ERIC Number: EJ1373297
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 19
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Teacher Professional Development Trends: Perspectives of Teachers and Principals in Kosovo
Issues in Educational Research, v32 n4 p1467-1485 2022
Teachers enhance their professional competencies, knowledge, and performance by attending various professional development activities, whose main goal is to assist them in helping students to achieve better results. The effectiveness of such events depends on matching the professional development to teachers' needs, experience, and objectives. This research investigates teacher professional development (TPD) trends in Kosovo and the impact of the attended activities on teachers' professional practices. It employed a mixed-methods approach with data from 518 teachers and eight principals of 24 primary and lower secondary schools in Kosovo. The quantitative and qualitative findings show that training sessions and workshops are the most frequently utilised methods of TPD in Kosovo. Participation in other formats is negligible as teachers are mainly interested in the programs carrying credits necessary for the renewal of their licenses. While teachers assessed the attended events as considerably helpful, principals tended to complain about the training facilitators and the lack of monitoring. The research recommends that Kosovar teachers should start accessing other TPD formats since the current offerings are incompatible with the contemporary methods. Further research is recommended as such studies are scarce in this research context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Workshops, Training, Program Effectiveness, Conferences (Gatherings), Teacher Certification, Costs, Budgets, Barriers
Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. 5/202 Coode Street, Como, Western Australia 6152, Australia. e-mail: editor@iier.org.au; Web site: http://www.iier.org.au/iier.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kosovo
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