Bringing Educational Development to Central and Eastern Europe: Reflections on Twenty Years of Supporting Teachers
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| Title: | Bringing Educational Development to Central and Eastern Europe: Reflections on Twenty Years of Supporting Teachers |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Gabriela Pleschová (ORCID |
| Source: | International Journal for Academic Development. 2024 29(2):219-224. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Transformative Learning, Trust (Psychology) |
| Geographic Terms: | Europe |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1360144X.2024.2352728 |
| ISSN: | 1360-144X 1470-1324 |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses a sustained effort to introduce and make richer educational development opportunities for colleagues in Slovakia: a community that has common experiences, needs, expectations, access to opportunity and social interactions that follow mutual interest. In this paper, I reflect on the challenges and lessons learnt over two decades while I worked with teachers, educational developers and students taking a community-based, transformation-oriented, and needs-based approach. Over time, this resulted in expanding the community and offering it a broader range of services. The article concludes with four recommendations for those taking community-based approach, including cultivating trust and nurturing hope within the community. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1431081 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses a sustained effort to introduce and make richer educational development opportunities for colleagues in Slovakia: a community that has common experiences, needs, expectations, access to opportunity and social interactions that follow mutual interest. In this paper, I reflect on the challenges and lessons learnt over two decades while I worked with teachers, educational developers and students taking a community-based, transformation-oriented, and needs-based approach. Over time, this resulted in expanding the community and offering it a broader range of services. The article concludes with four recommendations for those taking community-based approach, including cultivating trust and nurturing hope within the community. |
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| ISSN: | 1360-144X 1470-1324 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1360144X.2024.2352728 |
