Autonomy-Guided Professional Development in Higher Education (80770)
Session Chair: Obby Taufik Hidayat
Sunday, 14 July 2024 11:10
Session: Session 2
Room: G09 (Ground)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) has been one of the cornerstones of quality assurance and improvement practices as monitored by accrediting bodies. With many studies reporting inefficiency of traditional CPD methods, institutions are in pursuit of forming their new CPD agendas that are context-sensitive. With this in mind, this case study reports the findings of a newly-launched CPD program in an effort to integrate teacher autonomy into CPD at the School of Foreign Languages of a Turkish university. Specifically, the program offered the instructors four CPD activities to select from after analyzing previous semesters’ feedback forms, conducting an extensive literature review and consulting to the institution’s CPD coordinators to determine the feasible CPD methods. Teacher trainer observation (TTO), peer observation (PO), self-reflection (SR) , and teacher exchange (TE) were offered as alternative CPD activities. The data were collected from 123 instructors during the two terms when the system was implemented. The data analysis was conducted based on CPD documents of instructors’ selected activities, thematic analysis of interviews regarding the implementation of the new system and the patterns found in the document analysis. The findings showcased SR was the most preferred activity during both semesters whereas TTO was not selected at all. Among those who completed a CPD activity in both semesters, about half of them tried out a new method while the other half selected the same method for both semesters. The thematic analysis provided insights into these patterns and instructors’ perceptions towards the integration of autonomy into CPD activities.
Authors:
Nilüfer Ülker, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Pınar Kır, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Esra Meşe, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Esra Meşe is a University Doctoral Student at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey
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