Hussain, Aarif and Sharma, Amit Kumar and Gandhimathy, K and Gladson, M E and Vargheese, K. A. and Jain, Vinod and Yogesh, G R
(2017)
Role of voluntary teacher forums (VTFs)
in continuous teacher professional
development in India: experiences from
Rajasthan, Karnataka and Puducherry.
Working Paper.
Azim Premji University.
(Submitted)
Abstract
The quality of education depends largely upon the teacher. Hence building
teacher capacity through continuous professional development of teachers is critical to
the quality of education. Systems and programs for continuous professional development
for school teachers in the formal educational system in India are inadequate and often illconceived.
Apart from other lacunae, they often do not recognize the professional identity
and agency of the teacher. Voluntary Teacher Forums (VTFs) that are facilitated by Azim
Premji Foundation in different locations of India, as part of an integrated and multimodal
approach to continuous professional development, try to address this central issue.
This study shows that VTFs are evolving as very useful platforms for collaboration and
peer learning amongst teachers in various locations. It shows that given an environment
that allows for easy access to meaningful opportunities, teachers will commit their time,
talents and resources to their own professional development. The study further recognizes
however, that the real issue is to understand how such forums can be made to happen in
different locations in a context as complex as the Indian public education system. While this
study highlights certain crucial dimensions of the VTFs – including what happens within
these forums and the efforts that go behind it – these continue to be subjects for our future
research works.
| Item Type: |
Monograph
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| Authors: |
Hussain, Aarif and Sharma, Amit Kumar and Gandhimathy, K and Gladson, M E and Vargheese, K. A. and Jain, Vinod and Yogesh, G R |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Voluntary Teacher Forum, Teacher Professional Development, In-Service
Teacher Education, Professional Learning Communities |
| Subjects: |
Social sciences > Education > Teacher education |
| Divisions: |
Azim Premji University > Research Centre > Centre for Local Democracy |
| Full Text Status: |
Public |
| Note: |
The working paper series aims at reflecting the range of work done across the Azim Premji
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The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in these papers are entirely those of the
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| URI: |
http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/15 |
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