Understanding continuing professional development: The need for theory to impact on policy and practice

A Kennedy - Professional development in education, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This article reflects on my 2005 article in this journal, entitled 'Models of Continuing
Professional Development: a framework for analysis'. Having been invited to reflect on the …

Teachers' continuing professional development: Contested concepts, understandings and models

C Fraser, A Kennedy, L Reid… - Journal of in-service …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Teachers' continuing professional development (CPD) is being given increasing importance
in countries throughout the world. In Scotland, the changing professional and political …

Beyond performativity: A pragmatic model of teacher professional learning

M Lloyd, JP Davis - Professional development in education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The intent and content of teacher professional learning has changed in recent times to meet
the demands of performativity. In this article, we offer and demonstrate a pragmatic way to …

[PDF][PDF] Towards a sociocultural approach on teachers' professional development in Bahrain

O Al-Mahdi, H Al-Wadi - Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education, 2015 - academia.edu
This paper reviews the concept of professional development and how it has been influenced
by the major educational theories. Mainly, this paper argues for a call of a different …

[图书][B] Online learning communities and teacher professional development: Methods for improved education delivery: Methods for improved education delivery

JO Lindberg, AD Olofsson - 2009 - books.google.com
In today's society, the professional development of teachers is urgent due to the constant
change in working conditions and the impact that information and communication …

Conceptualising innovation and professional learning in the Hong Kong context

J Lu, P Campbell - Practice, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we review the challenges of sustaining effective teacher professional learning
in Hong Kong and propose that professional learning could enable teacher innovation, and …

Continuing professional development: policies, practices and future directions

D Masoumi, J Hatami, J Pourkaremi - International Journal of …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on mapping the ways in which HE institutions
enhance faculty members' professional development. More precisely, by introducing a case …

An insight into how a constructivist professional development program can influence practice in six high school chemistry classrooms

A O'Dwyer - Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article uses an existing evaluation framework to exemplify how an organic chemistry
program for high school teachers facilitated their professional development. Chemistry …

The professional development of teachers in Higher Education in Oman: a case study of English teachers in the Colleges of Applied Sciences

Y Al-Ghatrifi - 2016 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
This study aims at promoting the professional development of teachers in Omani higher
education in general and Colleges of Applied Sciences (CAS) in particular. It seeks to …

A new vision of professional development for tertiary teachers in Pakistan

IA Chaudary - Professional development in education, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Professional development for tertiary teachers in Pakistan is problematic. In most cases, it
does not exist; and if it does, it is very brief, sporadic and traditional, and is conveyed off-site …