The challenges of school-based teacher development initiatives in South Africa and the potential of cluster teaching
This article examines the challenges of teacher development strategies in post-1994 South Africa by arguing that school-based development initiatives address teachers’ specific development needs and that it is imperative to understand the conditions under which these initiatives can have a positive...
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University of the Free State
2013-03-01
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This article examines the challenges of teacher development strategies in post-1994 South Africa by arguing that school-based development initiatives address teachers’ specific development needs and that it is imperative to understand the conditions under which these initiatives can have a positive impact on teachers. A framework is developed through which to examine why TD initiatives evolve over time and why teachers do not benefit equally from these. It illustrates this by reporting on some research findings on the potential and limitations of school-based teacher development through a cluster case study, which could be described as a South African version of a Professional Learning Community.
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| spelling | doaj.art-329aae630eff44b790230b868b33be322024-03-07T11:18:05ZengUniversity of the Free StatePerspectives in Education0258-22362519-593X2013-03-01311The challenges of school-based teacher development initiatives in South Africa and the potential of cluster teachingF. de Clercq0R. Phiri1University of the WitwatersrandUniversity of the Witwatersrand This article examines the challenges of teacher development strategies in post-1994 South Africa by arguing that school-based development initiatives address teachers’ specific development needs and that it is imperative to understand the conditions under which these initiatives can have a positive impact on teachers. A framework is developed through which to examine why TD initiatives evolve over time and why teachers do not benefit equally from these. It illustrates this by reporting on some research findings on the potential and limitations of school-based teacher development through a cluster case study, which could be described as a South African version of a Professional Learning Community. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/article/view/1796teacher developmentcluster teachingprofessional learning community |
| spellingShingle | F. de Clercq R. Phiri The challenges of school-based teacher development initiatives in South Africa and the potential of cluster teaching Perspectives in Education teacher development cluster teaching professional learning community |
| title | The challenges of school-based teacher development initiatives in South Africa and the potential of cluster teaching |
| title_full | The challenges of school-based teacher development initiatives in South Africa and the potential of cluster teaching |
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| title_short | The challenges of school-based teacher development initiatives in South Africa and the potential of cluster teaching |
| title_sort | challenges of school based teacher development initiatives in south africa and the potential of cluster teaching |
| topic | teacher development cluster teaching professional learning community |
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