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Earley, Peter; Porritt, Vivienne – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This article argues that evaluation of professional development (PD) requires a focus on student learning and an evidential baseline to enable practitioners and school leaders to determine the impact of the PD in which they are engaged. Several models of evaluating PD are briefly considered and it is suggested that most of these enable programme…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Adult Learning
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Zepeda, Sally J.; Parylo, Oksana; Bengtson, Ed – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This qualitative study sought to identify current principal professional development practices in four school systems in Georgia and to examine them by applying the principles of adult learning theory. The cross-case analysis of principal professional development initiatives in four school districts revealed nine common practices: connecting…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Qualitative Research, Case Studies