Exploring Factors Affecting High School Teachers’ Participation in Professional Development
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Universidad de Granada
Materia
Teachers’ professional development Participation Teacher quality Educational innovation
Date
2022-12-01Referencia bibliográfica
Viet-Phuong Nguyen, Tăng Thi Thuy,Thanh Thai Van (2022). Exploring Factors Affecting High School Teachers’ Participation in Professional Development Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 13(5). 221-233. DOI: [10.47750/jett.2022.13.05.021]
Abstract
In the era of massive change in educational content and pedagogies, it is worth noting that teachers’
professional development (PD) plays a crucial role in determining the quality of educational system.
Enhancing teacher quality through professional development activities should be a priority for any
schools. This study examines factors that influence high school teachers’ participation in
professional development (PD). 966 high school teachers took part in the survey. Results show that
there are a number of factors influencing high school teachers’s participation in professional
learning activities, namely (1) Content of PD, (2) Learning community, (3) Management and
Leadership, (4) PD’s advantages, (5) teachers’ perception, (6) time and (7) finance. Exploratory
Factor Analysis (EFA) was applied to figure out factors and their level of impact on high school
teachers’ learning. Results can be used as foundation to propose solutions to encourage teachers
participating in PD activities, with the aims at improving teacher quality in educational system.