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Finding My Tribe: Reflections of a Pracademic at ECER 2026

Derek Boyle
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Reflections on my first IPDA conference

Shez Russell
England Blog

Finding Nemo: The importance of a research community for Doctoral researchers

Nathan Douglas
England Blog

Reflections from an ‘accidental’ Doctoral student’s professional learning journey

Derek Boyle
England Blog
Meeting

Professional Learning Networks within School-Centred Initial Teacher Training in England

Derek Boyle
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The impact of written feedback to improve students’ performance

Dev Acharya
IPDA Blog

Becoming a teacher by learning in two contexts in the Netherlands and England

Elizabeth White, Miranda Timmermans
England Blog

Developing and sustaining professional learning communities within School-Centred Initial Teacher Training in England

Derek Boyle
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Reflecting on IPDA 2021 keynotes

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Sources for Learning: The Role of Context in Teacher Professional Learning

André Koffeman
Scotland Blog
Laptop conference call

Latest IPDA Scotland podcast discusses digital literacies and professional learning

England Blog

Grassroots CPD a powerful force to meet individual professional learning needs

Lizana Oberholzer, Richard Holme, Hannah Robertson and Mag Amond
England Blog
Male High School Teacher Standing Next To Interactive Whiteboard And Teaching Lesson

What are the key characteristics of CPD?

Scotland Blog

IPDA Scotland publish podcast with Barbara Becnel

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IPDA Conference on Zoom

IPDA Scotland reflects on the 2020 IPDA Conference

Nova Scott, Suzie Dick
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Reflections on leadership practice during COVID-19 lockdown in India

Jaswinder K. Dhillon
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Laptop and mask

Reflecting on what COVID-19 means for my research as a doctoral student

Ryan Williams
IPDA Blog

Is combining research and teaching a way to thrive and survive in Initial Teacher Education?

Karen Vincent
Scotland Blog

IPDA Scotland hosts webinar on conference abstracts

Linda Bell
Scotland Blog

What is the IPDA International Conference like?

Catriona Oates
Scotland Blog

(Re)launching IPDA Scotland

Catriona Oates
Scotland Blog
Laptop conference call

Professional Learning in and after Covid-19

JP Mynott
Scotland Blog
conference seating

Reflection: has accessing professional learning changed for everyone in the last few weeks?

Suzie Dick
IPDA Blog

Technophobes versus technophiles: understanding the enemy’s position through reflection

Ryan Williams
IPDA Blog
Person reading newspaper

Fake News: the failures of big tech and education

Ryan Williams
Ireland Blog

Reflections on the IPDA Ireland seminar: From the inside looking in

Carrie Archer
IPDA Blog

Professional learning and its (in)ability to empower professionals to make a difference

Fiona King
IPDA Blog
IPDA conference

The IPDA conference and its usefulness for health educators

Ben Appleby, Louise McKnight
IPDA Blog
Student mentoring

Co-constructing mentoring and its use within a Higher Education Provider

Alison Watson
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Putting down pen

A reflection on external examining in universities

Cliff Jones
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students

If you are a professional educator, what do you profess?

Cliff Jones
Ireland Blog
Auditorium

Reflections on professional learning

Orla NíBhroin
IPDA Blog
Laptop and journal

Are e-portfolios better for CPD than other portfolios?

Nigel Atkinson and Laura Brown 
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smartphone

I feel like Sisyphus when I’m doing my PhD on technology, SEN (Special Educational Needs) and professional development in Nigeria!

Maureen Osigwelem
IPDA Blog

Market forces and professional development

Cliff Jones
IPDA Blog
water drop

It’s not all black and white: reflections on a workshop about research impact

Ewan Ingleby
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My first examination

Cliff Jones
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In political education all are teachers and all are learners: A proposal for successful professional development.

Cliff Jones
IPDA Blog
Teacher assessment

Feeding back, feeding forward, winning a prize and developing as a professional

Cliff Jones
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Beer froth

What hope for professional development when we have ‘froth instead of beer’?

Cliff Jones
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Katy McEwan

PhDs, Precarity & Me: A Tale of Arrested Professional Development

Katy McEwan
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email message

Professional Development And Email: Three Stories Set In Motion At The Same Time

Ewan Ingleby
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phones in class

Professional development in pedagogy with technology in higher education: A brave new world?

Ewan Ingleby & Barbara Wilford
England Blog
Male High School Teacher Standing Next To Interactive Whiteboard And Teaching Lesson

Teaching inside the glass cage

Damien page
England Blog

Creating a Profession of Master and Doctoral Educators with IPDA

Marie Huxtable
IPDA Blog
EAL story materials

2015 IPDA Prize winner Lorna Anderson writes about Master’s work with English as an additional Language (EAL) Learners

Lorna Anderson
England Blog
Teacher assessment

Teacher Inquiry: Proactive Professionalism in the Age of Accountability

Pete Boyd
England Blog
IPDA England seminars

What professional learning and development do school-based teacher educators need?

Elizabeth White, Claire Dickerson
England Blog

Reaching Your Peak: will you stay long enough to find out how good a teacher you could be?

Bob Burstow
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Balwant Singh

Professional Learning, Performance and ‘Emerging’ Education Systems

Ken Jones
IPDA Blog
Ken Jones

It’s only words….

Ken Jones
IPDA Blog

Thinking beyond the toolkit; Using video for professional learning and development

Rachel Lofthouse
IPDA Blog
Marco Snoek

Developing teacher leadership and its impact in schools

Marco Snoek
IPDA Blog
Ben Goldacre - TED talk

The question that goes before ‘What works?’ in education research

IPDA Blog
Kit Field closes the 2014 ipda International Conference

Following up on a very successful ipda International Conference

Kit Field