This activity can be found in Pretty et al, (1995) - University of ...

Introduction: School Based INSETSchool Based INSET has been discussed as a way in which support for teachers’professional development can be provided by the teachers and Principalsthemselves. This would also enable teachers' needs to be identified and metwithin the school or with support from the cluster. The aim is for teachers andprincipals to take more responsibility for their continuing professionaldevelopment and foster a culture of learning in the school.Although teachers attend a wide range of formal INSET training courses, thisdoes not always lead to changes in their classroom practice. Teachers are ableto explain what they should be doing, but are often unable to put ideas intopractice, or are unaware that they are not doing so.There are a number of reasons why this may be so. We can describe teachers’beliefs about effective teaching as implicit and explicit. Explicit beliefs are whatteachers say they believe is good teaching, while implicit beliefs are shownthrough what teachers do. Often it is easy to change what teachers say, it is farmore difficult to change what they do. While terms such as activity based,integrated approach, cooperative learning, collaborative group work and criticalthinking may become a part of their active vocabulary when describing what theydo, observation often shows that these things are absent from their daily practice.In order for changes in practice to take place, there is a need for change to takeplace in the belief systems of teachers: they need to believe there are moreeffective ways of doing what they do if they are to change what they do. This isoften hard to do as it means they have to accept that what they have been doingin the past may not have been the most effective way.School Based Resource Teachers are to be trained in Facilitation Skills tosupport the implementation of a facilitative approach to School Based INSETactivities, and to enable the development of a culture of learning throughout theschool.More information on the structure of the system to be piloted can be found in HOIn1.1.1 Jamaica All Age Schools Project: Facilitator Training for School Based Resource Teachers