Factors of teacher participation in professional development

Abstract

The study of adult participation in educational activities is a fairly common topic in the field of Andragogy. In this paper attention is focussed on teacher participation in professional development programmes. The empirical research was aimed at examining the role of a set of factors of teacher participation in forms of professional development in relation to frequency of participation and to the area to which the development programme belongs. By factor analysis of the most common forms of professional development, from the areas of profession and sciences on education, the five factors were extracted: group out-of-school professional development - sciences on education; group out-of-school professional development - profession; individual professional development - profession; in-school professional development; and individual professional development - sciences on education. The results indicate that the importance of participation factors varies in the case of different forms of professional development of teachers.

Proučavanje participacije odraslih u obrazovnim aktivnostima je prilično česta tema u oblasti andragogije. U ovom radu pažnja je usmerena ka participaciji nastavnika u programima profesionalnog usavršavanja. Empirijsko istraživanje imalo je za cilj da se ispita uloga seta činilaca participacije nastavnika u oblicima profesionalnog usavršavanja, i to s obzirom na učestalost participacije i na oblast kojoj program usavršavanja pripada. Faktorskom analizom najčešćih oblika usavršavanja, iz oblasti struke i nauka o vaspitanju i obrazovanju, ekstrahovano je pet faktora: grupno izvanškolsko usavršavanje - nauke o vaspitanju i obrazovanju; grupno izvanškolsko usavršavanje - struka; individualno usavršavanje - struka; unutar školsko usavršavanje; i individualno usavršavanje - nauke o vaspitanju i obrazovanju. Rezultati pokazuju da se značaj činilaca participacije razlikuje kada je reč o različitim oblicima profesionalnog usavršavanja nastavnika.