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IPDA Ireland Seminar explores Leadership and Professional Learning
IPDA Ireland hosted its second seminar on 6th February 2020 at Maynooth University. It attracted a wide audience including principals, teachers, teacher educators and others with an interest in leadership and professional learning. The seminar created a space for critical conversations Read more…
IPDA Ireland hosts slow chat on Risk, Resilience and Response-Ability in Remote Teaching and Learning
In response to the Covid19 lockdown, IPDA Ireland hosted a slow chat on Friday 3rd April 2020 titled ‘Risk, Resilience and Response-Ability in Remote Teaching and Learning’. Click the image to view the programme. The following questions were posed to Read more…
IPDA Hong Kong to bring two #IPDAConversations webinars in April and May
Given the complexity of the current context in Hong Kong, rather than hosting face to face events for the remainder of the academic year, IPDA Hong Kong are running a special series of webinars connecting last years #IPDAconversations theme of Read more…
Ethics and Professional Practice – Part 3 of 3
This webinar took place on Tuesday 16th June 2020. This Webinar: This is Part 3 of a series of three related webinars exploring ‘Ethics and Professional Practice in Education’ led by Dr. David Aldridge, Brunel University London. Part 3: Literary Read more…
IPDA England Bulletin April 2020
Download the latest bulletin from IPDA England including the following: IPDA England Committee updates and call for new committee members Upcoming online events: Current issues in teacher professional development Teacher wellbeing and its implications for professional development Annual IPDA conference Read more…
IPDA England hosts online event around current issues in teacher professional development
IPDA England hosted an online open twilight event exploring Current issues in teacher professional development. The event took place on 11 May 2020 from 16:00-18:00, and offered an opportunity to reflect on research, with the aim to explore key issues in education, Read more…
Report of the IPDA India International Conference 2020
Partap IPDA International Conference 2020 was organised by IPDA India and Partap College of Education, Ludhiana, in collaboration with Kazan Federal University under the patronage of International Professional Development Association (IPDA), U.K. on the theme “Cross-border and Multicultural perspectives in Professional Development of Teachers” Read more…
IPDA Hong Kong to host webinar series of #IPDAConversations
Given the complexity of the current context in Hong Kong, rather than hosting face to face events for the remainder of the academic year, IPDA Hong Kong are running a special series of webinars connecting last years #IPDAconversations theme of Read more…
IPDA England Bulletin Spring 2020
Annual IPDA Conference 2019 It was lovely to see many of you at the 2019 conference in Birmingham, and to hear so many interesting presentations and join in the stimulating conversations. IPDA England Committee Thanks were expressed to Coleen Jackson Read more…
IPDA Annual General Meeting 2019
The annual IPDA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be taking place on Friday 29 November 2019 at 17.15 in Conference Room 1, Conference Centre, Aston. Members can download the AGM documents below.
IPDA Ireland slow chat explores Reflections on professional learning
IPDA Ireland hosted this Slow Chat on 12th October 2019. This page features some of the responses and analytics. Analytics With 64 tweets posted, the slow chat’s overall impressions were over 33,000. Followers were engaged, with 895 actions being taken, including 42 retweets, Read more…
PDiE Call for Papers: Non-Linear Perspectives on Teacher Learning and Practice
Guest Editors: Kathryn Strom, Linda Abrams, & Tammy Mills Associate Editors: Ken Jones and Aileen Kennedy We invite you to submit an article for a Special Issue of Professional Development in Education on the theme of “non-linear perspectives on teacher learning and practice”, which Read more…
IPDA Bulletin October 2019
Welcome to the Autumn Bulletin from the International Professional Development Association. In this edition you can find out about: Annual Conference 2019 AGM 2019 IPDA Scholarship 2019 IPDA 2019 prize Update on IPDA local associations Call for papers, special edition Read more…
‘Practice’ Call for Papers: Harnessing Creativity in Changing Times: Risk, Resilience and Professional Learning
Please see the information below regarding a Special Conference Issue of the journal Practice: Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education. Harnessing Creativity in Changing Times: Risk, Resilience and Professional Learning Editors: Hazel Bryan, Alex Kendall We invite submissions for a special Read more…
IPDA Ireland hosts slow chat on Harnessing creativity in changing times
Ahead of the IPDA International Conference, IPDA Ireland hosted this slow chat on ‘Harnessing creativity in changing times; risk, resilience and professional learning’ from May 10th-12th 2019. This page features some of the responses to the questions asked. Analytics Over Read more…
PDiE Call for Papers: The Place of Professional Growth and Professional Learning in Leading Socially Just Schools
We invite you to submit an article for a Special Issue of Professional Development in Education on the place of professional growth and professional learning in leading socially just schools which we are intending to publish in Autumn 2020. Articles selected for Read more…
IPDA England hosts slow chat on ‘being creative with collaboration’
#ipdaengland hosted a slow chat looking broadly at ‘being creative with collaboration’ from 8pm Friday 29 March to 8pm Sunday 31 March 2019. Dr John Mynott, Head of Central School, Watford led this chat, with contributions from a range of colleagues around the Read more…
Reflections on the IPDA Ireland seminar: From the inside looking in
It may seem like a distant memory for many, but 20th February 2019 marked a significant date for the newly reformed IPDA Ireland committee. It was the date when we hosted the first of our events: a seminar entitled ‘Re-imagining professional Read more…
