scholarly journals Challenges Faced by Educators in the Implementation of Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD): Gauteng Province

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gomba Georgina Kedibone Bernadine
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Development ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Professional Teacher

The role of principals in school health promotion in South Africa: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siphokazi Kwatubana ◽  
Velaphi Aaron Nhlapo ◽  
Nomsa Moteetee
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
School Health Promotion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Professional Teacher

PurposeSchool principals are presumed to be pillars of school health promotion implementation. Their understanding of their role could enhance school health promotion. This study aims to investigate how principals understood their role in school health promotion.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six school principals who participated and completed the first cycle of the Continuous Professional Teacher Development programme that was offered by the South African Council of Educators. Snowball sampling was used to sample participants.FindingsThe findings of this study showed that principals did not differentiate between concepts of health-promoting schools and school health promotion, the meaning was the same for them. They focused on any health improvement within the schools, regardless of its conceptual nature. The second finding pertains to the role of the principal as a manager, while the third was on expedition of collaborations and partnerships.Research limitations/implicationsThis research was limited to school principals who completed the Continuous Professional Teacher Development programme. It, therefore, does not include perceptions of other principals.Originality/valueThe study findings suggest that despite inability of schools in poor communities to implement effective school health programmes, the principals of the sampled schools were aware of their roles. This is positive, as the efforts to enhance health promotion initiatives would focus on developing and empowering principals to improve their performance.

scholarly journals «CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH» ՄՈՏԵՑՈՒՄԸ ՈՐՊԵՍ ԴԱՍԱՎԱՆԴՈՂԻ ՇԱՐՈՒՆԱԿԱԿԱՆ ԿՐԹՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԱՐԴՅՈՒՆԱՎԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԳՈՐԾԻՔ/CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL TEACHER DEVELOPMENT/ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ В КЛАССЕ - ЭФФЕКТИВНЫЙ ИНСТРУМЕНТ НЕПРЕРЫВНОГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ПОВЫШЕНИЯ КВАЛИФИКАЦИИ ПРЕПОДАВАТЕЛЕЙ

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-143
Author(s):  
Sona Hakobyan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Novel Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Teacher ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
International English ◽  
Development Outlook

The article discusses some issues concerning teacher and lesson efficiency of being paramount in amending programs on pedagogy and teaching methodologies. Lately, Classroom Action Research (CAR) has become an object of novel studies in the scope of improving class quality and efficiency. Actually, this approach is a professional development outlook in which teachers critically study their action data and seek to find improvement trends. The approach is spread early all over the world, however, for Armenian research context it is a comparatively new sphere. As a matter of fact, the article represents the effectiveness of the method and its applicability for the professional development of teachers. Accordingly, the need of implementing the discussing method has been highlighted on the sample of SOIE – School of International English.

scholarly journals REORIENTASI PARADIGMA PENDIDIKAN KEGURUAN: Telaah terhadap Rancangan Sertifikasi Kompetensi Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Nur Ali Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Positive Characteristic ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Professional Teacher ◽  
The Future

<p>A good society can be seen by the positive characteristics displayed by its people. A person with positive characteristic is a product of a good quality of education. It is said that education quality is influenced by the quality of teachers. Low-qualified teachers are mostly related with the system of teacher development and the low-qualified institutions whose aim is to educate the future teachers. This article discusses the orientation of teacher education that has been programmed by government for several years. It is listed in 10 basic competences of professional teacher. The program of certification as the professional guarantee is also one of parts of this article. It can be assumed that to solve any kinds of educational problems, the renewal of orientation in developing education paradigm is highly needed.</p><p> </p><p>Masyarakat yang baik hanya dapat dibentuk dengan menampilkan individu-individu dengan karakter baik. Individu yang berkarakter baik dapat dibentuk melalui pendidikan yang berkualitas. Sedangkan, kualitas pendidikan banyak dipengaruhi oleh kualitas guru. Rendahnya kualitas guru banyak berkaitan dengan pola pengembangan guru dan banyaknya lembaga pendidikan berkualitas rendah yang menghasilkan guru. Artikel ini membahas orientasi pendidikan guru yang dicanangkan pemerintah beberapa tahun ini. Program-program tersebut tercakup dalam 10 kompetensi dasar untuk profesionalisme guru. Program sertifikasi sebagai penjamin juga menjadi salah satu bahasan di sini. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa untuk menyelesaikan masalah-masalah pendidikan, pembaharuan orientasi dalam pengembangan paradigma pendidikan sangat dibutuhkan.</p><p> </p>

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