Teacher Research as a Means to Create Teachers' Communities in Inservice Programs

Teachers' professional development programs should fulfill three key requirements: updating, innovation and research. Therefore, universities should make plans to respond to those parameters. In addition, a common concern among teachers and educational authorities nowadays is the develpment of...

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Main Author: Melba Libia Cárdenas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Colombiana de Profesores de Ingles 2016-01-01
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Online Access:http://howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/185
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description Teachers' professional development programs should fulfill three key requirements: updating, innovation and research. Therefore, universities should make plans to respond to those parameters. In addition, a common concern among teachers and educational authorities nowadays is the develpment of students' competencies. In view of this, classroom teachers and universities have stressed the need of thinking about teachers' competencies and ways to facilitate or bring about teacher change and better teaching performances. In this article, I will refer to teachers' communities or teacher study groups as a way to foster teacher development and teacher research.
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teacher study groups
title Teacher Research as a Means to Create Teachers' Communities in Inservice Programs
title_full Teacher Research as a Means to Create Teachers' Communities in Inservice Programs
title_fullStr Teacher Research as a Means to Create Teachers' Communities in Inservice Programs
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title_short Teacher Research as a Means to Create Teachers' Communities in Inservice Programs
title_sort teacher research as a means to create teachers communities in inservice programs
topic professional development
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students' competencies
teachers' competencies
teacher study groups
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