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Towards an effective professional development model to deepen history teachers’ understanding of historical concepts
Citation
Anthony, A., Yeo, L., & Suhaimi Afandi. (2016). Towards an effective professional development model to deepen history teachers’ understanding of historical concepts. HSSE Online, 5(2), 37-50. https://hsseonline.nie.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/4-AST.pdf
Abstract
This small-scale study explores professional development (PD) designs for history teachers in Singapore and proposes a PD model that uses a job-embedded collaborative approach. Drawing from research on effective PD and data gathered from questionnaires and interviews conducted with participants involved in a PD workshop, this paper considers the value of collaborative PD approaches aimed at promoting and encouraging historical thinking. The authors conclude that PD history workshops that are carefully designed to support the
development of teachers’ professional knowledge bases, and ones that offer opportunities for teachers to actively translate conceptual ideas into concrete teaching strategies, are critical in
transforming beliefs and practices that can work towards more robust historical thinking and discourse in the classroom.
Date Issued
2016
Publisher
National Institute of Education (Singapore)
Journal
HSSE Online