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Direct linkFairman, Janet C.; Smith, David J.; Pullen, Paige C.; Lebel, Steve J. – Professional Development in Education, 2023
This article describes the challenge of engaging educators in professional development (PD) that is timely and relevant to their work, and effective in stimulating instructional changes to improve student learning. The authors highlight the competing needs and goals for PD that create tensions among the external accountability demands, school…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Needs, Learner Engagement
Macfarlane, Kym; Cartmel, Jennifer – Professional Development in Education, 2012
The field of children's services in Australia is currently undergoing significant change. For example, the current implementation of the Early Years Reform Agenda encompasses the development of National Quality Standards, which promote a strong focus on workforce development. As a consequence, practitioners in this sector are being required to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Children, Program Implementation
McMillan, Dorothy J.; Walsh, Glenda; Gray, Colette; Hanna, Karen; Carville, Sheelagh; McCracken, Owen – Professional Development in Education, 2012
This paper examines the effectiveness of a professional development model (PDM) devised as part of a research project carried out to support early childhood professionals in Ireland in enhancing their pedagogy. The PDM was constructed on a socio-cultural theoretical framework whereby Vygotsky's zone of proximal development was applied in the…
Descriptors: Diaries, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Professional Development
