OLCreate: PUB_6021_1.0: TESSA Research Theme 3: Teacher education and professional development

TESSA Research Theme 3: Teacher education and professional development

Teacher education is complex and in many countries is under review. How can optimal teacher learning be facilitated? This theme explores how pedagogic change can be supported at all levels of the system so that teacher education is more relevant to the needs of teachers.

Papers, presentations and publications

Training teachers for inclusive education. Amivi-Cra Komlam and Michele Deane

Stutchbury, Kris (2014). In pursuit of quality: the challenges and opportunities for teacher education. In: AFTRA, 2014, Jul 2014, Accra, Ghana.

Femmes et TIC en Afrique Michèle Deane

New modes of communication technologies and the reform of open and distance learning programmes: A response to the global crisis in teacher education and training Frank Banks, Bob Moon and Freda Wolfenden, 2009

Building new modes of teacher education: research analysis for the Teacher in Education in Sub Saharan Africa programme Freda Wolfenden, 2008

The role of new communication technologies and distance education in responding to the global crisis in teacher supply and training: an analysis of the research and development experience Bob Moon

Promoting gender inclusion in a distance learning course to increase female recruitment to teaching Freda Wolfenden and Patricia Murphy, 2013

Reconsidering the evidence base, considering the rural: aiming for a better understanding of the education and training needs of Sub-Saharan African teachers Alison Buckler, 2011

Every child needs a teacher: The primary teacher supply and training crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa Bob Moon and Brendan O’Malley, 2008

Conceptualising a research agenda: Teachers and the development of rural communities Bob Moon and Alison Buckler, 2007

We’re improving the quality of teaching”: conceptualising ‘quality’ and ‘change’ using lessons from a current TESSA project - Open Research Online