PREPARING NEW TEACHERS THROUGH TEACHER-STUDY GROUP FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This article tries to present theoretical view and related reasarches to contemporary development of teachers professionalism. Dinamically consistent development of professional teachers should be continously maintained and enhanced following the unique character of teachers as social being. The reality has shown that there have been many gradutes from teachers-education institutions who have newly been teaching and those have not tauhgt at all. If they want to keep their knowledge and skill of teaching after graduation from S1 teahers-education they should have professional bridgingpre-professional phase through teacher-study group. What teacher-study group is is reviewed through reachable literatures.

Key words: teacher/s, professionalism development, teacher-study group.

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