Collaborative Strategies for Teacher-Led Professional Development among Teachers of English
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چکیده
This article reports on an action research study that involved teachers of English leading their own professional development, while establishing the collaborative strategies they can use to do this. Teachers collaborating in development is a departure from traditional modes where are taken through presentations meant equip them with what facilitators feel need know about classroom practices. In this study, identified individual challenges practice and then worked collaboration colleague overcome them. was done number find support studies teacher learning. The findings bring out practical improve practices as well collegial relationships.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International journal of social science and human research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2644-0695', '2644-0679']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i10-45