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Taking a personalised and global approach, this timely volume links theory with application in the context of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers, exploring current scholarship on teachers' CPD and charting the shift towards continuing professional learning (CPL).
List of contents
Part 1: Definitions and Characteristics of Professional Development 1. Theory and Practice of Professional Development 2. Effective Professional Development 3. The Ecology of Professional Development: Heading towards Teachers' Continuing Learning
Part 2: Toward Continuing Professional Learning 4. Adult Learning Theory for Teachers' Continuing Professional Learning 5. From Professional Development to Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 6. Aspects of Practice for Personalized Continuing Professional Learning
Part 3: Aspects of Teachers' Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 7. Motivation-Oriented Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 8. Career Stage-Oriented Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 9. Life Story-Oriented Personalization of Continuing Professional Learning 10. Empowerment-Oriented Personalized Continuing Professional Learning
Part 4: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 11. Principles and pathways for Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 12. Professional Learning Communities as a Sample Framework for Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 13. A Multidimensional Model to Promote Teachers' Personalized Continuing Professional Learning 14. Conclusion: Widening the adoption of teachers' personalized professional learning
About the author
Orit Avidov-Ungar is an academic researcher and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Leadership, Achva Academic College of Education, Israel.
Summary
Taking a personalised and global approach, this timely volume links theory with application in the context of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers, exploring current scholarship on teachers' CPD and charting the shift towards continuing professional learning (CPL).
