PLATO PLATO Universiteit Leiden Trends in professional development and learning of teachers

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PLATO Universiteit Leiden

Trends in professional development and learning of teachers

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Outline of the presentation

• What is professionalism• Perspectives on

professional learning• More than teachers• Who are the teacher

educators• What are the learning

conditions

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PLATO Universiteit LeidenJaap van Lakerveld, PLATO Universiteit Leiden

Professionals

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Professionalism

• No amateurs

• ‘Technologically developed

• Scientific/empirical underpinning

• Validated and checked

• Aimed at developing the profession and at professional development

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Trends in learning

• Man’s smartest invention• The computer as a

metaphor of the human mind

• Computers throughout the decades

• Perceptions of the human mind

• Views on learning

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Inventions as metaphors

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Computers and the human mind

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The sixties

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Behaviourism Learning is being trained

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The seventies

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CognitivismLearning is information processing

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The eighties

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ConstructivismLearning is developing your own knowledge

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The nineties

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Social ConstructivismLearning is co-operative learning

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The turn of the Millennium

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ConnectionismLearning is connecting

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ConnectivismLearning is networking

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Nowadays Eclecticism

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From down loading to up loading

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So how did we learn?

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How did we learn?

• We listened to teachers• We studied books/subjects• We applied our knowledge

and made assignments• We answered questions• We rehearsed• Our work was assessed• We passed or failed• We became knowledgeable

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And how do we learn today?

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How do we learn today?• We search and scan• We contact experts or peers• We read, watch, zap, chat,

skipe• We plan and act• We tap and download• We copy and paste• We produce, create and design • We present results, build

portfolios• We upload and share• We discuss and debate• We (try to) become competent

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Professional learning today

• Self directed learning

• Constructivist learning

• Contextual learning

• Social learning

• Multi-medial learning

• Knowledge

production/creation

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Teachers, educators and other

professionals

school

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More than teachers

• Developers• Teachers• Mentors• Counsellors• Social workers• Managers• School leaders• Supporting staff

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More than education

• Nutrition• Well being• Health• Social & civic behaviour• Living in the digital world• Living in the cultural diversity• Initiative and

entrepreneurship

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More than teacher education

• Programmes• Guidelines• Manuals • Training courses• Projects• Networking• Data bases• Communities of practice• Mobility• Study visits• International co-operation

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Schools as learning environments for

teachers• Knowledge productivity• Dialogues• Experiential learning• Mutual feedback• Monitoring and evaluation• Professional autonomy• Shared responsibility• Professional development

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Working is learning and

learning worksProfessional learning Management EDUCATION

work based learningself communitiy of practice

Linked in Face book Comenius

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What is next?

• Inservice training of teachers • School based inservice

education of teachers • Contextual learning in

management and teaching• ???

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PLATO Universiteit LeidenSystematic Exploration of Teachers Ambitions Needs and Targets

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