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Teacher growth through personalized professional development, 2020

 Item — Call Number: MU Thesis McC
Identifier: b7930176

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of dissertations written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Educational Leadership program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Doctor of Education degree.


During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and School of Education, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.


Dates

  • Creation: 2020

Creator

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Extent

1 Items (print book) : 129 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Research has shown that almost no notable improvements in education occur without professional development (Guskey, 2000); however, nearly half of all American teachers surveyed in 2009 reported that they were dissatisfied with the professional development offerings made available to them (Wei, et al., 2009). In this study, a personalized approach to professional development is implemented among middle level educators, in order to measure its impact on teachers' attitudes towards participation in professional learning and on their growth as practitioners, as measured by the Interconnected Model of Teacher Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth, 2002). This study contains a qualitative analysis of eight educators' experiences with personalized professional development. The educators' responses were analyzed using both an inductive constant comparative method to identify dominant themes, as well as a deductive process of alignment with the domains of the IMTPG to measure participants' growth in practice. Findings reveal teachers had a shift in their attitudes about participating in professional development as a result of personalized PD, connecting their positive experiences to the time and structure of the PD platform, as well as to the essential principles of adult learning (Knowles, 1980, 1984). Additionally, participants demonstrated growth as practitioners, as their responses aligned with movement between the domains of the IMTPG. The results of this study serve to illustrate that personalized PD has a positive impact on teachers' attitudes towards professional learning and on teachers' change and growth in professional practice. The teacher also identifies the critical role of the practice of self-reflection in professional development and offers recommendations for future research.

Partial Contents

List of tables -- List of figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of the literature -- 3. Research design and methodology -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion -- References -- Appendices.

Repository Details

Part of the Monmouth University Library Archives Repository

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