Teachers Professional Development in Asia



Teachers Professional Development in Asia

Introduction

The modernization of the education system raises the question of forming a professional competence of the teacher on one of the leading places. The main condition for increasing the quality and efficiency Education is provision Education process qualified frames. Modern developing educational institution needs a highly professional, creative implement new Technology training stable wooing high results in its professional activities. Professional competence is one of the main conditions for the effectiveness of the organization of educational process (Scott Nelson, 2010).

The teacher's professional development are the means and methodology designed to help teachers to learn new skills, and the development of certain professional practices, teaching methods, and explore advanced concepts related to the content and sources and methods for the efficient work of teaching. Along, with that in some countries especially Asia it is also known as the process of continuous improvement to help the teacher to achieve high quality standards of academic achievement and lead to an increase in the ability of all members of the learning community on the pursuit of lifelong learning. In simple words teacher's professional development could simply be explained as the process designed to add knowledge, skills, and values ??of the professional teacher education to achieve the requested effective and achieve positive learning outcomes.

Especially in the current educational context, marked by the implementation of large-scale reforms, the provision of professional development programs, along with providing high quality in the teaching service has become immensely imperative. It is a well known fact that a teacher is an essential factor in guaranteeing an efficient educational quality for the students and there is an essential need to provide initial and continuing training to the teachers for allowing them to live up to the challenges posed by the future era. A lot of progress needs to be made in improving the quality of education that students receive, because the current system is not providing teacher with the knowledge that is required for effectively educating the coming generations. A set of empirical and effective practices are needed to support the teacher learning programs. In this paper we review the current proposals regarding the characteristics of programs that promote changes in pedagogical practices that enable students to improve the quality of their learning (Becker, 1999).

Discussion

Teachers Professional Development

Professional development of teachers could simply be explained as a continuing progression, which allows an individual to improve his or her proficient practice and, along with improving their knowledge and skills. For educators from kindergarten to grade twelve, teacher's professional development could be to simply understand a certain set of activities related to formal learning. This formal learning practice could simply begin with the formation of the teachers, which includes teachers attending educational workshops, formal mentoring programs, and business meetings, along with an extensive amount of informal initiatives (such as reading professional publications and self-directed learning). Professional development of teachers begins with preliminary training, where develops knowledge of the subject and teaching ...