ERIC Number: EJ1147624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jul
Pages: 14
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ISSN: EISSN-1302-6488
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E-Coaching, E-Mentoring for Lifelong Professional Development of Teachers within the System of Post-Graduate Pedagogical Education
Kovalchuck, Vasyl; Vorotnykova, Iryna
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, v18 n3 Article 14 Jul 2017
The research considers the readiness of teachers and postgraduate pedagogical educational establishments to use e-coaching and e-mentoring which can provide continuous professional development of teachers. The use of theoretical methods of systematization and comparison of scientific statements, experience in implementing e-coaching, e-mentoring has identified the possibility of using e-coaching and e-mentoring in postgraduate pedagogical education in continuous professional development of teachers. Monitoring and questioning have proved the idea that teachers require the new content of postgraduate education for their own professional development. They are interested in mastering new technologies, delivering master-classes and demonstration lessons. The results of the discussion in focus groups including representatives of the administration of educational establishments, teachers and lecturers of postgraduate pedagogical educational establishments are shown in the SWOT-analysis. The experts confirmed the need and possibility of the e-coaching and e-mentoring implementation in postgraduate pedagogical education. The major risks of e-coaching and e-mentoring implementation in postgraduate pedagogical education are e-coaches' and e-mentors' training and ICT competence. The Internet services, e-coaching and e-mentoring applications and programs are able to provide continuous professional development of teachers. The educational and professional e-coaching and e-mentoring programs require further studying in postgraduate pedagogical education.
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Mentors, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Professional Continuing Education, Information Technology, Comparative Analysis, Strategic Planning, Research Methodology, Teacher Surveys, Technology Uses in Education, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ukraine
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