Teacher Education Through Open and Distance Learning

Teachers’ Turnover: What Are The Explanatory Variables in Public Secondary Schools in Mbeere South Sub-County, Embu County, Kenya?

“…Some of the challenges relate to: the growing gap between the demand and supply of teachers especially in science and mathematics; the increasing demand for better quality teachers and teacher education; the need for social and professional regulation in relation to quality assurance; the challenges of cross border education; advances in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the resultant need for leveraging modern ICTs in the training of teachers; pressure for national competitiveness in a globalized knowledge-based economy against an existing reservoir of untrained and under trained teachers in many African countries; and, the inability of the traditional residential university model of teacher education and training to adequately meet either current or projected demand for teacher education (Robinson & Latchem, 2003). Among these challenges, teachers" turnover has been given the least attention in the country.…”

Teacher’s professional development in Turkey: Distance education perspective

“…Results of studies made for measuring satisfaction and success of teachers show that distance education supply positive attitude and increase teaching and learning skills of teachers (March et al, 2010;Robinson & Latchem, 2003;Shaqur, 2005). With the development of new technologies, Turkish Ministry Education policies forces Turkish Education system to use online technologies and online learning opportunities.…”

Examining and Understanding Transformative Learning to Foster Technology Professional Development in Higher Education

“…In recent years, Mezirow's transformative learning theory has dominated adult learning literature but it has only recently addressed TPD [13,27,15,28,2] in order to better understand theprocess whereby educators critically examine their beliefs, assumptions and values. As educators gain new knowledge and understanding, they try to integrate it into their existing "frames of reference" [24, p.223].…”

“…Teaching is becoming one of the most challenging professions in a society where modern technologies provide new educational possibilities and place more demands on educators to make use of innovative educational technologies in their teaching [2]. Educators need to examine the pedagogical potential and opportunities of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their teaching.…”