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01 SES 13 B, Teacher Professional Learning As a Response to Issues of Teacher Retention and Recruitment: Perspectives from Iceland, Sweden And England
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Swedish schools face major recruitment needs, while lacking competent preschool teachers and teachers (SOU, 2017:35). Although more people start teaching teacher education and despite many actions to create more, faster and more flexible paths into the teaching profession, it is unlikely that the needs of preschool teachers and teachers can meet in the near future. Teacher's ability to access professional development is a central issue for the future development of Swedish school (OECD, 2015). Partnerships between schools and higher education have been acknowledged internationally as being an important strand in strategies to reduce inequalities, raise the quality of education for all teachers, and enhance the quality and relevance of school education in the twenty-first century (Day & Smethem, 2010). This paper reports on a qualitative study carried out in Sweden that explores the implications for professional learning for schools, teachers and HEIs from off site professional development initiatives in partnership with schools. The research questions that frame the study are: What are the professional development implications for off site professional development for HEIs, schools and teachers? How can the outcomes of these professional development initiatives be understood in terms of possibilities and challenges? This paper is based on a case study that employed a qualitative case study design with a purposive sampling method in order to include schools working with the university (Yin, 2011). Data was collected during 2012-2015 and mainly consisted of interviews, follow up interviews with principals, teachers, and researchers from HEIs, and a part of a teacher questionnaire with open-ended responses. Data from Sweden has been collected, transcribed an analysed using content analysis (Miles et al, 2014). Analysis and interpretation of data collected from Sweden indicates positive outcomes from engagement in this professional development initiative for all parties.
References
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Programme by Network 2019
00. Central Events (Keynotes, EERA-Panel, EERJ Round Table, Invited Sessions)
Network 1. Continuing Professional Development: Learning for Individuals, Leaders, and Organisations
Network 2. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
Network 3. Curriculum Innovation
Network 4. Inclusive Education
Network 5. Children and Youth at Risk and Urban Education
Network 6. Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures
Network 7. Social Justice and Intercultural Education
Network 8. Research on Health Education
Network 9. Assessment, Evaluation, Testing and Measurement
Network 10. Teacher Education Research
Network 11. Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
Network 12. LISnet - Library and Information Science Network
Network 13. Philosophy of Education
Network 14. Communities, Families and Schooling in Educational Research
Network 15. Research Partnerships in Education
Network 16. ICT in Education and Training
Network 17. Histories of Education
Network 18. Research in Sport Pedagogy
Network 19. Ethnography
Network 20. Research in Innovative Intercultural Learning Environments
Network 22. Research in Higher Education
Network 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education
Network 24. Mathematics Education Research
Network 25. Research on Children's Rights in Education
Network 26. Educational Leadership
Network 27. Didactics – Learning and Teaching
Network 28. Sociologies of Education
Network 29. Reserach on Arts Education
Network 30. Research on Environmental und Sustainability Education
Network 31. Research on Language and Education (LEd)
Network 32. Organizational Education
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