Empowering Teacher Professional Development with Technology:Experience in and Inspirations from Developing Countries
Teacher Professional Development is a critical factor in cultivating effective educators who can further promote the comprehensive growth of students.However,compared with developed countries,teachers in developing countries often lack sufficient professional development opportunities,which result in a significant gap between their actual professional capabilities and students'learning needs.With rapid advancement of technology,information technology has provided strong impetus for teacher education,especially in developing countries that have begun to prioritize teacher professional development but still facing scarcity of resources.Convenient two-way communication,audio-visual capabilities,and mobile devices can serve as powerful tools facilitating teacher professional learning,coaching,reflection,and support acquisition,which effectively enhances the quality of teacher professional development.This paper reviews the research and cases related to technology-empowered teacher professional development in developing countries in recent years,summarize and integrates experiences and insights,responding to current needs and challenges in teacher professional development,offers supportive suggestions for future teacher professional development,thereby contributing to the enhancement of educational quality.
developing countriestechnology empowermentteacher professional development
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