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Continuing professional development models

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) refers to mandatory education, training and development activities occurring after entry to a profession.

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Author(s): Hugh Breakey and Charles Sampford

This title examines models of CPD. CPD models provide archetypes for the design, administration, governance and delivery of CPD. This title discusses:

  • Terms and concepts within CPD Models;
  • The many types of CPD Element Models, describing different activities that professionals can employ for their professional development; and
  • The many types of CPD Scheme Models, describing the over-arching types of regime that govern professionals in their engagement with specific CPD activities.
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Resources

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Harry Kipkemoi Bett, (2016). The Cascade Model of Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development in Kenya: A Time for Change? Cogent Education: Professional Education and Training. Kenya.
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Christine Fraser, Aileen Kennedy, Lesley Reid and Stephen McKinney, (2007). Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development: Contested Concepts, Understandings and Models. Journal of In-Service Education. UK.
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Aileen Kennedy, (2005). Models of Continuing Professional Development: A Framework for Analysis. Journal of In-service Education, Vol 31, no 2. University of Strathclyde. UK.
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Andy Boon and Toni Fazaeli, with Sue Crowley (ed), (2014). Professional Bodies and Continuing Professional Development: A Case Study’ in Challenging Professional Learning. Routledge. City University London. UK.

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