scholarly journals A learning ecologies approach on school leaders' professional development

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-122
Author(s):  
Nati Cabrera Lanzo ◽  
Marcelo F. Maina Patras ◽  
Albert Sangrà Morer
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Desarrollo Profesional ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Learning Ecologies ◽  
Self Learning

Los líderes escolares generalmente cuentan, para su desarrollo profesional, con programas totalmente estructurados dirigidos por la administración. La investigación publicada identifica algunos atributos comunes para el liderazgo que tales programas intentan transmitir. Aunque esto es y será una parte importante del desarrollo profesional de los líderes escolares, la gran cantidad de contenido digital abierto y cursos abiertos disponibles y la accesibilidad de redes especializadas y comunidades virtuales amplían las oportunidades para el autoaprendizaje y el autodesarrollo. En este contexto, el marco de análisis de las ecologías del aprendizaje resulta útil para ampliar el conocimiento sobre lo que hacen los líderes escolares para el desarrollo profesional, cuáles consideran que son los medios más útiles para su actualización continua y cuáles son los componentes de sus ecologías de aprendizaje individuales. Este artículo presenta las estrategias más habituales de desarrollo profesional que utilizan los directores escolares en Cataluña (España), su equilibrio entre las actividades de desarrollo profesional organizadas y el autodesarrollo, y cómo evalúan el papel que juegan las tecnologías digitales en sus ecologías de aprendizaje. Se realizó una encuesta de 48 preguntas con el objetivo de recopilar información sobre el desarrollo profesional continuo, a un total de 212 líderes escolares en las escuelas catalanas. Los resultados se centran en las ecologías del aprendizaje, con especial énfasis en las estrategias que demuestran el aprendizaje informal, las formas de formación privilegiada, el uso de las TIC y la participación en redes y comunidades profesionales, y demuestran que casi la mitad de los encuestados consideran que su estrategia habitual de desarrollo profesional es el autoaprendizaje. Los resultados también muestran que los líderes escolares que se mantienen actualizados mediante estrategias de autoaprendizaje, prefieren el aprendizaje en línea (recursos, actividades, cursos) y utilizan la tecnología de manera más intensiva. Las ecologías del aprendizaje demostraron ser un marco útil para el análisis de las estrategias de desarrollo profesional de los líderes escolares. School leaders are usually provided with administration-led, fully structured programmes for professional development. The research literature identifies some common attributes for leadership that such programmes try to convey. Although this is and will be an important part of school leaders’ professional development, the vast amount of digital open content and open courses available and the accessibility of specialised networks and virtual communities expand opportunities for self-learning and self-development. In this context, the learning ecologies analysis framework proves useful in extending knowledge on what school leaders do for professional development, what they consider the most useful means for continuous updating and what the components of their individual learning ecologies are. This paper presents the more common strategies for professional development that school leaders are used in Catalonia (Spain), their balance between organised professional development activities and self-development, and how they assess the role digital technologies play in their learning ecologies. A survey with 48 questions was conducted with the aim of gathering information on school leaders’ continuing professional development in Catalan schools. Two hundred twelve school leaders answered the survey. The results focus on learning ecologies, with special emphasis on strategies demonstrating informal learning, forms of privileged training, ICT use and participation in professional networks and communities, and demonstrate that almost half the responders to the survey consider their usual professional development strategy to be self-learning. Results also show that school leaders who stay up to date through self-learning strategies, prefer online learning (resources, activities, courses) and use technology more intensively. Learning ecologies proved to be a useful framework for the analysis of the professional development strategies of school leaders.

scholarly journals Personal and professional development of additional education teacher in the course of methodological work

2021 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 04014
Author(s):  
Zhanna Chaykina ◽  
Mariia Mukhina ◽  
Marina Gruzdeva ◽  
Olga Cherney ◽  
Olga Golubeva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Educational Organization ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Additional Education

The contemporary development strategy of Russian education puts forward several requirements for the system of additional education for children and teachers engaged in this field. The teacher must have the ability to self-development and self-improvement, be engaged in creative and innovative activities. The authors note that in the current conditions, the teacher must choose the only correct trajectory of professional advancement that will lead to the achievement of the desired results. The individual trajectory of personal and professional development of a teacher can be represented as a trajectory of professional self-development and self-improvement of a teacher of additional education in the course of teacher’s methodological work. The purpose of the current research is to develop, theoretically substantiate, and experimentally test the program for implementing an individual trajectory of personal and professional development of additional education teacher in the course of teacher’s methodological work. Implementation of individual trajectories of personal and professional development of additional education teachers in the educational organization involves the development of a specific action plan of the heads of departments, educational and methodological service of the institution, as well as very additional education teachers. The tasks of the educational and methodical service of an educational organization in this process are aimed at encouraging teachers, attracting them to innovative activities, various types of methodological work, and providing pedagogical and methodological support. The use of individual trajectory of personal and professional development in the course of organizing methodological work in the educational organization of additional education contributes to an increase in the professional competence of teachers as well as the development of their interest in this process.

scholarly journals Reputational Orientations in Cadets: An Empirical Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.E. Gavrina ◽  
G.I. Aksenova ◽  
I.A. Kovalchuk ◽  
N.A. Tyugaeva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
First Year ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Negative Reputation

The article is devoted to the analysis of reputational orientations in students of educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service and identification of factors influencing the formation of positive and negative reputation of a future employee of the criminal justice system.The study shows how such personality traits as discipline, motivation for self-learning and self-development, anxiety and impulsivity, and intelligence are related to reputational orientations of students.The study involved 275 first-year cadets studying at the Academy of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation.We assumed that the development of personal reputation in students is shaped by the following factors: the reputation of the educational group commander, discipline, motivation for self-training and self-development, intelligence, anxiety and impulsiveness.The research findings indicate that during the first year of study the educational process isn’t focused enough on developing skills of forming and maintaining positive reputation in the cadets, which subsequently creates serious problems in their professional development.

scholarly journals Mirroring learning ecologies of outstanding teachers to integrate ICTs in the classroom

Comunicar ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (62) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Romeu-Fontanillas ◽  
Montse Guitert-Catasús ◽  
Juliana-E. Raffaghelli ◽  
Albert Sangrà
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Desarrollo Profesional ◽  
Outstanding Teachers ◽  
And Function ◽  
Educación Primaria ◽  
Learning Ecology ◽  
Learning Ecologies

This paper presents an exploratory study to examine the practices of outstanding primary school teachers in their professional development for ICT integration in teaching and learning, as a means of understanding how their learning ecologies develop and function. Outstanding teachers in the context of this study are teachers who innovate pedagogically and who are influential in the community, having successfully developed their learning ecology. Using a qualitative approach, we explore the concept of learning ecologies as a driver for innovation in the professional development of teachers, using a carefully selected sample of nine outstanding teachers. Drawing from in-depth interviews, specific coding and NVIVO analysis, our results show that these teachers develop organized systems for activities, relationships and resource usage and production, which can be characterized as the components of their professional learning ecology, to continuously keep up to date. We also identified some characteristics of teachers that perform outstandingly and factors that potentially facilitate or hinder their learning ecology development. Further research in the field will enable an improved understanding of the professional learning ecologies of school teachers and support future interventions and recommendations for professional development through the cultivation of emerging professional learning ecologies. Este artículo presenta un estudio exploratorio que examina prácticas de docentes referentes de Educación Primaria en su desarrollo profesional para la integración de las TIC en la docencia y el aprendizaje como medio de comprensión operacional de las ecologías de aprendizaje. Un docente referente en el contexto de este estudio es aquel que innova pedagógicamente y que influye en la comunidad, habiendo desarrollado con éxito su ecología de aprendizaje. Mediante un enfoque cualitativo, se explora el concepto de ecologías de aprendizaje como motor de la innovación en el desarrollo profesional de los docentes, utilizando una muestra cuidadosamente seleccionada de nueve profesores de Educación Primaria. A partir de entrevistas en profundidad, codificación específica y análisis con NVivo, los resultados muestran que estos docentes despliegan sistemas organizados de actividades, relaciones y recursos, que pueden ser caracterizados como componentes de sus ecologías de aprendizaje para mantenerse permanentemente actualizados. Se identifican algunas de las características y factores que potencialmente facilitan u obstaculizan el desarrollo de su ecología de aprendizaje. Futuras investigaciones en esta línea permitirán mejorar la comprensión de las ecologías de aprendizaje profesional de los docentes, apoyando nuevas intervenciones y recomendaciones para el desarrollo profesional.

scholarly journals La resolución de problemas como estrategia de desarrollo profesional docente: tensiones que se generan en el profesor

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3 Noviembr) ◽  
pp. 101-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefa Perdomo-Díaz ◽  
Cristóbal Rojas ◽  
Patricio Luis Felmer
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Desarrollo Profesional ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching ◽  
Teacher Professional

Los programas de desarrollo profesional docente tienen como objetivo generar cambios en los profesores, en sus conocimientos, sus creencias o sus prácticas. Para que esos cambios se produzcan, la experiencia vivida en el programa de desarrollo profesional debe provocar que el profesor se cuestione aspectos relacionados con su profesión. En este artículo presentamos una estrategia de desarrollo profesional para profesores de matemática de todos los niveles educativos, centrada en el uso de la resolución de problemas, y mostramos un análisis de las tensiones que este tipo de estrategia provoca en los profesores participantes. Para ello se realiza el estudio de un caso, correspondientea un taller denominado RPAula, realizado en Chile, con profesores de educación básica. Los resultados muestran que la participación en este taller provoca tensiones relacionadas con las expectativas que los profesores tienen hacia sus estudiantes, sus creencias acerca de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje y sus modelos de enseñanza de la matemática. Teacher professional development programs aim to generate changes in teachers, in their knowledge, beliefs or practices. For these changes to occur, the professional development experience should cause the teacher to question aspects related to his/her profession. In this article, we present a problem-solving-based professional development strategy for mathematics teachers and we offer an analysis of the tensions which emerged. To do this, we carried out a case study based on a workshop called RPAula that took place in Chile with elementary teachers. The results show that participation in this workshop causes tensions related to teachers’ expectations about their students, their beliefs about teaching and learning, and their models of mathematics teaching.

scholarly journals Digital learning ecologies and professional development of university professors

Comunicar ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (62) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes González-Sanmamed ◽  
Iris Estévez ◽  
Alba Souto-Seijo ◽  
Pablo-César Muñoz-Carril
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Desarrollo Profesional ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
The One ◽  
Learning Ecologies

This study analyses the extent to which faculty use the technological resources that make up their Learning Ecologies to encourage their teacher professional development. The interest of this research is the growing impact of Learning Ecologies as a framework to examine the multiple learning opportunities provided by the complex digital landscape. Global data referred to the use of technological resources grouped in three dimensions (Access, Search and Information Management resources, Creation and Content Editing resources, and Interaction and Communication resources) has been identified. In addition, the influence of different variables such as gender, age, years of teaching experience and the branch of knowledge were also examined. The methodology used has been quantitative through a survey. The sample consisted of 1,652 faculty belonging to 50 Spanish universities. To meet the aim of the study, descriptive and inferential analysis (ANOVA) were carried out. On the one hand, it is noted a moderate use of technological resources for professional development and, on the other hand, significant differences are observed on all variables analysed. The results warn of the need to promote, both at individual and institutional level, more enriched Learning Ecologies, in such a way that each teacher can take better advantage of the learning opportunities, provided by the networked society. En este estudio se analiza en qué medida el profesorado universitario utiliza los recursos tecnológicos que configuran sus Ecologías de Aprendizaje para propiciar su desarrollo profesional como docentes. El interés de esta investigación radica en el creciente impacto del constructo de las Ecologías de Aprendizaje como marco para examinar e interpretar las múltiples oportunidades de aprendizaje que ofrece el complejo panorama digital actual. Además de identificar los datos globales referidos al uso de los recursos tecnológicos agrupados en tres dimensiones (recursos de acceso, búsqueda y gestión de la información, recursos de creación y edición de contenido, y recursos de interacción y comunicación), también se examina la influencia de diferentes variables como el género, la edad, los años de experiencia docente y la rama de conocimiento. La metodología empleada ha sido de corte cuantitativo a través de encuesta. La muestra está compuesta por 1.652 profesores pertenecientes a 50 universidades españolas. Para dar respuesta al objetivo del estudio se llevaron a cabo análisis descriptivos e inferenciales (ANOVA). Se constata un empleo moderado de los recursos tecnológicos para el desarrollo profesional y, además, se observan diferencias significativas en función de las variables analizadas. Los resultados alertan de la necesidad de fomentar, tanto a nivel individual como institucional, Ecologías de Aprendizaje más enriquecidas, de manera que cada docente pueda aprovechar mejor las posibilidades de aprendizaje que ofrece la sociedad en red.

scholarly journals Oportunidades de aprendizaje y formación docente: una mirada desde las Ecologías de Aprendizaje

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
Alba Souto-Seijo ◽  
Iris Estévez ◽  
Olalla Sande
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Desarrollo Profesional ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Learning Ecologies ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Depth Interviews

Una de las características más relevantes de la Sociedad de la Información y del Conocimiento es que el aprendizaje ya no solo tiene lugar en las instituciones formativas regladas, sino que también se halla en espacios no formales e informales. Las tecnologías digitales nos brindan la posibilidad de aprender en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar, rompiendo las barreras espacio-temporales por lo que, actualmente, las experiencias de aprendizaje son ilimitadas. Así pues, el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar cómo las diferentes oportunidades de aprendizaje y formación contribuyen al desarrollo profesional de los docentes. Esta investigación, de corte cualitativo, se ha desarrollado a través de la tradición de investigación de Estudio de Caso. Los participantes que conforman el caso son cuatro docentes de Educación Infantil de la provincia de A Coruña. La técnica de recogida de datos empleada ha sido la entrevista en profundidad. La información fue procesada mediante estrategias de análisis de contenido. Los resultados muestran que los docentes llevan a cabo múltiples actividades formativas para mantenerse actualizados, entre las que destacan los cursos que oferta la propia Administración educativa, a través de los Centros de Formación y Recursos, y las reuniones con otros profesionales. Las Ecologías de Aprendizaje se presentan como un marco útil desde el cual poder integrar y optimizar las diversas experiencias de aprendizaje, para entender de forma holística los diversos elementos que determinan el proceso de desarrollo profesional de los docentes del caso de estudio y el potencial de sus sinergias. One of the most relevant characteristics of the Information and Knowledge Society is the fact that learning no longer takes place merely in regulated training institutions, but also in non-formal and informal spaces. Digital technologies give us the possibility to learn at any time and in any place. This breaks space-time barriers generating learning experiences which nowadays are unlimited. Thus, the present work aims to analyse how the different learning and training opportunities contribute to the professional development of teachers. This qualitative piece of research adopted a case study design. The participants were four Early Childhood Education teachers from the province of A Coruña (Spain). Data were collected through in-depth interviews. The information was processed through content analysis strategies. The results show that teachers carry out multiple training activities to keep up-to-date including courses offered by the educational administration, through the Training and Resource Centres, and meetings with other professionals. Learning Ecologies are presented as a useful framework from which it is possible to integrate and optimize various learning experiences, understanding holistically the manyfold elements that determine the professional development of the four teachers in the case study and the potential of their synergies.

Student Teachers’ Learning and Professional Development in Second Language Teacher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamile Hamiloğlu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Second Language Teacher Education ◽  
Second Language Teacher

This article is a review on student teacher (ST) learning in second language teacher education (SLTE) and it aims to establish a context for ST learning for professional development in SLTE research and frame its contribution to the current research literature. To achieve this, it conducts an overview on concepts of interest, and it places in perspective some of the key previous findings relating to the research at hand. Broadly, it is to serve as a foundation for the debate over perspectives of second/foreign language (S/FL) student teachers’ (STs’) learning to teach through their professional development with reference to both coursework and practicum contexts.Keywords: student teacher learning, second language teacher education (SLTE), professional development

Self-development: The Process of Professional development in Iranian Nurses

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Flora Rahimaghaee ◽  
◽  
Shahram Salavati ◽  
Nahid Dehghan Nayeri ◽  
Eesa Mohammadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Self Development

A Scale to Measure School Leaders’ Use of Twitter for Professional Development and Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 019263652110089
Author(s):  
Samuel F. Fancera
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Reliable Instrument

The purpose of this research was to develop and test an instrument to measure school leaders’ use of Twitter for professional development (PD) and learning. Findings from an exploratory factor analysis indicate that the resulting nine-item Twitter for PD Scale offers a valid and reliable instrument to measure school leaders’ use of Twitter for PD and learning. Researchers and practitioners can use the Twitter for PD Scale to measure the influence of Twitter-delivered PD on various educational outcomes.

scholarly journals Designing and Implementing an In-Service Training Course for School Teams on Inclusive Education: Reflections from Participants

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Tiina Kivirand ◽  
Äli Leijen ◽  
Liina Lepp ◽  
Tiiu Tammemäe
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Inclusive Practice ◽  
Whole School ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Staff Commitment

Significant and effective implementation of inclusive education (IE) has been a major challenge in many countries during the last decades. Although teachers’ knowledge and skills are considered a key factor for successful inclusive practice, the whole school staff commitment and contribution to implementing IE policies are equally important. Collaboration between different professionals such as teachers, school leaders, and support specialists is crucial. This study aimed to design and implement an in-service training course for school teams (teachers, support specialists, school leaders) on IE in the Estonian context and to explore how participants experienced learning as a team in this course. The results of this study showed that the main aspects of the in-service training for school teams valued by participants were: (1) All topics covered in a systematic and coherent way gave a good opportunity to focus on relevant issues, which should be considered in the schools’ self-development activities in the field of IE; (2) practical approach to training structure helped to identify priority areas that need to be developed in particular schools; (3) learning from each other both within their own school team and across school teams contributed to finding the best solutions for meaningful implementation of IE. The implication of these findings is further discussed in the paper.

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