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Given our gender unjust society, women teachers tend to have a 'double duty', working full time at school and at home.
Given our gender unjust society, women teachers tend to have a 'double duty', working full time at school and at home.
This can make it difficult for a teacher to focus on her continuing professional development. Any professional, needs a regular, even continuous 'recharge', to keep identifying newer content and pedagogical ideas that can help make teaching more effective and meaningful for the learner.
This can make it difficult for a teacher to focus on her continuing professional development. Any professional, needs a regular, even continuous 'recharge', to work effectively. For a teacher, such recharge is necessary towards identifying newer content and pedagogical ideas that can help make teaching more effective and meaningful for the learner.
==== On-site teacher development ====
==== On-site teacher development ====
While teacher workshops are useful, on-site development is seen as essential by research. On-site development has several benefits:
While teacher workshops are useful, on-site development is seen as essential by research. On-site development has several benefits:
* Exploring how the development processes can address 'OUR issues' and identify 'OUR needs'.
* Being able to apply ideas and share experiences for further learning and refining (setting up a virtuous 'action research' cycle)
* Developing a sense of collective.
* Developing a sense of collective.
* Exploring how the development processes can address 'OUR issues' and identify 'OUR needs'.
* Less expensive in terms of time and money, since all action is local
==== Renewal, rather than repair ====
==== Renewal, rather than repair ====