The purpose of this research report is to record and analyse the school initiation and
implementation of Professional Development for teachers in South African schools. The
literature review highlights a number of key terms, namely: professionalism, the status of
teachers, teacher appraisal and accountability and instructional improvement. Two
significant findings are 1) that teachers find that the new curriculum intensifies their
work, leading to some form of de-professionalization, and 2) that teachers prefer
professional development related to discipline and classroom management rather than
instructional improvement.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/4917 |
| Date | 03 June 2008 |
| Creators | Ryan, Ellenore Dinah |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 214446 bytes, 11142 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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