scholarly journals The Role of Action Research in Teachers’ Professional Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-317
Author(s):  
Jelena Osmanović Zajić ◽  
Anastasija Mamutović ◽  
Jelena Maksimović
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Contemporary Education

The challenges of contemporary education and teaching profession have resulted in an increased demand for the appropriate professional advancement and practice-based research. The action research is an approach that encourages teachers to manage and control their own work. This research was conducted with the purpose of being primarily beneficial for primary and secondary school teachers. The empirical research presented in this paper was based on the factor analysis, by which the research factors were extracted, as well as on the examination of the teachers’ attitudes towards methodological education, cognition and metacognition in teaching, reflexive practice, science education and lifelong learning in the context of the action research. The method used was descriptive together with the scaling technique and the five-level Likert scale (AISE) consisting of 29 items. The research was realized in 2020, and then retested in 2021. The number of 1021 teachers from the Republic of Serbia participated in this research. The research results showed statistically significant differences in the respondents’ responses related to the independent research variables: education cycle, teaching experience and the number of professional development seminars attended. The significance of action researches is reflected in the fact that the problems are resolved by the teachers themselves, not the scholars or academics who are not directly involved in teaching. Therefore, this research contributes to a greater motivation and support of teachers to raise their classroom activities and accomplishments to the level of a scientific research.

scholarly journals Efficiency of the Professional Development of a Teacher in the System of Further Training: Analysis of Educational Teachers’ Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 1277-1285
Author(s):  
Svetlana O. Petrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Context ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
Offline Learning ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Actual Learning ◽  
Optimal Type

The purpose of the study is to determine the optimal type of training in the course of teachers’ professional development and to identify the expected results of this process. A questionnaire survey of secondary school teachers from 3 cities and 25 districts of the Republic of Sakha was conducted. Based on the obtained results and conclusions, the recommendation is made to develop courses with an analytical structure, focused on the organization of advisory support throughout the course, solving cases in the school context, review of strategies suitable for handling the actual learning task. Moreover, this structure is suitable for both online and offline learning courses. Also, a separate course on the development of professional ethics of a teacher in distance and offline learning formats is required. This can be seen as an urgent task of the modern teacher’s activity, which leads to the success of the implementation of state policy in the educational field

scholarly journals Secondary School Teachers’ Professional Development in Australia and Shanghai: Needs, Support, and Barriers

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110269
Author(s):  
Guangbao Fang ◽  
Philip Wing Keung Chan ◽  
Penelope Kalogeropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Scheduled Time

Using data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS; 2013), this article explores teachers’ needs, support, and barriers in their professional development. The research finds that Australian teachers expressed greater needs in information and communication technology (ICT) use and new technology training for teaching, while Shanghai teachers required more assistance to satisfy students’ individual learning and pedagogical competencies. More than 80% of Australian and Shanghai teachers received scheduled time to support their participation in professional development, whereas less than 20% of Australian and Shanghai teachers received monetary or nonmonetary support. In terms of barriers, Australian and Shanghai teachers reported two significant barriers that conflicted with their participation in professional development: “working schedule” and “a lack of incentives to take part.” This article reveals implications of the study in the design of an effective professional development program for Australian and Shanghai teachers and ends with discussing the limitations of the research and future research directions.

Technology Education Teachers' Professional Development Review Through Community Engagement

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Tome' Awshar Mapotse
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Development Review ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

It is the supreme art of an action research practitioner to awaken the joy of tapping into professional development review of Technology Education (TE) knowledge with the teachers as co-researchers. TE has been introduced as a new subject nationally and globally just few decades ago. Teachers and learners are still experiencing hurdles in implementing TE. Most teachers are poorly grounded in pedagogy and content knowledge of Technology Education. This AR study does not blame the limited teacher training in TE, as its intention was to empower such. The study was underpinned by critical theory and following the AR strategies and Technology Education Cascading Theory was envisaged to be incorporated. Focus group (interviews) was used as the method to engage these TE teachers. From the findings of the study, it has been proven that the AR approach study can be used in didactic and pedagogic situation to emancipate unqualified and under qualified Technology teachers.

scholarly journals Teacher Professional Development: EFL Teachers’ Experiences in the Republic of Benin

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Juvenale Patinvoh Agbayahoun
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Republic Of Benin ◽  
The Republic

<p>Using a survey, this study examines EFL teachers’ views on professional development, the models of teacher development they are familiar with, and their experiences in the area. The study also inquires into the teachers’ knowledge and opinions about inquiry-based teaching. The results indicate that though the EFL teachers often have the opportunity to participate in teacher development activities, these activities do not enable them to develop the skill of reflection and action on practice as they are patterned on top-down models of teacher development and happen in a one-shot workshop-style. Other teacher development activities such as action-research, reading research findings in the field, peer observation, mentoring, or teacher networking are unfamiliar to them. While the participant EFL teachers acknowledged that the top-down teacher development activities give them exposure to informative input, they also reported that such activities, paradoxically, have little impact on their teaching and students’ learning. Most of them acknowledged having very little knowledge of teacher development activities that involve self-intiative and autonomy, and they expressed interest in learning about and trying action-research in their classrooms.</p>

Professional Development Needs and Priorities of La Salle University (LSU) Faculty

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flordelis J. Ejercito
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
College Faculty ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
Almost All ◽  
La Salle University

The quality of instruction depends on a large extent of the capability, the strength, and the excellence of the faculty. For the faculty to perform their roles and fulfill their responsibilities, Colleges must first show that they understand what the faculty needs and values most. The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the professional development needs and priorities pertaining to teaching and learning of the college faculty (n=71) of La Salle University to guide the administrators and faculty in crafting enrichment activities. Sixty-three percent of the 113 teachers completed a survey instrument. Calculated means and frequency-percentage distribution describes the prioritization of in-service needs while weighted means determine the performance of the college faculty as appraised by the students. The results of this study showed one-thirds of the teacher-respondents as new to the teaching profession while 69% have more than three years of teaching experience. The study concludes that the colleges vary in their needs for professional development. However, there are areas common to almost all colleges. Their top priority need for classroom management is ending the class on time. For the evaluating students’ learning, the top priority is mastery of the subject matter. For evaluating students’ learning, the priority is constructing questions that cover topic discussed.  Keywords – Management, professional development needs and priorities, teaching profession, teaching experience, enrichment, descriptive design, Philippines

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