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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:  

* 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 ====