A Professional Development Model for the Teaching of British Empire, Migration, and Belonging
ISBN: 978-1-83549-147-8, eISBN: 978-1-83549-144-7
Publication date: 4 November 2024
Abstract
The TIDE Beacon Fellowship was a professional development programme supporting a small group of history and english teachers in their teaching of the British Empire, Migration, and Belonging. The Fellowship took place over three months with three full-day workshops. This chapter seeks to assess how a sustained form of professional development could support the teaching of a complex topic like the history of the British Empire. The authors will present a single case study as a basis of hypotheses testing, arguing that teachers are best supported with professional development that draws on both academic scholarship from the relevant subject disciplines and empirical evidence from classrooms; accounts for teachers’ personal beliefs; and takes place within supportive forums that facilitate dialogue.
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Citation
Branford, A. and Todd, J. (2024), "A Professional Development Model for the Teaching of British Empire, Migration, and Belonging", Moncrieffe, M.L., Fakunle, O., Kustatscher, M. and Rost, A.O. (Ed.) The BERA Guide to Decolonising the Curriculum: Equity and Inclusion in Educational Research and Practice (The BERA Guides), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83549-144-720241010
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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