In this episode, we discuss the concerns of government-mandated teacher professional development programs of Indonesia on teacher self-efficacy beliefs. Where evidence indicates the minimum impact on teacher practices. These concerns are more apparent in mandatory professional development programs implemented in less privileged regions. My Guest is Dr. Ria Asih, from the School of Education @ UNSW Australia. Ria’s study explores the relationship between teacher perceptions of mandatory professional development and teacher self-efficacy beliefs.
Ria graduated from the School of Education of UNSW with the focus of study in teacher mandatory professional development programs in Indonesia's less privileged regions. Her research expands the current knowledge on teacher self-efficacy beliefs, in which her research model has proved that the construction of such beliefs which are highly influenced by the cultural and environmental contexts. Ria is a lecturer at the Masters of Pedagogy, Directorate of Postgraduate Program of Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia.
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