Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint

This study seeks to describe the teachers’ professional development activities in Bangladesh and explores the hypotheses about the relationship between teachers’ traditional professional development activities and school improvement. Data from a representative sample of City secondary schools fro...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Hoque, Kazi Enamul, Alam, Gazi Mahabubul, Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Verlag 2011
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/1/Impact_of_teachers%27_professional_development_on_school_improvement-an_analysis_at_Bangladesh_standpoint.pdf

id	iium-18863
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-188632012-03-13T03:48:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/ Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint Hoque, Kazi Enamul Alam, Gazi Mahabubul Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean This study seeks to describe the teachers’ professional development activities in Bangladesh and explores the hypotheses about the relationship between teachers’ traditional professional development activities and school improvement. Data from a representative sample of City secondary schools from Bangladesh (n = 127) were gathered through questionnaires from 127 principals and 694 teachers. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used in this research. This study found significant impacts of some of teachers’ professional development activities on school improvement. Also found that the maximum school improvement can be achieved if schools put more emphasis on teachers’ collaboration, in-service training and classroom observation and less emphasis on individual action enquiry. The findings of this study provide important information for the policy makers, educational managers and especially for the headmasters and teachers concerned with the improvement of teachers’ quality in secondary schools of Bangladesh. This study adopts a concurrent approach of data collection and analysis. Springer Verlag 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/1/Impact_of_teachers%27_professional_development_on_school_improvement-an_analysis_at_Bangladesh_standpoint.pdf Hoque, Kazi Enamul and Alam, Gazi Mahabubul and Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean (2011) Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint. Asia Pacific Education Review, 12. pp. 337-348. ISSN ISSN: 1598-1037 DOI 10.1007/s12564-010-9107-z
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	This study seeks to describe the teachers’ professional development activities in Bangladesh and explores the hypotheses about the relationship between teachers’ traditional professional development activities and school improvement. Data from a representative sample of City secondary schools from Bangladesh (n = 127) were gathered through questionnaires from 127 principals and 694 teachers. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used in this research. This study found significant impacts of some of teachers’ professional development activities on school improvement. Also found that the maximum school improvement can be achieved if schools put more emphasis on teachers’ collaboration, in-service training and classroom observation and less emphasis on individual action enquiry. The findings of this study provide important information for the policy makers, educational managers and especially for the headmasters and teachers concerned with the improvement of teachers’ quality in secondary schools of Bangladesh. This study adopts a concurrent approach of data collection and analysis.
format	Article
author	Hoque, Kazi Enamul Alam, Gazi Mahabubul Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean
spellingShingle	Hoque, Kazi Enamul Alam, Gazi Mahabubul Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint
author_facet	Hoque, Kazi Enamul Alam, Gazi Mahabubul Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean
author_sort	Hoque, Kazi Enamul
title	Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint
title_short	Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint
title_full	Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint
title_fullStr	Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint
title_sort	impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at bangladesh standpoint
publisher	Springer Verlag
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/18863/1/Impact_of_teachers%27_professional_development_on_school_improvement-an_analysis_at_Bangladesh_standpoint.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T20:28:06Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T20:28:06Z
_version_	1777408552533491712

Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint

Similar Items