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Characteristics and Dimensions of Professional Development Frameworks: How emerging fields of expert knowledge identify and advance the competencies of professionals in those fields. A review and comparison of Professional Learning Frameworks

December 1, 2017 | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
This purpose of this review was to identify characteristics common across professional development frameworks within emerging professions (i.e. fields that are not regulated or licensed) and to identify practices and heuristics from those fields that could inform our work. The review began with; 1) creating a protocol for searching for frameworks; 2) identifying criteria for selection of representative frameworks; and 3) developing strategies for recording and sharing content with the research team. From the initial inventory of frameworks, we articulated a set of criteria for selecting a handful of professional frameworks to review. Five frameworks were selected for systematic review.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • SmallKris
    Author
    University of Washington
  • Kirsten Gausch
    Author
  • Dennis headshot   close in   June 2018
    Author
    Pacific Science Center
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1514890
    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1514884
    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1514815
    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1515315
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Professional Development and Workshops

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