Master teacher workshops are a typical out-of-school teacher professional development program in China. Each master teacher workshop is presided over and run by a master teacher who is a locally well-known expert teacher in a subject. The other participants of a master teacher workshop are about 10 novice or experienced teachers teaching the same subject from different schools. In this context, this study attempts to investigate the effects of master teacher workshops on teachers' professional commitment by means of qualitative interviews. Altogether 10 teachers (inclusing two master teachers) who had workshop experiences were interviewed by convenience sampling and snowball sampling. Thamtic analysis was employed to analyze the data. The results showed that workshop experiences had positive effects on teachers' professional commitment and the workshop was considered as a good way towards sustainable teacher professional development. As to the master teachers, the workshop experience not only improved their professional development, but enhanced their job satisfaction by helping their colleagues grow. Led by the master teacher, the other participants improved their professional development, found their ways of autonomous teacher learning, and gained more confidence and job satisfaction in teaching profession. All these encouraged teachers to be more interested in professional development and more willing to invest personal time in professional development activities.

Authors:
Chunsong Cheng, Quzhou University, China

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Posted by Clive Staples Lewis

Last updated: 2023-02-23 23:45:00

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