professional development and teacher learning at an open distance learning university (odl) in south africa

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2016
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Abstract
Quality education requires quality training internationally and nationally.Professional development of staff for student learning is thus essential in a fast-changing, complex,globalisedknowledge environment. This paper explores howone open-distance learning (ODL) university in South Africa plansprofessionaldevelopment for the training of undergraduate teachers to improve teachingpractices, leading to students learning more.Usinga qualitative research paradigmand a phenomenological design, data were collected from six purposely selected,fourth-year undergraduate student teachers and analysed according to Giorgi’sphenomenological methods. The results confirm previous studies, fortheparticipantsfeltthatit wasimportantto establishcommunitiesof practicewithintheirindividualsubjectareas,to enable themto sharetheirexperiencesandmaintaintheirpassionforteaching.This study recommends thatthe IT supportpersonnel in the Department of Basic Education, provides learning materialsneededbyschools and assist in the training of teachers forquality training.
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Authors ;A. K. Isabirye;K.C. Moloi
Journal journal of politics
Year 2016
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http://www.sobiad.org/eJOURNALS/journal_IJSS/arhieves/IJSS2016_2/paper24_Isabirye_Moloi.pdf
Keywords
history of scholarship and learning the humanitiessocial sciencessocial sciences (general)

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