Open AccessA Feasibility Study of a Teachers’ Professional Development Program for Character Education in Latvia
Author(s) -
Svetlana Surikova,
Manuel Joaquín Fernández González,
Tamāra Pīgozne,
Ieva Margeviča-Grīnberga,
Dita Nīmante,
Ieva Stokenberga
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pedagogika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2029-0551
pISSN - 1392-0340
DOI - 10.15823/p.2021.144.3
Subject(s) - professional development , focus group , medical education , perception , program evaluation , pedagogy , engineering management , psychology , engineering , political science , business , medicine , marketing , public administration , neuroscience
This article presents a feasibility study of a schoolteachers’ professional development program on virtue education. Using a questionnaire and focus group discussions, the study explored program feasibility through implementors’ and participants’ perceptions. While participants were more critical than implementors regarding design and delivery, the overall program feasibility was high, and its main strengths and shortfalls were established. Suggestions for its improvement were put forward.