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An investigation of teachers’ professional development practices in a rural Fijian secondary school
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 14:11 authored by Parmeshwar Mohan, Lingam, GI, Chand, DDThis research investigates teachers’ professional development (PD) practices in a rural Fijian secondary school. Using a qualitative research design, data was gathered by means of document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 15 teachers of the case study school. The findings revealed that the teachers in the school were mostly engaged in traditional PD which involved a teacher-centred PD, top-down approach and PD being short-term and unconnected, which basically failed to meet teachers’ professional needs. In contrast job-embedded collegial learning, even though not widely practiced, was found to be more beneficial. By providing information on teachers’ PD, this study could be of interest to schools and the Ministry of Education.
History
Publication title
Waikato Journal of EducationVolume
22Issue
4Pagination
89-97ISSN
2382-0373Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
University of Waikato School of EducationPlace of publication
New ZealandRights statement
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