TY - JOUR
T1 - What is professional development, how does it occur in individuals, and how may it be used by educational leaders and managers for the purpose of school improvement?
AU - Mitchell, Rafael
PY - 2013/7/1
Y1 - 2013/7/1
N2 - This article considers the nature of professional development, how it occurs in individuals, and how educational leaders and managers can facilitate professional development for the purpose of school improvement. Social theories of learning provide compelling explanations of the conditions through which professional development occurs in and among individuals within a community of practice. Research into professional learning communities suggests ways forward for educational leaders and managers to foster environments in which individual and organisational learning is optimised through collaboration and shared leadership.
AB - This article considers the nature of professional development, how it occurs in individuals, and how educational leaders and managers can facilitate professional development for the purpose of school improvement. Social theories of learning provide compelling explanations of the conditions through which professional development occurs in and among individuals within a community of practice. Research into professional learning communities suggests ways forward for educational leaders and managers to foster environments in which individual and organisational learning is optimised through collaboration and shared leadership.
KW - professional development
KW - professional learning community
KW - school improvement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878634635&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19415257.2012.762721
DO - 10.1080/19415257.2012.762721
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:84878634635
SN - 1941-5257
VL - 39
SP - 387
EP - 400
JO - Professional Development in Education
JF - Professional Development in Education
IS - 3
ER -