Facilitating professional development is ambitious and challenging work.
Tools like OpenDragon and its libraries facilitate professional development by letting students "get their hands dirty" working with real code.
Additional research on iteration and revision of classroom MEAs through Lesson Study [(LS), Lewis et al. 2006)] would extend this model of situated, context-driven, coach facilitated professional development.
By using this analysis method, the findings indicated that teachers perceived that their motivation and goals for participating in professional development were not in alignment with their school district and universities that designed and facilitated professional development activities.
SmarterCookie and EdThena use variations of a social-network framework to facilitate professional development and teacher coaching.
In addition, supervision has been shown to be a mechanism facilitating professional development, improving health workers' job satisfaction and increasing motivation [ 12].
Theoretical writers agree on the importance of the quality of the supervisory relationship as a core ingredient in supporting and facilitating professional development [ 9, 11].
According to the results of our survey, students perceived social media to have numerous advantages, including inspiring creativity, facilitating professional development, communication with colleagues, knowledge acquisition, and improving the quality of care.
In this study, we knew from students' perspectives that reflective dialogue with competent mentors/supervisors about their negative experiences could transform negative experience into understanding and facilitate the learning about caring, which means that reflective practice can facilitate professional development of caring practice.
Moreover, guidance associated with training calls for collaboration between teachers, students and employers, which facilitates subsequent professional development.
