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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Teacher professional development has been one of the main avenues through which Caribbean nation states have sought to reform and modernize their education systems. Several models have been adopted over the past four decades ...

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 ...