Teacher self-study as professional development
I am currently working with a senior secondary sport focussed school on a professioanl development initiative based on self-study. I first came across the idea of teacher self-study in the early 2000's while a deputy-principal leading a school cluster professional development initiative supported by the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program funding. However, teacher professional development has long interested me, and I developed a concept of teacher as lead learner during my MEd (Leadership) study - which I previously wrote about at this link . Additionally, for 20 years I served at state and national level as a professional association board member. The main income stream of the association was teacher professional development, largely by conference and workshop type events. The discombobulation here is that teacher professional development literature is consistent in its claims that professional development by conference attendance for most does little to change practice...
