Professional Development: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out
The Next Big Thing in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities
ISBN: 978-1-80071-750-3, eISBN: 978-1-80071-749-7
Publication date: 28 April 2021
Abstract
Students with disabilities consistently underperform on academic achievement tests. In part, this is due to teachers being underprepared to provide the evidence-based instruction needed to help students with disabilities succeed. Historically, professional development (PD) has been provided to educators yielding disappointing results. In this chapter, what is known about the components of effective PD and how to evaluate a PD program will be discussed. In particular, the role of coaching and the use of technology in PD models will be explored. The next steps in improving PD will be discussed.
Citation
VanUitert, V.J., Kennedy, M.J. and Carlisle, L.M. (2021), "Professional Development: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out", Cook, B.G., Tankersley, M. and Landrum, T.J. (Ed.) The Next Big Thing in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities (Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Vol. 31), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 97-109. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0735-004X20210000031007
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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