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Professional Development: Life Or Death After Pre-Service Training?, Christine Higginbotham
Professional Development: Life Or Death After Pre-Service Training?, Christine Higginbotham
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Within the ELT profession there has been some discussion regarding the appropriateness of one-month pre-service teacher training courses such as CELTA. These courses are designed on the assumption that graduates will need further support and professional development in their first post. This paper examines the extent to which 115 newly qualified teachers (NQTs) were supported in their first teaching posts and addresses a second concern: Do short, intensive courses encourage trainees to develop reflective-practice skills? The findings suggest that generally NQTs are not well supported in their first teaching posts, nor are they provided with adequate continued professional development by …