Harnessing Professional Development for Educators: A Global Toolkit
Aug 2022 · McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
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224
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This book celebrates the benefits of continuing professional development (CPD) for your growth as an educator. The authors weave together an international selection of case studies to offer CPD which transcends educational trends. Thematic chapters put your professional identity at the heart of the book and encourage you to take control of your career development, allowing you to show leadership whatever your role.
This book:
•Challenges you to reflect on and evaluate your experiences of professional development
•Includes reflection points and personal development planning to support your reading
•Places equity and social justice at the heart of effective personal development
•Encompasses the challenges and opportunities of embracing digital technologies
•Illustrates professional development for leaders and educators in a range of cultures and contexts
Drawing on multiple global perspectives of professional development in education and training from early childhood to higher education settings, this book offers strategies for all career stages: from the student educator to the experienced senior leader and is the perfect fuel for career development.
“As well as being a valuable contribution to professional knowledge in this field, this resource can be thoroughly recommended to educational professionals as a guide to practice.”
Professor David Egan, Emeritus Professor of Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
“This book is well written and is crucial for any educator at any stage of the education landscape.”
Paul Miller, PhD, Professor of Educational Leadership & Social Justice
Alison Fox, Helen Hendry and Deborah Cooper are colleagues in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University, UK, and teach on the Masters in Education programme, in particular the Leadership and Management and Learning and Teaching pathways. They engage in international research associated with professional learning.
This book:
•Challenges you to reflect on and evaluate your experiences of professional development
•Includes reflection points and personal development planning to support your reading
•Places equity and social justice at the heart of effective personal development
•Encompasses the challenges and opportunities of embracing digital technologies
•Illustrates professional development for leaders and educators in a range of cultures and contexts
Drawing on multiple global perspectives of professional development in education and training from early childhood to higher education settings, this book offers strategies for all career stages: from the student educator to the experienced senior leader and is the perfect fuel for career development.
“As well as being a valuable contribution to professional knowledge in this field, this resource can be thoroughly recommended to educational professionals as a guide to practice.”
Professor David Egan, Emeritus Professor of Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
“This book is well written and is crucial for any educator at any stage of the education landscape.”
Paul Miller, PhD, Professor of Educational Leadership & Social Justice
Alison Fox, Helen Hendry and Deborah Cooper are colleagues in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University, UK, and teach on the Masters in Education programme, in particular the Leadership and Management and Learning and Teaching pathways. They engage in international research associated with professional learning.
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