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A study of teacher quality in Bhutan: issues and challenges for initial teacher education and continuing professional development
- Abstract:
- This article reports on a collaborative research project carried out by researchers, teacher educators and curriculum developers in the countries of Bhutan and the UK to investigate country-relevant issues related to quality teaching and teacher education in Bhutan. A survey, first conducted in Australia, was carried out with 64 teachers in Bhutan from primary and secondary schools with teaching experience ranging from less than a year to 20+ years. Key findings indicate that there are issues to explore around the current quality of provision in preparing teachers for teaching multilingual and multicultural learners and supporting students with special education needs or disabilities. In addition, the findings indicate that there may be some differences in the quality of teacher education experienced by primary and secondary school teachers. Finally, the findings suggest that, once in the profession, teachers perceived their effectiveness improves due in part to current CPD initiatives in Bhutan and to strong support within schools.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/1359866X.2025.2478860
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- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Journal:
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education More from this journal
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 291-317
- Publication date:
- 2025-03-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-12-04
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-2945
- ISSN:
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1359-866X
- Language:
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English
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2068731
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pubs:2068731
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2024-12-06
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- 2025
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- © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any med-ium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this articlehas been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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