English language teachers’ insights into continuous professional development: A cross-case exploration

Authors : Serhat BAŞAR, Halenur ÇELİKTÜRK, İrem ÇOMOĞLU

Pages : 55-80

Doi:10.47216/literacytrek.793002

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Publication Date : 2020-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This qualitative cross-case study explores and reflects on the insights of six English language teachers working at one secondary school and one tertiary level institution in Turkey regarding the Continuous Professional Development insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CPD); practices offered by their institutions respectively. It also investigates what contextual factors interact with these teachers’ insights and experiences about CPD as part of teacher education regarding within-case and cross-case differences. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews, written reflections and program documents and analysed using a descriptive coding strategy. The findings reveal that the participant teachers consider CPD as a customized, practice-focused, collaborative and reflective endeavour. Implications for future continuous professional development programs are also discussed.
Keywords : Continuous Professional Development CPD, English language teachers, teacher insights, cross case

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