Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Hellen Chirure Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 84 ISBN: 9783848490660
Описание
Although teachers' workplace learning has been acknowledged as a significant component of school improvement, very little is known about how the school as a workplace influences this learning. This book is based on a study set to investigate the influence the workplace of a rural public secondary school in Kenya on workplace learning of the teachers. A qualitative research approach was used and data was collected using interviews, observations and document analysis. The study established that the teachers in the school had learnt a range of things; and through a variety of ways. The factors that facilitated teachers’ learning in the school included; the resource available, good interpersonal relationships, supportive school leadership and networking while hindering factors included; the type of students, the size of school and the number of teachers, the limited school resources, lack of internal professional development programmes and the cultural context. The findings have...
