Continuing professional development (CPD) at a distance: Teachers’ reflections on enhancing distance education (DE) provision

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dc.contributor.authorAbakah, E.
dc.contributor.authorAddae, D.
dc.contributor.authorAmuzu, D.
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-20T10:51:03Z
dc.date.available2023-12-20T10:51:03Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractIn Ghana, continuing professional development (CPD) initiatives for teachers are fragmented, with limited participation opportunities for all subject teachers, resulting in a high reliance on distance education (DE) programs. This qualitative study investigates teachers’ experiences with DE upgrading programs and their thoughts on improving. Data was gathered from 32 participants in the Ekumfi district of Ghana. The findings show that, despite the constraints, teachers in Ghana are taking an agentic stance in using DE for their profes sional development. However, while DE programs provide reliable paths to updating professional knowledge, they are insufficient as a CPD tool to assist teachers’ learning for improvements in classroom practice. Teachers’ DE experiences reveal a rigid program structure with content that is unreflective of current educational concerns and the utilization of didactic teaching and learning approaches. These are detrimental to active learning and unlikely to result in effective teacher improvement. To strengthen DE as an effective CPD tool in Ghana, the study recommends regularizing other CPD avenues, revising DE upgrading programs for teachers, and systematising mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating teachers’ competencies before and afterDE participation.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2023.100304
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/41008
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Educational Research Openen_US
dc.subjectDistance educationen_US
dc.subjectContinuing professional developmenten_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectTeacher agencyen_US
dc.titleContinuing professional development (CPD) at a distance: Teachers’ reflections on enhancing distance education (DE) provisionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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