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Laurien Coenen; Wouter Schelfhout – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Adequate principal preparation and subsequent lifelong learning are of paramount importance in offering the ingredients for coping in multifaceted and highly demanding school environments. This article addresses the following research questions: (1) How do a theoretical and reflective component compare in terms of perceived (a) practical output…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Program Descriptions
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Hardman, Frank; Hardman, Jan; Dachi, Hillary; Elliott, Louise; Ihebuzor, Noel; Ntekim, Maniza; Tibuhinda, Audax – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This paper reports on the findings of a pilot school-based professional development programme for Tanzanian primary school teachers launched in February 2011 and evaluated in December 2012 by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training with the support of UNICEF. The study set out to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of the pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Program Implementation, Elementary School Teachers
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Bantwini, Bongani D. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Perceptions play a significant role in an individual's decision-making. This paper reports on a study that investigated primary school science teachers' perceptions of their school district professional development and its basis and impact on the teacher development process in a large district in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. From the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Professional Development
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Lai, Edith – Professional Development in Education, 2010
Mentoring has been widely recognized as an important aspect of the professional preparation of beginning teachers. How mentoring is viewed bears important implications for how mentoring is to be practiced and experienced. This study investigated the views of mentoring held by mentors, mentored in-service teachers and university teachers in a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Inservice Teacher Education
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McIntyre, Joanna; Hobson, Andrew J.; Mitchell, Nick – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This article discusses the evaluation of a unique university-based early professional development (EPD) programme in England that enabled newly and recently qualified teachers to have continued contact with their initial teacher preparation provider. The programme was designed to enhance the induction, EPD and retention of beginning teachers of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching