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Professional Development of Teachers
Amit Ahuja
University School of Education, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India.
ABSTRACT
Teaching requires expertness which proliferates over the time. Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained
for personal as well as career development. Continuous professional development of teachers is the need of the hour because the
studentshavetofacetheeverchangingworld.Theknowledgedomain,lifelonglearning,pedagogy,informationandcommunication
technology, communication are the core areas which should be addressed through professional development programmes of
teachers.For transacting the professional development programmes agencies like NCERT, State Education Departments, Centre of
Advanced Studies in Education etc. undertake the responsibilities.
Keywords: Development, Communication
Teaching, as a professional career, requires expertness which
85) is of the following views with respect to teachers that is
proliferates if the person is instrumental enough in undergoing
Teacher
professional development and is capable enough in bringing
(1)
as an agent of change and cooperation with
substantial changes in the desired directions over the time.
community.
Professional development refers to skills and knowledge
attained for personal as well as career development. It
(2)
to remain up-to- date (in the context of explosion of
encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities,
knowledge ).
ranging from college degrees to formal coursework,
(3)
to adopt new methodology to utilize interactive
conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in
methods of instructions. A dynamic teacher can
practice. In this information based and technology oriented
engage students “meaningfully” in classrooms-
era, professional development of teachers is indispensable as
meaningfully
means
active
participation
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National Commission on Teachers for Higher Education (1983-
involvement of students leading to some skill
development, on their part, ultimately leading
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to learning. This requires substantial qualitative
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enrichment of teachers through teacher education
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programmes which may be facilitated by developing
a continuous professional development programmes
for them preferably at in-service level. For example,
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in seminars, conferences besides formal sessions,
teachers may be encouraged to share their views/
Address for correspondence
Amit Ahuja, University School of Education, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India.
E-mail: amitahuja@ipu.ac.in
Submission: 12 January, 2015
Accepted : 20 February, 2015
Acceptance: 13 March, 2015
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