IPDA England holds Early Career Researcher Celebration Event

The IPDA England Early Career Researcher Celebration bought together a group of researchers at various stages of their journey at the University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall campus in October 2023. Key presentations were made by Diana Bannister, Director of the University’s Read more…


IPDA Ireland hosts event on Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Professional Learning

On 30 November 2023, IPDA Ireland hosted an exciting online event exploring professional learning across different professions from an Irish perspective. In the event we explored how professional learning is structured, supported, and enacted in different professions from an Irish Read more…


IPDA England hosts book discussion – A Guide to Coaching and Mentoring Teachers at Every Stage of their Careers

On 13 December 2023 IPDA England hosted a book discussion continuing on the theme of coaching and mentoring to support professional learning, focusing on: Mentoring and Coaching in Education: A Guide to Coaching and Mentoring Teachers at Every Stage of Read more…


IPDA England hosts mentoring and coaching event with the International Journal for Mentoring and Coaching in Education

On 23 November 2023 IPDA England hosted a vibrant discussion focusing on Coaching and Mentoring in Teacher Education, in collaboration with the International Journal for Mentoring and Coaching, where we discussed the key learning, findings and insights of this special Read more…


IPDA Scotland holds Journal Club focusing on professional learning and an emergent community of practice on the Scottish islands as viewed through Biesta’s educational domains

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IPDA Scotland hosted this event on 8 November 2023 with Dr Suzie Dick and Dr Helen Burns discussing their paper ‘Professional learning and an emergent community of practice on the Scottish islands as viewed through Biesta’s educational domains’ The paper Read more…


IPDA Ireland hosts Journal Club with Philippa Cordingley

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IPDA Ireland hosted the third Journal Club event on 8th June 2023, hosted by Dr Eimear Holland and with author Philippa Cordingley. Host: Dr Eimear HollandJournal Paper: Cordingley, P. (2015) ‘The contribution of research to teachers’professional learning and development’, Oxford Read more…


IPDA England Workshop: Stories of student-teachers about learning in two contexts: What professional learning is in it for teacher educators?

On 7t November 2023 IPDA England held this workshop with Dr Liz White and Dr Miranda Timmermans. Our international collaborative research project explored the experiences of student-teachers in school-university partnerships in the Netherlands and England, focussing on dilemmas in their Read more…


IPDA England holds first Lightning Conference on Qualitative data collection & generation methods

IPDA England presented the first online ‘lightning conference’, giving researchers and early career researchers the platform for short, 7 minute prensetations on an issue/topic regarding qualitative data collection and generation methods. The lightning conference, just like the main IPDA conference, Read more…


IPDA England hosts second Researchers’ Retreat

Following the success of the first online IPDA Researchers’ Retreat, the second event took place on 30 September 2023. This online event was aimed at MA, EdD, PhD, early career researcher and took place online. Whether you’re working on writing, Read more…


11th Annual IPDA India conference on Professional Learning in Multidimensional and Multicultural Educational Context

The 11th annual “Partap International Professional Development Association (IPDA) International Conference 2023” was organised by Partap College of Education, Ludhiana, in collaboration with IPDA UK on the theme ‘Professional Learning in Multidimensional and Multicultural Educational Context’ under New Education Policy, Read more…


IPDA England & USA host event on mentoring and coaching in education

This event took place on 28 April 2023. Participants engaged with the joint IPDA England and IPDA USA facilitators to discuss mentoring and coaching is used to engage with professional learning conversations in education and how different educators make use Read more…


IPDA Researchers’ Retreat – a productive day of focus and networking

In April 2023, IPDA’s first online ‘Researchers’ Retreat’ took place. The event was a very busy, but productive day, of focused work and an opportunity for the 25 attendees who signed up to make a good dent on their research Read more…


IPDA Ireland hosts Twitter slow chat on Universal Design for Learning

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IPDA Ireland facilitated this open Twitter Chat on 19th April 2023 to prompt thought and discussion around the topic of Universal Design for Learning and its implications for professional learning and development. In our Twitter chat, through focused prompts and questions, Read more…


Pracademia: exploring professional development through creative methods

This online workshop took place on 5 September 2023 with Dr Jill Dickinson and Teri-Lisa Griffiths. In this interactive session, we outlined the inspiration for our research on pracademics (those with dual practitioner and academic professional experience). We summarised our Read more…


IPDA England host workshop on Preparing for Teaching Controversial Issues

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IPDA England held this event 13 July 2022 focusing on Preparing for Teaching Controversial Issues. The session combined a presentation and workshop facilitated by Dr Judy Pace. About the workshop Teaching controversial issues in the classroom is now more urgent and Read more…


IPDA International Conference 2023

Our 2023 IPDA Conference will take place from 28-230 June 2023 and will take place at Aston University, UK. Please save the date and consider submitting papers along the following themes: View full details


Professional formation of teachers in Wales in the context of COVID-19

Event title: The professional formation of teachers in Wales in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on schools: An assessment focus  This IPDA Cymru and Cardiff Partnership event took place on 7 and 10 February 2022. This Read more…


IPDA Ireland Journal Club: Journalling where we have not journalled before

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IPDA Ireland hosted the second event in the Journal Club Series entitled: ‘Journalling where we have not journalled before’. This series offers the opportunity to explore recently published high quality research in the area of professional learning and development (PLD). Read more…


Latest IPDA Scotland podcast discusses digital literacies and professional learning

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IPDA Scotland Podcast with Suzie Dick, Lee Dunn, Stewart McPhail, Peter Bain and Wim Chalmet In the third IPDA Scotland podcast, hosted by Suzie Dick, you can listen to this conversation with Lee Dunn (Scottish Digital Academy), Stewart McPhail (Sanday Read more…


IPDA Ireland slow chat on conference themes

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IPDA Ireland hosted a Twitter slow chat on 5-6 November 2021 in the lead up to the IPDA International Conference. We explored each conference strand in turn using the slow chat hashtag – #IPDAconversations. Meet your hosts Friday 5th November: Read more…


Introducing IPDA USA – thoughts from Vice Chair Trina Emler

You may wonder why we chose to start another education-related membership organization or why we insist this one is different. To answer both those thoughts simply, IPDA USA is being launched so that there is something different to offer in the space Read more…


Launching IPDA Palestine

This online event will took place as part of the ‘Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Online Conference on Strengthening Research Capacity in Teacher Education in Palestine’. Conference Agenda Wednesday 6th October On Wednesday we celebrated the success of the GCRF Read more…


IPDA USA fall meeting

Event details Date/Time: TBA Agenda Welcome to the event, overview of IPDA USA, introduction of today’s speaker. How and Why to Publish in an IPDA Journal with Hazel Bryan, IPDA Chair Breakout rooms: Publishing discussion with Hazel Bryan, including article Read more…


Cymru Forum on hopes, worries and questions for the year ahead

This event took place on 29 September 2021: Education at a time of change: a welcoming conversation looking ahead to the year to come – what are your hopes, worries and questions? These IPDA Cymru discussion forums are for school-based Read more…


IPDA Cymru Webinar on the leadership standards

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We are all Leaders… how do the Leadership Standards support and enable this?  An IPDA Cymru and National Academy for Educational Leadership Wales partnership event. This event took place on 12 and 14 October 2021. In Wales, leadership is a Read more…


IPDA England Conversation on Grassroots CPD

This event took place on 6th September 2021 via Zoom and explored the key principals and characteristics of CPD. As part of this discussion our next event aims to explore the importance of Grassroots CPD. The panel discussion featured a Read more…


Cymru Forum: Reflecting on and celebrating education at a time of change

This IPDA Cymru Forum took place on 15th July 2021. Reflecting on and celebrating education at a time of change: What are your insights and wins from the last academic year and what are your hopes for next year? These Read more…


Reflecting, planning and collaborating: all about the IPDA International conferences

IPDA Cymru hosted this webinar on 10th and 23rd June 2021. This event is aimed at everyone who might want to share their practice, enquiry and research with a super friendly audience. IPDA International conferences are all about learning together and Read more…


IPDA England hosts online event on supporting Early Career Teachers through Mentoring

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This online event on ‘Supporting Early Career Teachers through Mentoring: Learning from Current Research and Practice’ took place on 12th June 2021 in partnership with the Research-Engaged Practice Network (REPN) at Sheffield Hallam University. Mentoring can be a vital source Read more…


IPDA Ireland begins Journal Club Series: ‘Journaling where we have not journaled before’

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This was the inaugural event in a Journal Club Series entitled: ‘Journaling where we have not journaled before’. The event took place on 31st May 2021, hosted by Professor Anne Looney. This series offers the opportunity to explore recently published high Read more…


IPDA Hong Kong hosts webinar re-imagining learning in complex times

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This webinar took place on Wednesday 26 May 2021 and presented the opportunity to: Meet colleagues from across sectors and geographical contexts with a shared interest in professional learning; Hear some stimulating ideas, possibilities, and challenges for re-imagining professional learning; Read more…


Cymru Forum on experiences, questions and issues arising for supply (substitute) teachers and NQT’s 

This IPDA Cymru Forum took place on 19th May 2021. Education at a time of change: Experiences, questions and issues arising for supply (substitute) teachers and NQT’s  These IPDA Cymru discussion forums are for school-based professionals in Wales, they are Read more…