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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Maria-
dc.contributor.authorGauci, Phyllisienne-
dc.contributor.authorPulis, Angele-
dc.contributor.authorScerri, Roberta-
dc.contributor.authorVella, Claudia-
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-25T10:29:39Z-
dc.date.available2017-07-25T10:29:39Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationBrowns, M., Gauci, P., Pulis, A., & Scerri, R. (2015). Professional development of teachers at Malta’s Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School: contributions from a stake-holding think tank. Malta Review for Educational Research, 9(1), 137-170.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn17269725-
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/20659-
dc.description.abstractThis paper synthesises a group of educators’ engagement with an action research project endorsed by the Council of Europe’s Pestalozzi Programme’s Action Research Group 2013 – 2014. Educators fulfilling duties at Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School (GCHSS) collaborated within the context of a think-tank by engaging in action research on professional development for teachers at Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School (PDGCHSS). Data that emerged from the foregoing research indicate that professional development (PD) should be grounded in, and not disconnected from, the school-context, and must be relevant to the teachers’ everyday teaching. In addition, knowledge gained from PD training should not be sporadic or disconnected, but transferable to everyday practice. A highly bureaucratized system and lack of resources, such as time, financial resources and technological skills, are detrimental to teachers’ motivation for PDen_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Malta. Faculty of Educationen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectTeachers -- Job satisfaction -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectTeachers -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectCareer development -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectPostsecondary education -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectAction research -- Maltaen_GB
dc.titleProfessional development of teachers at Malta’s Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School : contributions from a stake-holding think tanken_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.publication.titleMalta Review of Educational Researchen_GB
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