professional development enrichment training provided to teachers over a period of time to promote...
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Professional Development
Enrichment training provided to teachers over a
period of time to promote their development in all
aspects of content and pedagogy.
Need and importance of professional development programmes
•Prepare teachers to play enhanced roles as resource persons
•where pre-service training programmes are of poor quality
•where state governments have recruited untrained teachers
•To address the needs of teachers through continued professional development and support.
Need and importance of professional development programmes
Explore, reflect on and develop one’s own practice.
Update about one’s academic discipline.
Research and reflect on learners and their education.
Understand and update oneself on educational and social issues.
Prepare for other roles professionally linked to education/teaching,
Break out of intellectual isolation and share experiences
Need and importance of professional development programmes
universalization and inclusion.Influence social attitudes commitment to constitutional values overcome discrimination in the classroom.
practice more learner-friendly methods
To achieve specific aspects in the curriculum, such as the use of a type of technology, AIDS and adolescent education
Regional centers for Professional Development DIET
Continuous teacher professional
development
Strengthening teacher education
Resource centre
Research and development/action
research
Supervision, monitoring and support
Administration and Governance
A conference for the discussion of some subject at
which several speakers discuss a topic before an
audience
Teacher Learning Centers (TLCs)in teacher education institutes can act as the hub of
both pre-service teachers.
Action ResearchIn undertaking action research, educators begin by asking
how current practice might be improve learning