ERIC Number: EJ1124712
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jun
Pages: 6
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The Characteristics of the Systems of Continuing Pedagogical Education in Great Britain, Canada and the USA
Mukan, Nataliya; Myskiv, Iryna; Kravets, Svitlana
Comparative Professional Pedagogy, v6 n2 p20-25 Jun 2016
In the article the systems of continuing pedagogical education in Great Britain, Canada and the USA have been characterized. The main objectives are defined as the theoretical analysis of scientific-pedagogical literature, which highlights different aspects of the problem under research; identification of the common and distinctive features of the systems of continuing pedagogical education in Great Britain, Canada, the USA. The legislative and normative framework of teachers' CPD in Great Britain, Canada and the USA has been highlighted; the levels of the systems of continuing pedagogical education have been presented; the main functions of these systems have been determined; the key models, forms and methods of teachers' CPD have been defined. Foreign and domestic scientists have studied the teachers' CPD: teacher leadership (T. Bush, M. Clement, D. Jackson, D. Pavlou, R. Venderberghe), models, forms and methods of teachers' CPD (L. Chance, A. Hollingsworth, D. Ross, E. Villegas-Reimers), non-formal teachers' CPD (J. Scheerens). The research methodology comprises theoretical (logical, induction and deduction, comparison and compatibility, structural and systematic, analysis and synthesis) and applied (observations, questioning and interviewing) methods. The research results have been presented.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Professional Continuing Education, Faculty Development, Educational Practices, Models, Teacher Leadership, Research Methodology, Collegiality
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain); Canada; United States
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