1st Edition

The Personalized Continuing Professional Learning of Teachers A Global Perspective

By Orit Avidov-Ungar Copyright 2024
196 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Taking a personalized 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). Chapters look at concepts such as motivation, expertise, career trajectory, life story and empowerment, as well... Read more

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

Biography

Orit Avidov-Ungar is an academic researcher and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Leadership, Achva Academic College of Education, Israel.