Article Green Open Access 2015

Growing connections – the connected professional

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Crawley, Jim
Research in Post-Compulsory Education
Journal · Vol. 20 · Issue 4 · pp. 476-498
Abstract

This article reviews research relating to the concept of ‘the professional’ then considers ‘the teaching professional’ and in particular the ‘post-compulsory education (PCE) teaching professional’ in more depth. Recent positive models of the teaching professional are analysed, including the expansive professional and the democratic professional, and a new model from the author’s research is proposed entitled the ‘connected professional’. This draws together a number of key positive components from other models, but also includes a strategy for enacting the model called ‘growing connections’. This is argued to offer a potentially more realisable goal for the future of PCE teaching professionals. The article concludes by offering a set of key characteristics of the PCE teaching professional and calls for adoption of the models offered. © 2015 Association for Research in Post-Compulsory Education (ARPCE).

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Teacher training Further education teaching and learning Professional Development Teacher Education Teacher development Professionalism Post-compulsory education

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School of Education, Bath Spa University, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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