What is Professional Development

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The skills and knowledge needed or attained for personal development and career advancement. Learn more in: Clever Health: A Study on the Adoption and Impact of an eHealth Initiative in Rural Australia

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The skills and knowledge needed or attained for personal development and career advancement. Learn more in: Clever Health: A Study on the Adoption and Impact of an eHealth Initiative in Rural Australia

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Refers to the acquisition of skills and knowledge both for personal development and for career advancement. Learn more in: Networking International Student Collaboration and Experiential Exercise Projects

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The training of in-service or pre-service teachers on a specific skill or content area applicable to their professional practice. Learn more in: The Theory and Process Involved with Educational Augmented Reality Game Design

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The term used for activities in which educators improve their knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Learn more in: Joint Professional Development of Teacher Candidates and Mentoring Teachers in Using Project-Based Learning for 21st Century Learning Outcomes

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The experiences that provide practicing teachers with opportunities to advance their knowledge and skills. Learn more in: The Influence of Professional Development on Primary Teachers' TPACK and Use of Formative Assessment

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Process of improving skills and developing knowledge to increase teaching effectiveness. Learn more in: Dynamic Approach to Teaching Geometry: A Study of Teachers' TPACK Development

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As Timperley (2005) establishes, involves the dissemination of some kind of information to teachers in order to inform and improve practice. Learn more in: An Integral Analysis of One Urban School System's Efforts to Support Student-Centered Teaching

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Work-related skill building. Learning opportunities for improving job-related knowledge or skills through training and instruction. Learn more in: A Holistic Professional Development Model: A Case Study to Support Faculty Transition to Online Teaching

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Formal education courses, usually short in duration (and sometimes, one-off) designed to help teachers extend their professional knowledge, competence, skill and teaching effectiveness. Learn more in: Integrative Course Design and Pedagogy to Humanize Online Learning: A Case Study

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The advancement of skills or expertise to succeed in a particular profession, especially through continued education. Learn more in: Strategic Management from Within

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A systematic approach to providing continuous learning opportunities to employees. Learn more in: The Role of Strategic Leadership in Building the Geocentric Culture of Global Corporations

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Short-term or long-term opportunities for college or university professors to enhance their knowledge and application of skills in the areas of teaching, learning, assessment, technology and research. Learn more in: Integrating Technology in the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education in Namibia: Is It an Effective Tool for Professional Development?

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Whole group meetings scheduled once a month in which an expert in the use of various technology tools came to teach participants how to implement and integrate in their own courses. Learn more in: Mobile Learning in Higher Education

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Additional learning following the earning of credentials in a career field or profession. Learn more in: A Scenario That Works: Adapting the Army's Soldier Skills Training Model to Teach K-12 Teachers Technology

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This refers to any action undertaken to improve professional performance. Learn more in: Designing and Delivering Online Professional Development Courses for Online Educators: Lessons From the iEARN Online Professional Development Courses

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In education, professional development is any specialized activity designed for educators to improve knowledge, skills, and competence related to the practice of teaching. Learn more in: Professional Development in the Twenty-First Century: YouTube Teacher Training and Professional Development

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A type of learning that occurs in one’s career with the purpose of increasing one’s knowledge of certain topics, usually delivered in conference workshops, coursework, or practice situations such as internships. Learn more in: The Transformation of an ESL Teacher From the Face-to-Face to the Online Environment

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A wide variety of formal or informal education, or learning intended to help professionals improve their professional knowledge, competence, skill, and effectiveness. Learn more in: College Faculty as Adult Learners: An Important Role in the New Age

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Personal development is achieved through activities aimed to improve skills and developing knowledge in a particular field. Learn more in: Exploring the Adoptions by Students of Web 2.0 Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education: Web 2.0 Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education

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The training and coursework that early childhood professionals complete to stay current with best practices in the field of early childhood education. Learn more in: Creating a Quality Online Early Childhood Program Focused on Building Community and Program Improvement

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A formal structure or program within schools where teachers gather with facilitators or experts to work on improving some aspect of instruction. Professional development may be ongoing, occurring multiple times, or in a single event. Learn more in: Leading Teacher Professional Learning: Shared Language for Shared Goals

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Professional development may be used in reference to a wide variety of specialized training, formal education, or advanced professional learning intended to help administrators, teachers, and other educators improve their professional knowledge, competence, skill, and effectiveness. Learn more in: Developing a Competency-Based Instructor Training Model of Professional Development: A Key Component for Competency-Based Instructional Programs

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Refers to systematic, planned professional training for teachers to develop, improve, and advance their skills in their teaching activities. Learn more in: The Uptake and Use of Digital Technologies and Professional Development: Exploring the University Teacher Perspective

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Teacher training. Learn more in: Teacher Training and Technology: Current Uses and Future Trends

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Authentic participation in professional learning sessions including training, reading, dialoguing, experimenting, reflecting, and collaborative activities, which can be both formally delivered and informally experienced as on-the-job work integrated learning. Learn more in: International School Teachers' Professional Development in Response to the Needs of Third Culture Kids in the Classroom

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School teachers develop their instructional skills in relation to ICT integration, regenerate their understanding of scientific concepts, and increase their understandings of knowledge in teaching, learning and educational goals. Learn more in: Exploring the Development of Pre-Service Teachers' ICT-TPACK using a Cognitive Stimulation Tool

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Activities designed to improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of practitioners (such as online instructors, in this chapter). Learn more in: Learning to Teach Online: Negotiating Issues of Platform, Pedagogy, and Professional Development

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Programs and experiences for current teachers to develop knowledge and skills related to teaching. Learn more in: Prospects and Challenges of Social Studies Teachers Professional Development in Nigeria

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Professional development refers to any formal or informal learning experience or process that refines and enhances the professional knowledge, skills, and practices of teachers to improve student achievement and growth. Learn more in: Middle School Teachers' Sensemaking of Job-Embedded Learning

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Continuing teacher education in content knowledge and instructional practice. Learn more in: Engaging Teachers in Science Practices and Discourse Through Online Professional Development

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The term used for activities in which educators improve their knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Learn more in: Systematic Selection of Innovative Pedagogies in Teacher Education Courses and Practica

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Development of knowledge, skills and attitudes of the personnel’s working in industry and practical life. Learn more in: A Study of Problems Faced by Diploma of Associate Engineering Graduates on the Job in Pakistan

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Normally formal training sessions aimed to upskill and update staff to maintain their effectiveness in their job or for career advancement. May be replaced by computer-based training or online courses. Informal learning experiences contributing to professional development are not usually acknowledged although they can also develop the person as a professional. Learn more in: Using an Adapted Continuous Practice Improvement Model to Support the Professional Development of Teachers in a Collaborative Online Environment

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Training to enhance and improve teacher and administrator skill sets. Learn more in: Growth Models in the Age of School Reform and Accountability: Policy, Practice, and Implications

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Learning opportunities designed to strengthen the knowledge and skills of working professionals. Learn more in: Learning to Partner: Implementation of a Partnership to Reform High School English Instruction

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Throughout this chapter, I employ the term professional development to indicate formal (and to some extent informal) access to further training in pedagogy and technology for faculty members. Formal access is provided through workshops, training cohorts, and facilitated discussion groups. Informal access is provided through one-on-one consultation between instructors and WPAs, instructional design experts, or even other instructors. Learn more in: Reshaping Institutional Mission: OWI and Writing Program Administration

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Training, coaching, and support provided to inservice teachers. Learn more in: Evolution of Covert Coaching as an Evidence-Based Practice in Professional Development and Preparation of Teachers

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Earning or maintaining professional credentials. Learn more in: Teaching Using the Cloud: The Author's Personal Cloudy Reflections!

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A lifelong process in which professional knowledge is questioned, revised, and gradually improved by collective research of their own practice in concrete institution. It is common, collaborative, networked research, interpretation and understanding of the existing, and joint construction of better education practice. Learn more in: Educational Paradigm and Professional Development: Dimensions of the Culture of Educational Institution

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For teachers this is a formal process of continued learning through coursework, conferences, and other forms of training, which is mandatory in some states of Australia. Learn more in: Re-Educating the Educators: Collaborative 3D Printing Education

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Learning aimed at improving work-related skills. Learn more in: A Study of Novice Faculty Members' Experiences During the Mentoring Process

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Specialized or advanced training that allows practitioners to improve their practice. Learn more in: Engaging Online K-12 Students: Using Instant Messaging to Foster Teacher-Student Relationships

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On-going, regular sessions conducted in a collaborative setting to provide training for teachers. The goals include improving pedagogical skills, content knowledge, and instructional practice in the classroom. Learn more in: Critical Thinking: Centering Teachers' Knowledge and Understanding

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A form of vocational training that allows someone to acquire new knowledge and skills that relate to his/her profession, job responsibilities, or work environment. Learn more in: An Authentic and Sustainable STEM Pre-Service Teacher Professional Development Model: Authentic Learning Experience and Preparing for Tomorrow's STEM Professionals

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A planned, comprehensive and systemic program of goals-driven, competency-based training activities that promotes productive change in individuals and school structures. The activities are interrelated and cumulative, complement the school’s and district’s vision/strategic mission and reflect all key constituencies. Learn more in: Ensuring Quality in Technology-Focused Professional Development

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Training for instructors designed with the intent to make them better educators. Learn more in: Federal Funding for Career and Technical Education

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The process of learning undertaken to build the capacity of people working in a particular occupation or organization. Learn more in: Selecting Open Source Software for Use in Schools

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Refers to a process involving activities designed to improve professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes on topics of interest with the goal of improving professional practice and student learning. Learn more in: Helping Faculty Design Online Courses in Higher Education

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Increase in the capacity of adults in organizations to achieve goals. Learn more in: Building Knowledge without Borders: Using ICT to Develop a Binational Education Research Community

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The process of advancing the skills and capabilities of a group of practictioners. Learn more in: Level Up: Multiple Player Professional Development

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Opportunities for teachers and staff to engage in learning specific to topics related to improving their curriculum and delivery of instruction. Learn more in: Challenges to Implementing STEM Professional Development From an Ecological Systems Perspective

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Teachers learn knowledge and skills related to classroom teaching and management through all types of learning opportunities, including pre- and in- service training, workshops, college courses, conferences, etc., both for personal development and for career advancement. Learn more in: Pedagogical Challenges in Cross-Cultural Chinese Language Teaching: Perceptions and Experiences of Chinese Immersion Teachers in the U.S.

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An ongoing learning process often carried out at or as an extension to the workplace. Learn more in: Virtual Reality (VR) Applications in Learning: “Living Autism”

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Opportunities for instructors to enhance their skills carrying out a particular concept in their pedagogical practices or to increase their knowledge of their subject matter area. Learn more in: Encouraging and Increasing Student Engagement and Participation in an Online Classroom

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Training for K-12 teachers on specific topics with goals of improving the teaching and learning paradigm. Learn more in: An Agile K-12 Approach: Teacher PD for New Learning Ecosystems

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Training provided on a specific topic with the intent of enhancing job knowledge and performance. Learn more in: Teacher Insight on RTI Implementation at the Middle and High School Levels: A Comparative Case Study