Department: Master of Education
Module Description: Teacher professional growth and development is an essential component to guarantee teacher effectiveness. Key perspectives, concepts and approaches to teacher professional development are critically evaluated. Approaches to reflection, professional development planning, implementation, evaluation of impact on learners’ achievement and action research and issues related to these are critically examined across a wide range of contexts. The module draws on wide range of sources including research, case studies and grey literature from professional and organisational sources.
DeMont, J. (2013). High-quality professional development for teachers: supporting teacher training to improve student learning. Open resource
Heller, J. I., Dahler, K. R., Wong, N., Shinohara, M. and Miratrix, L. W. (2012). Differential effects of three professional development models on teacher knowledge and student achievement in elementary science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 49(3), pp. 333–362. Request item
Reflect on own practice
Engage in professional growth
