Professional Development Of Teachers

Abstract

The professional development of teachers is regarded as an individual and collective process that should be accomplished in the workplace of the teacher, i.e. the school. The most traditional form of professional development is the typical in service staff training that includes the use of workshops, short seminars and courses. Professional development is the process by which, alone and with others, teachers review, renew and extend their commitment as change agents to the moral purposes of teaching ; and by which they acquire and develop critically the knowledge, skills, planning and practice with children, young people and colleagues through each phase of their teaching lives. Within our context, we are in a position to refer to other notions: permanent training, continued training, in service, human resources development, life-long learning, re-cycling or skill-building courses. The concept development has a connotation related to evolution and continuity which, in our opinion, goes beyond the traditional overlapping of basic and continued teacher education. The professional development of teachers is a broad area which includes any activity or process intent on improving dexterity, attitudes, understanding or involvement in current or future roles. Professional development and change processes are intrinsically connected variables. Professional development sets out to promote change in teachers, so that they may grow as professionals and also as individuals. A large amount of research has focused on trying to understand how, exactly, these changes and developments are constructed as learning. In the study of change processes, emphasis is given to the prejudice and beliefs of teachers. Professional development of teachers is pretty important. A motivated and informed teacher with great inspiring skills is considered to be the most vital factor influencing. In my opinion effective professional development for teachers is continuous, comprehensive, and incessant. It must go on forever like a never –ending brook.