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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
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
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
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
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
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…
