Abstract:
In Ghana and globally, continuous professional development (CPD) is most essential for
promoting teacher learning and improving school effectiveness, but it is a field of
progressive opportunities and research. This study therefore seeks to investigate the
development and impact of the attitudes of CPD programmes to teachers and also sought
to gather the impact of CPD on both their classroom practices and wider professional life
in schools. A qualitative approach was adopted and the study was undertaken using
questionnaires. Through purposive sampling, the study was able sample out 50
respondents. It can be read from the study that the teachers strongly disagree that CPD is
a waste of time to teachers. Again, the study came out that the impact of CPD changes
teachers’ knowledge and practice, provides opportunities for teachers to explore new
roles. Also, CPD helps to refine teaching practice and broaden teachers experience and
enhances teachers’ effectiveness with students. It was reviewed that male teachers are
likely to benefit more from taken CPD than female teachers. The analyses also reviewed
that the youthful people are the majority of teachers in the Yendi community, therefore
CPD will equip more teachers if much attention and opportunity is given to them to
develop themselves professionally. It was recommended that teacher’s negative attitudes
towards CPD needed to be changed It was also recommended that there is a need to
invest more time and resources into the implementation and development of CPD.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2015