What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact

© 2019 International Professional Development Association (IPDA). Although school and education system leaders can mandate teachers’ participation in professional development activities, various school-related, teacher-related and student-related factors influence the degree to which professiona...

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Main Authors: McChesney, Katrina, Aldridge, Jill
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80088
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description © 2019 International Professional Development Association (IPDA). Although school and education system leaders can mandate teachers’ participation in professional development activities, various school-related, teacher-related and student-related factors influence the degree to which professional development opportunities ultimately result in the desired teaching and learning impacts. This study examined teachers’ perceptions of the factors that influenced the impacts of a range of professional development activities in which they had participated. Constructivist grounded theory analysis of qualitative data provided by 131 teachers (reflecting 15 nationalities) led to the development of a new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development activities to student impacts. The model involved five stages: intended professional development, received professional development, accepted professional development, applied professional development and student impacts. Various barriers influenced whether professional development was able to progress to each successive stage; the current data provided particular insight into the structural barriers that determined whether intended professional development was actually received by teachers and the acceptance barriers that determined whether received professional development was actually accepted by teachers. The new model extends existing frameworks by highlighting the importance of contextual influences on teacher professional development and providing further specificity regarding some of the gatekeeping factors that influence the outcomes of teacher professional development.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-800882020-08-13T02:57:24Z What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact McChesney, Katrina Aldridge, Jill Social Sciences Education & Educational Research Teacher professional development teacher learning impact barriers school improvement constructivist grounded theory PRACTITIONER-LED EVALUATION SENSE-MAKING SCIENCE POLICY SENSEMAKING EDUCATION STUDENTS NEED © 2019 International Professional Development Association (IPDA). Although school and education system leaders can mandate teachers’ participation in professional development activities, various school-related, teacher-related and student-related factors influence the degree to which professional development opportunities ultimately result in the desired teaching and learning impacts. This study examined teachers’ perceptions of the factors that influenced the impacts of a range of professional development activities in which they had participated. Constructivist grounded theory analysis of qualitative data provided by 131 teachers (reflecting 15 nationalities) led to the development of a new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development activities to student impacts. The model involved five stages: intended professional development, received professional development, accepted professional development, applied professional development and student impacts. Various barriers influenced whether professional development was able to progress to each successive stage; the current data provided particular insight into the structural barriers that determined whether intended professional development was actually received by teachers and the acceptance barriers that determined whether received professional development was actually accepted by teachers. The new model extends existing frameworks by highlighting the importance of contextual influences on teacher professional development and providing further specificity regarding some of the gatekeeping factors that influence the outcomes of teacher professional development. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80088 10.1080/19415257.2019.1667412 English ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD restricted
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Education & Educational Research
Teacher professional development
teacher learning
impact
barriers
school improvement
constructivist grounded theory
PRACTITIONER-LED EVALUATION
SENSE-MAKING
SCIENCE
POLICY
SENSEMAKING
EDUCATION
STUDENTS
NEED
McChesney, Katrina
Aldridge, Jill
What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
title What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
title_full What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
title_fullStr What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
title_full_unstemmed What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
title_short What gets in the way? A new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
title_sort what gets in the way? a new conceptual model for the trajectory from teacher professional development to impact
topic Social Sciences
Education & Educational Research
Teacher professional development
teacher learning
impact
barriers
school improvement
constructivist grounded theory
PRACTITIONER-LED EVALUATION
SENSE-MAKING
SCIENCE
POLICY
SENSEMAKING
EDUCATION
STUDENTS
NEED
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80088