Collaborative professional development and curriculum implementation: insights from program evaluation

• Authors: Cathal de Paor

Title variants

Wspólny rozwój zawodowy nauczycieli i wdrażanie programów nauczania: wnioski z oceny rozwoju zawodowego i programów nauczania

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In its recent Communication, the European Commission calls for greater use of collaborative professional development for teachers in member states (European Commission 2017a). Although peer collaboration is gaining ground, it has not yet become the norm across Europe. Undoubtedly, different kinds of continuing professional development (CPD) are more conducive than others for being collaborative. However, if the intention is to develop teacher collaboration in their routine work, then it makes sense that, where appropriate, the CPD provided should also be collaborative. A form of CPD that is relevant for all countries is the kind offered by external coaches visiting schools to support curriculum reform. This article examines the lessons that can be learned from an evaluation of such a national program of CPD in Ireland. While there were various organizational issues that impeded the nature and extent of teacher collaboration in the CPD, it is argued that the external coach played an important role in creating the conditions for collaborative practices among the teachers later on, including peer coaching. This can then support the cultivation of a culture of ‘collaborative professionalism’ in schools, as opposed to simply ‘professional collaboration’ (Hargreaves, O’Connor 2017).

PL

W ostatnim komunikacie Komisja Europejska apeluje o zwiększenie działań na rzecz „wielowymiarowego”, ale uwzględniającego wspólne w państwach członkowskich wymogi w zakresie rozwoju zawodowego nauczycieli (Komisja Europejska 2017a). Chociaż współpraca nauczycieli w tym zakresie zyskuje coraz bardziej na popularności, to jednak nie stała się jeszcze normą w całej Europie. Nadal preferuje się odmienne ścieżki rozwoju zawodowego nauczycieli (CPD) jako bardziej sprzyjające niż osiąganie wspólnych standardów w tym zakresie. Intencją komisji jest zachęcanie do poszerzania współpracy między nauczycielami, by eliminować z ich pracy rutynę. Ma to sens tylko wówczas, kiedy profesjonalny rozwój zawodowy nauczycieli (CPD) opiera się również na wielowymiarowej i dogłębnej współpracy. Formą wspomagania doskonalenia zawodowego nauczycieli, która ma miejsce we wszystkich krajach UE, jest oferta wspierania realizacji programów kształcenia w szkołach przez zewnętrznych doradców czy trenerów. W artykule poddano analizie wnioski, które zostały wyciągnięte z ewaluacji krajowego programu doskonalenia zawodowego nauczycieli (CPD) w Irlandii. Pomimo istniejących różnych problemów w organizacji takich form doskonalenia, które utrudniają zakres współpracy nauczycieli, okazało się, że coach odegrał ważną rolę w tworzeniu warunków dla doskonalenia własnej praktyki dzięki kontynuowaniu przez nauczycieli współpracy po wsparciu przez niego w ramach przeprowadzonego coachingu. Troska zatem o kulturę głębokiego, wielowymiarowego, profesjonalnego współdziałania nauczycieli ze sobą z różnych szkół, w przeciwieństwie do „profesjonalnej współpracy” jedynie we własnej placówce, może okazać się bardziej owocną w ich pracy (Hargreaves, O’Connor 2017).

Keywords

EN

collaboration; professional development; coaching; curriculum

PL

współpraca; rozwój zawodowy nauczycieli; coaching; program kształcenia; współpraca; rozwój zawodowy nauczycieli; coaching; program kształcenia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Nauki o Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 128-142

Dates

published

2018-06-30

Contributors

author

Cathal de Paor

• Mary Immaculate College, Faculty of Education, Director of Continuing Professional Development, CPD, South Circular Road, Limerick, Ireland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2450-4491.06.11