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Trends in professional development and learning of teachers
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Outline of the presentation
• What is professionalism• Perspectives on
professional learning• More than teachers• Who are the teacher
educators• What are the learning
conditions
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PLATO Universiteit LeidenJaap van Lakerveld, PLATO Universiteit Leiden
Professionals
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Professionalism
• No amateurs
• ‘Technologically developed
• Scientific/empirical underpinning
• Validated and checked
• Aimed at developing the profession and at professional development
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Trends in learning
• Man’s smartest invention• The computer as a
metaphor of the human mind
• Computers throughout the decades
• Perceptions of the human mind
• Views on learning
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Inventions as metaphors
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Computers and the human mind
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The sixties
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Behaviourism Learning is being trained
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The seventies
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CognitivismLearning is information processing
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The eighties
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ConstructivismLearning is developing your own knowledge
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The nineties
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Social ConstructivismLearning is co-operative learning
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The turn of the Millennium
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ConnectionismLearning is connecting
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ConnectivismLearning is networking
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Nowadays Eclecticism
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From down loading to up loading
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So how did we learn?
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How did we learn?
• We listened to teachers• We studied books/subjects• We applied our knowledge
and made assignments• We answered questions• We rehearsed• Our work was assessed• We passed or failed• We became knowledgeable
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And how do we learn today?
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How do we learn today?• We search and scan• We contact experts or peers• We read, watch, zap, chat,
skipe• We plan and act• We tap and download• We copy and paste• We produce, create and design • We present results, build
portfolios• We upload and share• We discuss and debate• We (try to) become competent
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Professional learning today
• Self directed learning
• Constructivist learning
• Contextual learning
• Social learning
• Multi-medial learning
• Knowledge
production/creation
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Teachers, educators and other
professionals
school
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More than teachers
• Developers• Teachers• Mentors• Counsellors• Social workers• Managers• School leaders• Supporting staff
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More than education
• Nutrition• Well being• Health• Social & civic behaviour• Living in the digital world• Living in the cultural diversity• Initiative and
entrepreneurship
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More than teacher education
• Programmes• Guidelines• Manuals • Training courses• Projects• Networking• Data bases• Communities of practice• Mobility• Study visits• International co-operation
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Schools as learning environments for
teachers• Knowledge productivity• Dialogues• Experiential learning• Mutual feedback• Monitoring and evaluation• Professional autonomy• Shared responsibility• Professional development
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Working is learning and
learning worksProfessional learning Management EDUCATION
work based learningself communitiy of practice
Linked in Face book Comenius
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What is next?
• Inservice training of teachers • School based inservice
education of teachers • Contextual learning in
management and teaching• ???
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PLATO Universiteit LeidenSystematic Exploration of Teachers Ambitions Needs and Targets
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