Junior Secondary Educators’ Views on the Strategies for Implementing Continuing Professional Development Programs in One Rural Education District
- Title
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Junior Secondary Educators’ Views on the Strategies for Implementing
Continuing Professional Development Programs in One Rural Education District - Author(s)
- C.I.O. Okeke and N.E. Mpahla See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016 See all items with this value
- Description
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T This article describes how teachers in rural junior secondary schools perceive current programmes for
continuing professional teacher development (CPTD). The sample comprised 18 participants and utilized
qualitatively analysed, semi-structured interview data. The results indicate that the strategies for implementing
CPTD programmes for participants do not impact on their classroom practices. Participants are not motivated to
attend out-of-school (off site) CPTD programmes, as they do not see the programme’s impact on their teaching
practices. The results equally suggest that teachers prefer on-school-site professional development programmes.
The evidence suggests that participants have already started engaging in their own communities of practice in their schools. Contrary to expectations, the results reveal that District officials do not offer the expected support, nor do they visit the schools. In order to improve the effectiveness of CPTD programmes, teacher preferences
pertaining to their development have to be considered by the education authorities. Some recommendations have
been made. - Publisher
- Stud. Tribes Tribal See all items with this value
- Keywords
- CPTD, Effective Strategies, Principles, Rural Schools, Rural Teachers. See all items with this value
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 1
- number of pages
- 1-10
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- Journal Articles
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