In this section, you will find a number of articles to help you develop your skills and knowledge as a teacher educator in the professional practice 'Understanding teacher learning'. The content you will find here has ideas to support your work in teacher education. Further publications, webinar recordings and conference presentations for this practice can be found in our 'Find other content' section.

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What Lies Beyond? CPD with Lasting Impact

Watch a recording of this webinar looking at what trainers can do to make sure teacher development, whether face-to-face or online, can keep on sparking inspiration and enabling appropriate, practical change. 

Teacher-research as continuing professional development

This article is an extract from the British Council publication, ‘Innovations in the continuing professional development of English language teachers’. Here the authors, R Smith, T Connelly and P Rebolledo, explore teacher-research as continuing professional development.

What are some of the challenges to continuing professional development?

This article is an extract from the British Council publication, ‘Innovations in the continuing professional development of English language teachers’. Here the author, Russell Stannard, looks at potential barriers to Continuing Professional Development and suggests technology might be one answer.

Can continuing professional development change lives?

This article is an extract from the British Council publication, ‘Innovations in the continuing professional development of English language teachers’. Here the author, Ann Wiseman, revisits teachers from a CPD programme that took place 12 years earlier, to discover if Continuing Professional Development changes lives.

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