ERIC Number: EJ1193968
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 13
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Teacher-Led Professional Learning in Tanzania: Perspectives of Mathematics Teacher Leaders
Swai, Calvin Zakaria; Glanfield, Florence
Global Education Review, v5 n3 p183-195 2018
This paper explores the perspectives of mathematics teacher leaders (MTLs) on teacher-led professional learning (TLPL). Shaped by notions of symbolic interactionism, the study employed a multisite case study design. Empirical data were collected through in-depth interviews. The study revealed the practice of TLPL influential in facilitating teacher participation and engagement in learning; encouraging long-term teacher collaboration and interaction; inviting integration of teaching experiences; inviting contextualization of professional learning; and more importantly, in promoting sustainability of professional learning of mathematics teachers. A significant implication of this study is that the education system of Tanzania needs to encourage and empower mathematics teachers to become teacher leaders for them to be able to lead and support the professional learning of mathematics teachers within their schools.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Collaboration, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Participation, Elementary School Mathematics, Rural Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Tanzania
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