Researching the design and implementation of systemic, sustainable, school-based teacher professional development in K-6 Science and Technology using e-learning approaches

有效的、可持续的教师专业发展对于业务多样、地理分散的大型教育系统来说是一个关键问题。 然而，对设计专业发展，特别是信通技术为媒介的（电子学习）方法的研究很少。该项目使用创新的电子学习环境（由CI开发，以前用于初始教师教育和发展学校学生学习），作为研究工具，在K-6科学和技术中引出和实施教师基于电子学习的专业发展设计。它将提供一个教师自我更新的模式，具有广泛的理论和实践价值，发展新的理解和专业发展战略，并深入了解新技术的潜力。

Effective, sustainable teacher professional development is a critical issue for large operationally diverse, geographically dispersed education systems. Yet, research into designing professional development, particularly ICT-mediated (e-learning) approaches, is sparse. This project uses an innovative e-learning environment (developed by the CI and previously used for initial teacher education and developing school student learning), as a research tool for eliciting and operationalising teachers' e-learning-based professional development designs, in K-6 Science and Technology. It will deliver a model of teacher self-renewal, of wide theoretical and practical value, developing new understandings and strategies of professional development, and insights into the potential of new technologies.