标题：The Teachers’ Portal as a tool for teachers’ professional development in Bangladesh: Facilitating nationwide networking and digital multimedia content for 40,000 schools
期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：3
页码：113-130
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：The Teachers’ Portal (teachers.gov.bd) is an online platform for Bangladeshi teachers designed tostore and retrieve digital educational contents of different subjects useful for classroom teachingand students’ learning. The portal also facilitates professional networking among teachers acrossthe country. This study aims to find out the benefits of using this Portal and associated challengesfrom teachers’ perspective. Following a mixed methods research approach Teachers, headteachers, teacher educators from primary, secondary, madrasa and vocational educationalinstitutions and specialists on teachers’ Portal (N=410) were interviewed and consulted for thestudy. Telephone interviews, online surveys, Key Informant Interviews (KII), Focused GroupDiscussions (FGD), Face-to-Face interviews, and large consultative workshops were used tocollect data. The results suggest that teachers are motivated to use the Portal as its contentsstimulate students’ creativity and encourage students’ active participation in classrooms learning.Besides, it empowers teachers in a number of ways. However, internet connectivity, slow Internetspeed, power failure, technical issues, high cost of Internet and unavailability of equipment arefound as major challenges. In short, the Teachers’ Portal is a key driver for changing Bangladeshieducation and preparing the young generation with quality education.
关键词：Teachers' Portal; Professional Development; Virtual Communities; Online;Professional Platform; Bangladesh.
