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Professional learning and development partnerships as a vehicle for teacher empowerment in Ireland

King, Fiona orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5749-1435, Holland, Eimear orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2160-9128 and Ní Ángléis, Bernadette (2023) Professional learning and development partnerships as a vehicle for teacher empowerment in Ireland. In: Acquaro, Daniela orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9892-0256 and Bradbury, Ondine Jayne orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5721-8313, (eds.) International Perspectives on School-University Partnerships. Springer, Singapore, pp. 85-103. ISBN 978-981-99-0806-6

Abstract
Directly attributable to national policy directives in initial teacher education in the Republic of Ireland over the past two decades, there has been significant research in the area of school–university partnerships. This chapter explores the partnership between two university lecturers and seven early career teachers engaged in a participatory action learning action research study. As a community of practice, the focus was on the domain of leadership for inclusion. The partnership evolved from a need to bridge the theory–practice gap and to prevent a washout of learning from initial teacher education at the university to subsequent professional practice at the school level. It was partially funded by the Teaching Council of Ireland. Project outcomes point to a very effective partnership, whereby teachers were empowered at the individual, community, organisation, and wider professional levels, whilst also empowering others at each of those levels throughout the wider professional learning and development partnership.
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Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Inclusive & Special Education
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0807-3_7
Copyright Information:© 2023 The Authors.
ID Code:28787
Deposited On:21 Jul 2023 09:30 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 08 Mar 2024 13:48
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