The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on
SPETSES,
GREECE
4-8 July 2001
Researcher, University of South Australia, School of Education, South Australia
Pat Grant
University of South Australia, School of Education, South Australia
What Constitutes Effective Professional Development for Literacy Teachers?
Abstract:
This paper outlines an evaluation of a 2 year professional
development program that was provided for literacy teachers in
South Australia. The program was structured in ways that maximised
opportunities for teachers to learn and was shown to be very
successful. In addition to demonstrating positive outcomes the
evaluative research highlighted a number of factors that impact
on the effectiveness of teacher learning. This paper reports
these findings and recommends a set of guiding principles that
should be incorporated into all professional development programs
for teachers if teacher learning is to be maximised.
Bionote
Carolyn Mathews and Pat Grant are active teachers and researchers
in the University of South Australia. Until recently Carolyn
Mathews was Dean of Teaching and Learning in the University of
South Australia. Carolyn is currently President of the South
Australian Chapter of the Australian College of Education. Pat
Grant is a very experienced literacy teacher/researcher and journal
editor.
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Presentation Type
30 min. Paper
Presentation Equipment and Other Requests
OHP
Speaking Date/Time Restrictions
Country
Australia
