Teacher opinions about school and teacher professional development
Künye
Erzen, E . (2018). Teacher opinions about school and teacher professional development . Studies in Educational Research and Development , 2 (1) , 1-31 . Retrieved from http://serd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/pub/issue/38027/370639Özet
This study aims to evaluate teacher opinions about the professional development. The
sample consists of 8 teachers from different branches. These teachers were selected from
two schools with the best and the worst professional development conditions in line
with extreme or deviant case sampling. Semi structured interview form was employed
as the data collection tool. Firstly, the study analyses self-development opportunities of
the teachers within the education system and the schools. Secondly, it addresses the
perceptions of the teachers about the teacher development roles in the schools. Lastly, it
investigates the professional development problems of the teachers that should be
resolved and the difficulties encountered in this process. Within the qualitative research
framework, the data obtained was analysed via descriptive analysis, content analysis
and constant comparison method. The findings illustrate that professional development
of the teachers is largely unsystematic and varies from one school to another. The
implications of the interviews are that the number, accessibility and quality of the inservice trainings should be enhanced.