 1) professional development programs, 2) teacher collaboration, 3) university courses, 4) professional conferences, 5) mentoring/coaching, 6) informal communications, and 7) individual learning activities. The study found that middle school mathematics teachers spend the greatest amount of time involved in teacher collaboration, professional development programs, and individual learning activities. In addition, mathematics teachers in high-poverty and ethnically diverse districts tend to spend more time in formal learning activities such as professional development programs, teacher collaboration, and mentoring/coaching than do mathematics teachers in wealthier and less diverse districts. To promote a greater level of teachers’ participation in shared learning activities, it is important for district and school administrators to offer professional learning activities that meet mathematics teachers’ learning needs for understanding students’ mathematical knowledge and thinking.
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Et.al, Jayathilakan P. K. "Online Teaching and Practical Implications of Teacher Professional Development." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 3 (April 10, 2021): 3909–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.1679.
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The teaching English website of the British Council identified six different levels of Teacher from “starters” to “experts” suggested that each requires a different kind of professional development. And “professional development” the key to meet today’s educational demands. As we know language is a social and cultural activity, Teachers must remain abreast of the exciting and promising development in the teaching strategies.
To live to the challenge of globalization which is in the line with the era of information economy. A quality human capital comes from a quality education process. We live in an age of information explosion; teachers need to continuously update ones knowledge and skills. The field of curriculum in general and second language education in particular have witnessed tremendous changes over the years. A quality human capital comes from a quality education process.
Hargreaves and Fullan (1992, P. IK), “the teacher is the ultimate key to educational change and school improvement”. Teachers do not simply implement the curriculam. They define and refine the curriculam they interpret and transform the curricular in a way that makes learning more manageable for the Learners.
The need for Teacher Professional Development is one’s evaluation of one’s own classroom performance and getting feedback and keep updating, the slow learners and learning disability. To increase knowledge of the teacher (a) referencing (b) research (c) optimum reading (d) awareness (e) elements. ‘Regarding Pedagogy (a) Inquiry learning (b) creative and
critical thinking (c) problem solving. Assessment, includes (a) CCA (b) assess of learning (c) assessment for learning (d) Feedback.
A teacher should learn in the day to day environment. Planning lessons and courses managing the lesson and using inclusive practices. Goal oriented mentors/Teachers continuously develop their expertness to implement innovative way of teaching strategies, in case of online teaching. Pedagogical style, class-room processes, and syllabus are fluctuating meritoriously pertaining to the changing need of learning and teaching community. As implementing various dimensions of teaching English effectively. Teaching English online has become more convenient to improve LSRW.
In the digital age valued teachers develop positive learning relationship with their students to establish and maintain an effective learning environment can be created through online method of handling English language teaching. Language teachers especially ,teachers handling English can use their own practice for developing their teaching in the ways of online mode. 3.2miIIion English language teachers in the world, aim to increase capability to improve language teaching with confidence and subject knowledge. ELT Teachers can bring in variety and enthusiasm among the students in language learning process and enhance the students English language skills successfully based online method.
The physical class-room learning process may not be satisfied with the current generations of younger learners. So internet and distance learning which is also known as online method plays a vital role in the world education system and becomes the professional growth of teachers based on their Intellectual, Experimental and Attitudinal aspects.
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Văn Hiền, Nguyễn. "Teacher professional development using e-learning in Vietnam." Journal of Science, Educational Science 60, no. 6A (2015): 113–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.18173/2354-1075.2015-0082.
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Ybnu Taufan, Muhammad. "Professional Development of Teachers, Competencies, Educational Facilities and Infrastructure on Teacher Performance and Learning Achievement of High School Students in Makassar City." Golden Ratio of Social Science and Education 2, no. 1 (March 3, 2022): 24–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.52970/grsse.v2i1.168.
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This study aims to analyze teacher professional development, competence, educational facilities, and infrastructure that affect teacher performance and high school student learning achievement. The population in this study was all teachers from five public high schools and five private high schools, with 183 teachers as samples. The analytical model used in this study is a structural equation model (SEM) using the AMOS program. The results showed that teacher professional development has no significant effect on the performance. Competence, educational facilities, infrastructure, and teacher professional development, have a positive and significant effect on teachers' performance. Competence has no significant impact on the performance of teachers. Educational facilities and infrastructure have a positive and significant effect on student learning achievement. Teacher performance has a positive and significant effect on students' learning achievement. Teacher professional development has a positive and significant effect on the learning achievements of high school students through teacher performance. Competence has a positive and significant effect on the learning achievement of high school students through teacher performance. Educational facilities and infrastructure have a positive and significant effect on the learning achievements of high school students through teacher performance.
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Uzma Murad Panhwar, Muhammad Farshad, and Zohran Jumani. "Use of Reflective Practices on Teaching-Learning in Distance Education." International Journal of Distance Education and E-Learning 5, no. 2 (July 2, 2020): 86–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.36261/ijdeel.v5i2.1044.
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This study is aimed at examining the use of teacher reflective practices in future professional development. The research was conducted to assess the effectiveness of educators' reflective behaviors on prospective teachers. After completing their under-graduation/ graduation degree from the distance teacher education programs, how much they will be professionally developed to use reflective practices effectively. Here, particularly the effectiveness of reflective practices of teacher educators for the professional development of future teachers has been investigated. For this survey, the researcher has used a five-point Likert scale, interview, classroom observation, and one-way Chi-square test. The study concludes with recommendations and implications based on the findings. For this investigation, the population is all the distance teacher educators’ program from all the public universities in Sindh. The researcher selected 595 prospective teachers as a sample purposefully and 32 teacher educators for classroom observation.
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Shinta, Meilan Nirmala. "STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER ENGLISH TEACHER." Al-Lisan 3, no. 2 (August 30, 2018): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.30603/al.v3i2.450.
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This study aims: 1). describe the process of teachers in fulfilling their professional qualifications and career development process 2). searching information inhibiting things by the teacher in fulfilling professional and career development. The scope of the research focuses 2 of 4 competencies that must be possessed by a teacher namely: pedagogic competence and professional competence. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative with case study approach. The subject of this study using the principle of purposive sampling that there are 3 English teachers who became the subject in this study. Interview (deep interview) and observation (passive observer). The results of this study illustrate that: 1). Pedagogic competence: for teachers who have attended a learning-based IT training tend to apply a scientific approach in learning English in class K13 than teachers who have never followed it, teachers use IT media in teaching in the form of LCD and material from the internet, and be creative according to facilities and infrastructure which exists; professional competence: MGMP activities for urban municipal teachers in Kendari show that the activity is active, whereas for teachers teaching in villages in other districts the activities are not routine, PTK research is based on the needs of the rank and prerequisite of certain activities not based on teacher needs, training activities and workshops show as activities that are generally followed by teachers. 2). Things that become obstacles include: Pedagogic competence: systemic that is a periodic in-depth workshop curriculum so that the understanding of teachers that still need to be upgraded must be dealing with the implementation of the curriculum that must be run, facilities that are not yet sufficient to assist in learning in class, which is still low especially in the regions; obstacles to the professional competence of MGMP activities that are not routine in the regions, MGMP instructors who trained are not appropriate in their fields, the burden of teacher responsibility and so many become one of the PTK factors is not a priority of teachers implement it, there is no system that is presenting the results of teacher PTK not only as admisnistrasi requirements alone. The conclusion is still need to improve the system of teacher competency activities in the pedagogic and professional sections so that the process of professionalism improvement and career of teacher can be more meaningful and useful in developing teacher task.
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Maoqing, YANG, DENG Xiaoli, and LIU Tian. "The Distinguished Teacher Workshop Mode of Professional Learning Communities in Guangxi." Beijing International Review of Education 2, no. 2 (May 18, 2020): 296–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25902539-00202012.
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Distinguished Teacher Workshops are important ways for teacher professional development. Through questionnaires and interviews with over 1,000 participants, this paper reports the implementation of the Distinguished Teacher Workshops in Guangxi, China, covering their operational mechanism and initial outcomes: The empowerment of members; the strengthened internal motive of the community; and the enhanced vitality of professional development and a more sustainable development community for teachers. It is concluded that the Distinguished Teacher Workshops have shown that distinguished teachers play a leading role in teacher development in Guangxi.
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Rosli, Roslinda, and Mohd Fareed Aliwee. "Professional Development of Mathematics Teacher: A Systematic Literature Review." Contemporary Educational Researches Journal 11, no. 2 (May 1, 2021): 43–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/cerj.v11i2.5415.
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Implementing effective professional development (PD) programs can help teachers in developing their knowledge and skills to enhance students learning in the classroom. However, professional development (PD) programs conducted been seen as less helpful for teachers in developing their potential in teaching mathematics. Therefore, a systematic literature review was undertaken to report on the programs of professional development (PD) for mathematics teachers. This review aimed to explore the professional development (PD) programs for mathematics teacher and teacher components of an effective professional development (PD) in the empirical studies. This systematic review utilized 40 research articles from 2015 to 2020 as data from which such data were obtained from databases such as Google Scholar, ERIC, and Springer. The findings show that the mathematics teacher professional development (PD) programs been used to give an impact on teacher attitudes and practices in terms of classroom teaching practices, student learning outcomes, and teacher knowledge and skills. In addition, teachers' factors for an effective professional development (PD) program can be classified into several parts: 1) motivation, 2) attitude, 3) commitment, and 4) self-efficacy. This study is essential to strengthening the competencies of mathematics teachers based on the best model of professional development in line with current educational needs.
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Ubit, Fadliadi. "UNDERSTANDING CRITERIA OF EFFECTIVE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES OF ISLAMIC HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ACEH." Tatar Pasundan : Jurnal Diklat Keagamaan 16, no. 1 (June 29, 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.38075/tp.v16i1.285.
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This cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted to understand teachers’ expectations of their professional development that will inform the policy and practice of effective teacher professional development programs. The participants of the study were in-service English teachers who were alumni of professional development programs held at a training centre in Banda Aceh-Indonesia under the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA). Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and data collected were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings show that teachers had high expectations when attending a professional development program. Another significant findings were teachers expected qualified trainers both instructional and interactional; the provision of good quality training facilities, resources, and infrastructure; adequate and equal teachers’ access to professional development that meets their professional development’s needs, career and learning journey. These elements were perceived by teacher participants as important criteria for effective teacher professional development, especially in Aceh’s context. Keywords: teachers’ expectation; teacher professional development; trainer’s quality; learning environment
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WEST, Justin, and Alfredo BAUTISTA. "Global Perspectives on Teacher Professional Development: Navigating the Pandemic." International Journal for Research in Education 46, no. 2 (February 21, 2022): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.36771/ijre.46.2.22-pp1-27.
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Abstract Educational researchers, policymakers, and administrators agree that providing in-service teachers with high-quality professional development (PD) opportunities is essential to educational success. Despite the substantial sums invested in teacher PD by countries and jurisdictions, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious challenges to teacher learning around the world. As conventional face-to-face initiatives became impracticable (e.g., workshops, conferences, school-based PD) and the need to prioritize pandemic-specific topics intensified (e.g., emergency remote teaching), teacher PD was recast both formally (where and how teachers engaged in PD) and substantively (what teachers sought to learn from PD). Amidst the international upheavals caused by COVID-19, how have teacher PD infrastructures (policies, practices, theories) responded? For this Special Issue, we put this and other questions before a panel of PD scholars in six contexts: United States, Scotland (United Kingdom), Uruguay, Australia, United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong (SAR China). In their respective contributions, authors discuss issues such as the limitations of PD systems based on compliance and external accountability mechanisms, the need to center teacher motivation in existing PD frameworks, matters of access and equity, the importance of developing technological infrastructures for online and hybrid learning, problems of online safety and wellbeing, and more. The Special Issue shows that the uncertainty of today’s times requires new, global perspectives on PD design, implementation, evaluation, theory, and scholarship. To nurture agentic, highly motivated, and effective teachers for the pandemic era and beyond, countries and jurisdictions should think more creatively about how to best support teacher learning. Keywords: Teacher professional development, in-service teachers, COVID-19, comparative education
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Mouza, Chrystalla. "Does Research-Based Professional Development Make a Difference? A Longitudinal Investigation of Teacher Learning in Technology Integration." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 111, no. 5 (May 2009): 1195–241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146810911100502.
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Background/Context Although there is a growing body of literature on the characteristics of effective professional development, there is little direct evidence on the extent to which these characteristics influence teacher learning and practice. In particular, few studies exist to date that demonstrate the impact of technology-focused professional development on teacher learning and practice. Even fewer studies have examined teacher learning for more than a year to understand the sustainability and growth of professional development gains. Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the long-term impact of research-based professional development on teacher learning and practice with respect to technology. Analysis is based on data collected from 7 urban teachers 2 years after their participation in a yearlong, technology-focused professional development program. Follow-up data are compared with data collected by the author during the teachers’ participation in professional development to (1) investigate the sustainability and growth of teachers’ learning, (2) identify the conditions that facilitated or hindered teachers’ capacity to further develop their thinking, knowledge, and practice with regard to technology, and (3) map the trajectory of teachers’ learning over a 3-year period. Research Design The study employed a qualitative multiple case study design. Data were collected from multiple sources that included teacher interviews, surveys, classroom observations, and collection of artifacts. Two outcomes were defined as critical measures of long-term learning: sustainability and growth. Findings/Results Results indicated that participation in research-based professional development fostered sustained changes in teachers’ educational technology knowledge, ability to design and implement technology-supported experiences for students, and beliefs toward teaching and learning with technology. In two cases, these changes became the basis for continual learning and led to ongoing professional growth. Further, findings revealed three factors that influenced teacher learning over time: (1) student characteristics, (2) access to resources, and (3) social support and opportunities for collaboration with peers. Conclusions/Recommendations Findings of the study suggest that participation in professional development that is grounded in the currently accepted best practices can impact teacher learning and practice. They also offer insights into the process by which teachers modify their knowledge, practices, and beliefs and the conditions that influence learning over time. Further, they provide new lenses for analyzing teacher learning that suggest looking more closely into the interactive relationship between practices and beliefs, as well as the ways in which classroom experience influences continual learning and change.
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Tyagi, Chanchal, and Pradeep Kumar Misra. "Continuing Professional Development of Teacher Educators: Challenges and Initiatives." Shanlax International Journal of Education 9, no. 2 (March 1, 2021): 117–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/education.v9i2.3634.
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a prerequisite for teacher educators. The importance of CPD for teacher educators lies in the fact that it helps them to improve their professional and instructional practices. Teacher educators usually begin their CPD after joining the profession and continue it as a lifelong learning process. There are two popular routes of CPD for teacher educators: programs planned and mandated by external agencies and their self-initiatives. Researchers conducted in different parts of the world reveal that, like external initiatives, selfinitiative also play an important role in the professional development of teacher educators. As part of their self-initiatives for CPD, teacher educators themselves act as the developers and creators of their professional learning opportunities and activities. Researches also depict that some factors may negatively affect teacher educators’ attitude and capacity to initiate his/her CPD activities. Extending all these arguments, the present study aimed to study teacher educators’ self-initiatives of CPD and the challenges they face in this journey. Data to conduct the study was collected from a sample of 120 teacher educators’ by using ‘Teachers’ CPD Initiatives Scale’ & ‘Teachers’ CPD Challenges Scale’, and analyzed by using percentage and product-moment r.
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Tune Sumar, Warni, and Sartje Tune Sumar. "Implementasi Program Pengembangan Keprofesian Berkelanjutan Guru melalui Peningkatan Kompetensi Pembelajaran Berbasis Zonasi." PEDAGOGIKA 10, no. 2 (April 14, 2020): 84–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.37411/pedagogika.v10i2.60.
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Continuing professional development for teachers is a government policy in the context of improving the quality of education, through improving the quality of teachers. One of the activities in continuing professional development is teacher training. Teacher professional development activities can be carried out in three forms, namely personal development (including functional training and teacher collective activities), scientific publications, and development. To provide opportunities for teachers to participate and prepare themselves to experience change. Learning Competency Improvement Program is a program that aims to improve student competency through teacher training in planning, implementing, and evaluating learning that is oriented to higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). This program is part of the Continuing Professional Development program mandated by Law Number 14 of 2005 concerning Teachers and Lecturers and Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucracy Reform Number 16 of 2009 concerning the Position of Teacher Functionality and Credit Numbers. The zone to improve learning competence is basically part of a strategy to accelerate the development of equitable, quality and equitable education (Integration Development), through the management of teacher activity centers, teacher working groups, deliberations for subject teachers, and Teacher Guidance and Counseling Consultations, which has been done through Clusters or Rayon, especially in improving learning competence.
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Kuzairi, Kuzairi. "Teacher Certification: A Way to Lead Teacher for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning." Lentera: Jurnal Pendidikan 14, no. 2 (November 1, 2019): 64–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.33654/jpl.v14i2.848.
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Indonesian Government launched teacher certification program in order to increase the quality of teachers. This policy is expected to foster teacher’s competences and prosperity. In terms of competency, this program enhances teachers to develop their professionalism especially in teaching and other academic activities. Test and training are provided to take this program. Several requirements such as the minimum qualification, teacher’s portfolio are also given as the elements or components of the teacher certification program administration. Dealing with the prosperity, teachers who passed this program are also given financial support. Some studies on the effectiveness of teacher certification program were conducted. The results showed that this program does not guarantee teachers to have quality improvement. However, it does not mean this program is not successful at all or it does not have any advantage or contribution for teachers. Therefore, this paper aims to discuss on how far teacher certification program lead teachers to develop their professionalism and bring them into lifelong learning activities or situation.
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BAUTISTA, Alfredo, Joanne WONG, and Saravanan GOPINATHAN. "Teacher Professional Development in Singapore: Depicting the Landscape." Psychology, Society, & Education 7, no. 3 (April 30, 2015): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/psye.v7i3.523.
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ABTRACT: This article depicts the landscape of teacher professional development (PD) in Singapore, one of the world’s top-performing countries in education. We provide an overview of the resources available to the approximately 30,000 teachers within the 350 primary and secondary schools run by the Ministry of Education (MOE). We focus on the three main PD providers: the National Institute of Education, the Academy of Singapore Teachers and six Centers of Excellence, and schools themselves. Guided by the “Teacher Growth Model,” these providers aim at making PD coherent with teachers’ interests, the needs of schools, and the national curriculum. Teachers in Singapore are given the exceptionally high allotment of 100 voluntary hours of PD per year. There are multiple types of activities teachers can engage in, ranging from formal/structured courses and programs to more informal/reform-based initiatives (action research, lesson study). Teachers with different levels of expertise and career paths have access to different PD opportunities. Most PD is subject-specific and provides teachers with opportunities for networked learning, collegial sharing, and collaboration. In fact, all MOE schools have been recently mandated to become Professional Learning Communities (PLC). We conclude that this comprehensive set of PD resources, considered as a whole, presents the features of “high-quality” PD described in the international literature. However, we suggest that more research is needed to examine the extent to which such an ambitious PD model is enhancing teachers’ knowledge and pedagogies, and ultimately students’ learning.
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Koukis, Nikolaos, and Athanassios Jimoyiannis. "MOOCS for teacher professional development: exploring teachers’ perceptions and achievements." Interactive Technology and Smart Education 16, no. 1 (March 11, 2019): 74–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/itse-10-2018-0081.
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PurposeThis paper aims to report on a study concerning a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), designed to support Greek-language teachers in secondary-education schools in implementing collaborative writing activities with Google Docs (GDs) in their classrooms. Data recorded from a post-survey were used to investigate teachers’ views and perceptions about MOOC design features, their personal achievements and the overall outcomes for their professional work and development.Design/methodology/approachThe design framework of the particular teacher professional development MOOC was determined by the connectivist principles and addressed three main dimensions of teachers’ active participation: a) individual engagement; b) peer interaction and mutual support; and c) collaborative creation of educational scenarios and artefacts. The analysis used a mixed method that combines data from teachers’ active engagement through the MOOC platform records and quantitative and qualitative data from their responses to a post-survey questionnaire.FindingsThe analysis of the research data provided supportive evidence that the design framework was effective towards promoting teachers’ active engagement, peer interaction and support and development of learning design abilities to integrate collaborative writing with GDs in their classrooms. The findings showed that the majority of participants conceptualized this MOOC as an efficient environment to enhance their pedagogical knowledge and classroom practices and to support continuous professional development.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study may be limited by the specific sample and the context of implementation. Future research is expected to critically analyse existing results in combination with qualitative data from detailed interviews of participants in this teacher professional development MOOC.Practical implicationsThe results provided supportive evidence that successful MOOCs for teacher professional development are determined by four key design features: a) connecting course content and teacher learning practices to the educational reality of the classroom; b) defining concrete learning objectives of the course; c) promoting teachers’ collaborative learning; and d) creating a learning community among peers.Originality/valueThis paper presents a systematic analysis of teachers’ engagement in a teacher professional development MOOC, designed to support collaborative and self-directed learning. The results are expected to be significant and valuable for wider educational contexts, as MOOCs for teacher professional development is a new, ambitious topic for both research and educational policies.
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Mumhure, Godwin, Loyiso C. Jita, and Godsend T. Chimbi. "SUBJECT PANELS AS SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION FOR TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT." Problems of Education in the 21st Century 78, no. 5 (October 5, 2020): 799–814. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/pec/20.78.799.
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For centuries, teacher professional development has largely been done by external experts who advise teachers on how to improve classroom practice and learner performance. This research explores a relatively unchartered idea of history subject panels/clusters as an innovation meant to break away from orthodox teacher professional development spearheaded by external experts. The research adopts a qualitative case study design. One history subject panel was case studied to examine how teachers initiated and sustained improvements in classroom practice and learner performance. Eight history teachers, who were active participants in the panel, were purposively sampled out of 25 teachers who constituted the history subject panel. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews, document analysis and focus group discussion. Symbolic interactionism was used as the theoretical lens to gain deeper insights into how teachers socialised and shared ideas in the subject panel. Results indicated that the history subject panel was involved in the induction of new history teachers into the profession and the creation of learning communities for history students; practices hitherto undocumented in existing literature on subject panels and teacher networks. Results also showed that the activities of the history subject panel improved teachers’ classroom practice. The implications of this research are that teacher-led subject panels need to be nurtured and supported so that teacher-driven continuous professional development can be enacted across all the subjects offered in the school curriculum. Subject panels can reduce schools’ dependency on external experts for teacher professional development, making teachers the proverbial doctors who can heal themselves. Keywords: history subject panels/clusters, qualitative case study, teacher induction, student learning communities, sustainable innovation, teacher professional development
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Huynh, Hau Thi. "Promoting Professional Development in Language Teaching through Reflective Practice." Vietnam Journal of Education 6, no. 1 (March 28, 2022): 62–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.52296/vje.2022.126.
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Teachers’ reflection on the teaching-learning process is valuable in stimulating successful lesson delivery and maximize students’ engagement in their learning. In a broader sense, reflective practice is one of the lifelong learning skills, which takes a pivotal role in teacher professional development. However, teachers often encounter challenges in conducting reflective practice activities due to the lack of systemized understanding of reflective practice. Based on that, this paper aims at providing a succinct review of reflective practice in terms of definitions, effectiveness, types, models of reflective practice, and concerns in language teaching through research-based evidence. Furthermore, some suggestions are made for both teachers and educators to encourage varied reflective practice formats, which would promote teacher professional development.