Dr Lizana Oberholzer

Happy International Women's Day to the incredible women across our global community whose dedication helps shapes the future of professional learning and development. Thank you for all your commitment and contributions to champion research and practice focusing on professional learning. #IWD2026

Insightful and thought provoking day in Paris in the buildup to today’s International Women’s day!

Conference conversations: IPDA Ireland Chair Aoife Brennan

Podcast: Stuart Mitchell discusses our Conference in Dublin with Aoife Brennan, IPDA Ireland Chair. Gain insight into Aoife and her work plus what we can expect in Ireland. Plus she is already prompting us to go to the pub, to continue professional dialogue of course open.spotify.com/episode/6JHx...

📚 IPDA Ireland's Journal Club is back and in this fifth session we will explore transformative teacher CPD models - examining border crossing journeys, contradictions and possibilities in professional development. Register - ipda.org.uk/12-february-... #TeacherCPD #CPD

The team from IPDA Morocco are at IPDA 2026, speaking with delegates about IPDA as a catalyst for sustainable innovation and inclusion in professional learning. If you are in attendance please find them and say hello. #ICSEI2026

Documenting teachers’ motivation for professional learning: a systematic review Given the wide range of knowledge and skills expected of teachers, andthe ongoing evolution of the teaching profession, it is imperative thatteachers continue to learn throughout their careers. To ...

Just published online in Vol 51(6) - Documenting teachers’ motivation for professional learning: a systematic review by Kristabel Stark, Robin Sayers & Emma Angell More information @ bit.ly/4q0cEhN

Documenting teachers’ motivation for professional learning: a systematic review Given the wide range of knowledge and skills expected of teachers, andthe ongoing evolution of the teaching profession, it is imperative thatteachers continue to learn throughout their careers. To ...

Just published online in Vol 51(6) - Documenting teachers’ motivation for professional learning: a systematic review by Kristabel Stark, Robin Sayers & Emma Angell More information @ bit.ly/4q0cEhN

Exploring self-directed professional development (SDPD): from hobbyists to acknowledged tango teachers In community-based teaching environments, instructors often operate as quasi-professionals, encountering challenges due to limited access to formal teacher training. Leveraging Garrison’s self-dire...

Just published online in Vol 51(6) - Exploring self-directed professional development (SDPD): from hobbyists to acknowledged tango teachers by Zixi Li, Chen Feng, Xiaoying Zheng & Curtis J. Bonk. More information @ bit.ly/4pzkYFH

2 days to go until the next @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Spotlight Session.
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Relational and communicative leadership practices in professional learning: a case study of middle leaders in rural Pakistani high schools This study explores how middle leaders use relational and communicative practices to enhance professional learning in resource-constrained high schools in Barkhan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. A...

Just published online - Relational and communicative leadership practices in professional learning: a case study of middle leaders in rural Pakistani high schools by Muhammad Arif, Aneta Ismail, Yao Jia Li & Wang Yang. More information @ bit.ly/4iEazWz

Our sister journal PRACTICE is offering 5 Writing Fellowships for 2026.
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📚 PhD or MA researcher? Join us on 4 Dec 2025 (6–7pm) for an IPDA Spotlight Session on the literature review. 👇
This event is free to attend! Find out more and register here - ipda.org.uk/4-december-2...
#PhDChat #AcademicWriting #ResearchSkills

Barriers and supports for successful completion of an Emergent Literacy Micro-Credential: an analysis at three levels of the professional learning system Professional learning (PL) can enhance early childhood education (ECE) educators’ knowledge and skills and thereby improve children’s outcomes. Compared to in-person PL, online PL offers greater ac...

Just published online - Barriers and supports for successful completion of an Emergent Literacy Micro-Credential: an analysis at three levels of the professional learning system by Danielle L. Pico et al. More information @ bit.ly/4iDwrRW

The latest @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Spotlight Session will take place on the 4th December.
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Our sister journal PRACTICE is offering 5 Writing Fellowships for 2026.
More information and how to apply below

The latest @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Spotlight Session will take place on the 4th December.
More information and registration details below.

Integrating generative AI into language teachers’ professional development: a longitudinal study using the synthesis of qualitative data (SQD) model This longitudinal study investigates how effectively a structured professional-development program supported language teachers’ integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into their ...

Just published online - Integrating generative AI into language teachers’ professional development: a longitudinal study using the synthesis of qualitative data (SQD) model by Keyi Zhou, Hongyun Deng, Hong Ching Chan & Chin-Hsi Lin. More information @ bit.ly/3LFAEIt

Leadership for learning as a tool for professional learning and improvement: a methodological analysis of the leadership for learning questionnaire The article focuses on the evaluation of a school self-evaluation questionnaire originally developed for the Leadership for Learning (LfL) Carpe Vitam (CV) programme and subsequently used extensive...

Just published online, the Open Access Article - Leadership for learning as a tool for professional learning and improvement: a methodological analysis of the leadership for learning questionnaire by Sue Swaffield & Panayiotis Antoniou. Read and download for free @ bit.ly/4o47IqI

Our sister journal PRACTICE is offering 5 Writing Fellowships for 2026.
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Though provoking week in Leeds - really loved the annual UCET conference!

In our latest podcast episode Stuart Mitchell and Lizana Oberholzer reflect on the upcoming 2026 conference theme. Listen to the full episode on our website or on Spotify. ipda.org.uk/podcast/

Listen to the @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Conference Podcast Conversation

Please note the deadline for submitting proposals for the 2026 LfPL Symposium has been extended until the 16th November.
Learn more about the symposium’s guiding theme and proposal guidelines at lfplsymposium.org/proposals/.

New article published by @htenuk.bsky.social co-Chairs @victoriacrooks.bsky.social and @lauralondo1017.bsky.social and our greatly missed former committee member Helen Snelson exploring the impact of subject-specific #mentoring on #historyteacher #mentors.

#TeacherEducation #HistoryEducation

The next @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Researchers' Retreat will take place on the 15th November.
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“An incentive for innovation”: the impact of being a subject-specific secondary ITE mentor within an HEI partnership on the professional learning of teacher mentors This paper explores how the subject-specific professional learning of secondary history teachers is supported by mentoring a preservice teacher within a subject-specific Higher Education Institutio...

Just published online - the Open Access Article - “An incentive for innovation”: the impact of being a subject-specific secondary ITE mentor within an HEI partnership on the professional learning of teacher mentors by Victoria Crooks et al. Read and download for free @ bit.ly/4oD8YSs

Something for the weekend? You may enjoy this IPDA conference podcast conversation - find out about the 2026 conference theme, why we're going over to Ireland, the emerging researcher forum and much more.
👉 Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/7AMX...

The next IPDA Scotland Professional Learning Research Network meeting will take place on the 18th November
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