IPDA Bulletin September 2016

In this September bulletin we bring you information about: Our 2016 conference – call for papers IPDA prize nominations PDiE Best Paper Award Save the date for our 2017 conference An opportunity to apply for an IPDA Research Scholarship New Read more…


Transforming Individuals and Influencing Policy through Professional Learning and Development

Issue 4, Volume 42 of Professional Development in Education, the academic journal of the Association is now available on-line. This issue was in part influenced by a seminar the Editorial Board jointly organised and ran recently. In May, the Editorial Read more…


IPDA Bulletin June 2016

Annual Conference 2015

In this mid-year bulletin, we bring you information about: Update from around the regions Promoting IPDA Our 2016 conference and a save the date for our 2017 conference IPDA journals Becoming an IPDA book reviewer An opportunity to apply for Read more…


Issue 3 of Volume 42 of Professional Development in Education now available on-line

Issue 3 of Volume 42 of the Association’s flagship journal Professional Development in Education is now available on-line, edited by Managing Editor Professor Ken Jones. This issue not only brings together articles on professional learning from a variety of international contexts, Read more…


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

EAL story materials

The IPDA prize is intended to acknowledge outstanding work undertaken by post graduate students in the field of professional learning. IPDA is reviewing the criteria for the prize and further details will be published later in the year. Here, one Read more…


Different Ways of Researching and Reflecting on Professional Development

Issue 2 of Volume 42 of the Association’s flagship journal is now available on-line. Edited by Associate Editor, Dr Sue Swaffield of the University of Cambridge, UK. The editorial draws attention to the fact that the articles in the issue cover Read more…


Professional Learning, Performance and ‘Emerging’ Education Systems

Balwant Singh

One of the key purposes of the IPDA blog is to allow contributors to send opinion pieces which hopefully stimulate, challenge and invite debate. I’m new to blogging but I assume that bloggers should be ready for their views to Read more…


IPDA awards Professional Development in Education prize to Michael Lowes and Laura Anderson

At the 2015 International Conference IPDA awarded the Professional Development in Education Prize for first-time publication to Michael Lowes and Laura Anderson. Read below to find out more about their research. Michael Lowes Michael carried out research in his own workplace Read more…


IPDA Bulletin December 2015

In this Christmas and end of year bulletin we bring you information about: – Membership renewal for 2016 – Our 2015 conference and a save the date for our 2016 conference – Your chance to become an IPDA book reviewer Read more…


Become a book reviewer or blogger for IPDA

IPDA members are encouraged to contribute a book review or blog post to the IPDA website. View our Guidance for Book Reviewers and Bloggers. Books available for review If you’d like to review one or more of these books please Read more…


Professional Learning: Concepts, Models and Empirical Practice

Professional Development 42.1 is now published on-line. Issue 1 of Volume 42 of the Association’s flagship journal is now available on-line. Edited by Managing Editor, Professor Jim O’Brien of the University of Edinburgh, UK. Jim’s Editorial is free to access Read more…


International Committee Nominations

Any ordinary member of IPDA is eligible for election as a member of the International Committee. Elected committee members serve for three years. If you would like to stand for the IPDA International Committee, you will need an IPDA member Read more…


Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2015 Announcement

The IPDA AGM will be held at 17.45 – 19.00 on Friday 27 November 2015 at the Aston Centre, Aston University, Birmingham. Download the AGM agenda. Download the amended constitution that the Committee are recommending. The main reasons for the Read more…


IPDA India hosts 2015 International Conference on ‘Leading Professional Learning  in Educational Institutions’

Report of the International Symposium 2015 Two days long International Symposium 2015 on the theme “Leading Professional Learning  in Educational Institutions”, under the patronage of International Professional Development Association, UK and in collaboration with University of Wales: Trinity Saint David, Wales, Read more…


More Than A Journal: Professional Development In Education

PDIE interview

Check Out The Editors Providing Information In A Short Routledge Video On The Journal Webpages (use the button on the top right of the page). Each year the Journal supports attendance of members of the Editorial Board at Educational Research Conferences Read more…


Professional Learning in Global Times

Professional Development 41.5 is now published on-line. Issue 5 of Volume 41 of the Association’s flagship journal is now available on-line. Edited by Associate Editor Professor Howard Stevenson of the University of Nottingham, UK. Howard’s Editorial introduces the articles in Read more…


Weaverbirds and Twitter: variety in the landscape of professional learning of educators

Professional Development 41.4 now published on-line. Issue 4 of Volume 41 of the Association’s flagship journal is now available on-line. Edited by Associate Editor and ipda Fellow, Anja Swennen of the Vrije University of Amsterdam. Anja’s’s Editorial offers personal reflections Read more…


More than a Journal: Professional Development in Education Amsterdam Symposium and Editorial Board

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

To promote the journal, the Editorial Board links up with other institutions and organizations from time to time to discuss areas of interest relating to professional development and learning. The Editorial Board of the journal recently met at the beginning Read more…


Professional Development in Education 41.3

Issue 3 of Volume 41 of the Association’s flagship journal is available on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current Edited by Associate Editor, Laura M. Desimone of the University of Pennsylvania. Laura’s Editorial focuses on the processes and effects of learning activities and how Read more…


Professional Development in Education 41.2 Special Issue: The Professional Development of Early Years Educators

Issue 2 of Volume 41 of the Association’s flagship journal has been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current#.VQQBGWYlrno Edited by Guest Editors: Jane Waters and Jane Payler and their Editorial is currently free to download. The Special Issue presents 15 articles with Read more…


Lesson Observation Conference to be hosted at University of Wolverhampton

The University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for Research and Development in Lifelong Education (CRADLE) will be hosting a national conference focusing on the hot topic of lesson observation on 17th June 2015 at its Walsall Campus. The conference brings together some of the Read more…


PhD scholarship opportunity in Professional Learning

Sheffield Hallam University is offering a number of  PhD scholarship opportunitiesv with the Education proposals listed here (closing date Friday 20th March). Proposals are invited in a range of areas within education. In particular, one focus is on professional learning. An initial Read more…


Follow @PDIEjournal on Twitter

The Editorial Board of Professional Development in Education the flagship journal of ipda has established a Twitter account to provide information and comment about articles and trends to ipda members and the academic and professional community. Click here to follow Read more…


First Issue of Volume 41 of Professional Development in Education (41.1) Published online

The first Issue of 2015 edited by Associate Editor, Dr Aileen Kennedy, has recently been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current#.VD4-MOdB4Wk ipda members will receive their hard copy, Issue 1 of Volume 41 of the Association’s flagship journal, by post in early Read more…


Michael Lowes receives the ipda prize

The 2014 ipda prize has been awarded to Michael Lowes. The following is an overview of Michael’s work. Michael carried out research in his own workplace which considered whether the use of teaching assistants in his school supported the school’s ethos Read more…


Submit Papers for International Congress on Education for the Future: Issues and Challenges (ICEFIC 2015)

You are invited to submit abstracts for ICEFIC 2015, which takes place on 13-15 May 2015. Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences is hosting the International Congress on Education for the Future: Issues and Challenges (ICEFIC 2015) in Ankara to celebrate the 50th Read more…


IPDA India hosts 2014 International Conference on ‘Challenges for Learning Professionals- New Directions’

Two day long ‘Partap International Conference-2014’ on the theme “Challenges for Learning Professionals- New Directions”  in collaboration with International Professional Development Association (IPDA), U.K. was held at Partap College of Education, Ludhiana among an intelligent galaxy of eminent dignitaries and Read more…


Final Issue of Volume 40 of Professional Development in Education (40.5) Published

  Issue 5 of Volume 40 of the Association?s flagship journal has just been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current#.VD4-MOdB4Wk Edited by the Managing Editors, Ken Jones and Jim O?Brien, this Issue brings the 40th Anniversary year to a suitable conclusion with Read more…


European Perspectives on Professional Development in Teacher Education

Edited by Ken Jones and Jim O’Brien this hardback book is now published by Routledge. The publishers occasionally choose a Special Issue for further publication. A number of PDiE’s Special Issues have been re-published in this way, initially in hardback Read more…


European Perspectives on Professional Development in Teacher Education

Edited by Ken Jones and Jim O’Brien this hardback book is now published by Routledge. The publishers occasionally choose a Special Issue for further publication. A number of PDiE’s Special Issues have been re-published in this way, initially in hardback Read more…


Professional Development in Education 40.4 Published

Issue 4 of Volume 40 of the Association’s flagship journal has just been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current#.VCE5QudB4Wk Edited by Professor Howard Stevenson, Associate Editor, who contributes a very thoughtful editorial article. This Issue re-publishes John Harland and Kay Kinder’s seminal Read more…


Teacher Leadership and Professional Development

The Special Issue of ipda’s journal – Professional Development in Education – on Teacher Leadership and Professional Development has now been published by Routledge as a paperback book. The book was edited by two of the journal’s Associate Editors, Dr Read more…