Bram Bruggeman 's List: Dissertation

• Professional development refers to the development of a person in his or her professional role. According to Glattenhorn (1987), by gaining increased experience in one’s teaching role they systematically gain increased experience in their professional growth through examination of their teaching ability. Professional workshops and other formally related meetings are a part of the professional development experience (Ganzer, 2000). Much broader in scope than career development, professional development is defined as a growth that occurs through the professional cycle of a teacher (Glattenhorn, 1987). Moreover, professional development and other organized in-service programs are deigned to foster the growth of teachers that can be used for their further development (Crowther et al, 2000). One must examine the content of those experiences through which the process will occur and how it will take place (Ganzer, 2000; Guskey, 2000
• Opportunities for active learning, content knowledge, and the overall coherence of staff development are the top three characteristics of professional development
• refer to a focus on teacher application of learned material
• Richardson
• tatewide, long term with follow-up; encourage collegiality; foster agreement among participants on goals and visions; have a supportive administration; have access to adequate funds for materials, outside speakers, substitute teachers, and so on; encourage and develop agreement among participants; acknowledge participants existing beliefs and practices; and make use of outside facilitator/staff developers.” (p. 402)
• Cochran-Smith, M., & Lytle
• Guskey
• Richardson

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• Cochran-Smith, M., Lytle, S.L (1999). Relationships of Knowledge and Practice: Teacher Learning in Communities. Review of Research in Education, Jan 1999; vol. 24: pp. 249-305. Retrieved from http://rre.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/24/1/249