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IPDA Ireland hosts Journal Club with Melissa Parker
On 26th September 2024, IPDA Ireland hosting the fourth event in our Journal Club Series entitled: ‘Journaling where we have not journaled before’. IPDA Ireland vice-chair, Dr Eimear Holland hosted the event. After journal club delegates explored the themes of Read more…
IPDA Scotland Professional Learning Research Network
This first meeting of the year for the International Professional Development Association’s Research Network took place on 25 January 2024. As always, the network meeting was split into two sections. The first 45 minutes handed over to our guest speaker Read more…
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
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
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
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
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
