Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13027
Title: School-based Learning for Individual Diversity in Education: The SLIDE Project
Contributor(s): Harrington, Ingrid  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2013
DOI: 10.11114/jets.v1i2.112
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13027
Abstract: Whole-School Professional Development (PD) days held regularly in schools are designed to promote and up-skill school staff on relevant areas of educational policy and practice. An aim of PD days is to empower participants with new knowledges and skills, and to confirm that current practices and interpretations of education policy and procedure are correct. In determining the nature of the professional development content, school executives make decisions based on their perceived needs of the staffing group, available speakers, current departmental policy and practice requirements. Deciding the topics for the professional development day for school staff has tended to adopt a 'one size fits all' general approach that is rationalised as being broad in nature and of benefit to all. In adopting such an approach to a diverse teaching cohort, one may question just how valuable and meaningful this training day is in meeting the individual needs of all participating teachers. This paper reports on the benefits a more individualised approach to a whole-school PD training day had for one government primary school in Australia. Foundational to the detailed design of the PD days, the 'School-based Learning for Individual Diversity in Education' (SLIDE) project proceeded by identifying the individual needs of each staff member in the school community through an interview prior to the delivery of the two-day training. Embedded in an action research model, the SLIDE project reported evidence of improved teacher self-confidence, improved communication between all levels, and a boost to the level of whole-school staff cohesion and morale.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Journal of Education and Training Studies, 1(2), p. 25-31
Publisher: Redfame Publishing Inc
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 2324-8068
2324-805X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation
130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development
130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390102 Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators
390402 Education assessment and evaluation
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930102 Learner and Learning Processes
930202 Teacher and Instructor Development
930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160303 Teacher and instructor development
160304 Teaching and instruction technologies
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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