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A Survey of Training and Professional Development for Learning Support Assistants
Author(s) -
DewHughes Denise,
Brayton Howard,
Blandford Sonia
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9604.00085
Subject(s) - professional development , training (meteorology) , psychology , medical education , professional learning community , training and development , pedagogy , mathematics education , medicine , management , geography , meteorology , economics
During the academic years 1996–98 the authors undertook a series of one‐day training and professional development seminars for learning support assistants working in secondary schools. Delegates attending the seminars represented sixty‐two local education authorities. They were asked to complete a questionnaire recording details of their qualifications and experience in post. During the course of the seminar, their wider comments were collected and examined. Many found their experiences shared or their views challenged by fellow delegates. This article discusses the findings of the survey, juxtaposing questionnaire data with the contextual field data of steered discussions. Its conclusions represent the views of 274 non‐teaching professionals currently supporting learning in secondary schools.