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Wendy Hiew; Jill Murray – Professional Development in Education, 2024
This paper presents an enhanced evaluation framework for teacher professional development programmes, which is based on one originally proposed by Huber in 2011. This paper draws on a study on the Professional Up-skilling of English Language Teachers (ProELT) programme in Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia. The study adopted a mixed methods exploratory…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Faculty Development, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
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Susanne Francisco; Anette Forssten Seiser; Anette Olin Almqvist – Professional Development in Education, 2024
It is widely accepted that professional learning is a crucial aspect of the ongoing professional practice of educators. But how should this professional learning take place, and what arrangements enable and constrain practices associated with educator learning? In this article, we explore two case studies of action research projects: one…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Education, Vocational Education, Teachers
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Subitha, G. V. – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Located within the context of Indian education reforms, this study is a critique of the current model of continuous professional development of teachers. The study, by reviewing national policy documents and research literature, argues that there is a need to re-conceptualize and re-define the current model of professional development of teachers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Educational Policy
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Nabhani, Mona; Nicolas, Maureen O'Day; Bahous, Rima – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This article is an account of a study that aimed to elicit the perceptions of school principals and middle managers in Lebanon on teachers' professional development (PD) and to promote an understanding of PD that extends beyond workshops. The study was qualitative and exploratory and used online interviewing to collect data. Questions were emailed…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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Kabakci, Isil; Odabasi, H. Ferhan; Kilicer, Kerem – Professional Development in Education, 2010
Teacher educators need professional development in effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in order to keep up with the changes and developments in ICT and to pose as a model for teacher candidates. For the purpose of meeting teacher educators' professional development needs in ICT, it is necessary to take…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Mentors, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries