Workshops
Welcome
Welcome to the DBS Learning & Teaching Professional Development support website.
These pages contain resources for the series of workshops to support you in your development as a teacher. The workshops are designed for all levels of teachers as outlined in the National Forum's planning report. So, whether you are new to teaching or an experienced teacher interested in further development, there is a workshop for you!
What is professional development?
• ‘[F]ormal courses and programs in professional education and … the formal and informal development of professional skill that occurs in the work-place’ (Dall’Alba and Sandberg, 2006, p.384).
• It can refer to engagement with accredited modules or programmes, participating in a workshop, presenting at a conference, or undertaking pedagogical research, to name a few common professional development activities teachers undertake.
• Kennedy (2005) sets out nine models of professional development across a spectrum moving towards what she refers to as ‘increased capacity for professional autonomy’.
References:
Dall’Alba, G. and Sandberg, J. (2006) ‘Unveiling Professional Development: A Critical Review of Stage Models’. Review of Educational Research, 76(3): 383–412.
Kennedy, A. (2005) ‘Models of Continuing Professional Development: A Framework for Analysis’. Journal of In-service Education, 31: 235–250. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ pdf/10.1080/13674580500200277 [Accessed January 2015]
Benchmarking our Professional Development
This DBS initiative is an in-house response to the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education project: Mapping Professional Development Pathways. A summary is available in PDF format here.