This chapter presents results of researches on teacher education and its contemporary outlines and challenges. It brings together data from bibliographic reviews, documental analyses and empirical studies conducted by the ...

This article addresses questions related to teacher professionalism in Trinidad and Tobago, including how teachers are trained to be professional and the extent to which the formal education system in Trinidad and Tobago ...

This article bemoans the indifference of many teachers in Trinidad and Tobago to the issue of teacher professionalism, and suggests that most teachers engage in professional development only for the purpose of certification ...

This article identifies the culture of certification that pervades the teaching profession in Trinidad and Tobago as a constraint on the professionalism of teachers. It makes suggestions on ways in which the stakeholders ...

Originating in Japan, the lesson study (jugyo kenkyu) is a collaborative and reflective teacher professional development process, centered on the teaching practice. Due to its development dynamics and possibilities to ...

This study examined the outcome of an in-service postgraduate professional development programme for secondary school teachers in a developing country. It investigated the influence of the programme after completion, with ...

A review of publications in Teaching and Teacher Education over ten years (2000e2010) on teacher professional development is the subject of the paper. The first part synthesises production referred to learning, facilitation ...

This article identifies the need for professional development in order to enhance teaching practice and increase teachers' orientation to innovation. It outlines the role of the Ministry of Education in the professional ...