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

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

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

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. More information and registration details below

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. More information and how to apply below

📚 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

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. More information and registration details below.

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.

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

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. More information and how to apply below

Listen to the latest @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Podcast 👇

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. More information and registration details below

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 More information and registration details below

Just published online - Justice-centered praxis is work in perpetuity: critical professional learning as unfinishedness by Asif Wilson & Rachel McMillian. More information @ bit.ly/4nQ6waJ

The next @ipdaireland.bsky.social event will take place on the 13th November. More information below

Join IPDA Scotland for the next Professional Learning Research Network meeting, which will be led by Prof Gary Husband, University of Sunderland. We will look at how the experience and knowledge of the practice-based researcher can shape their research. ipda.org.uk/18-november-...

Just published online - Communicative leadership of middle leaders in teacher professional learning: resolving contradictions and fostering change by Mengting Liu, David Gurr & Jiali Huang. More information @ bit.ly/3Lc6w6Z

The next @ipdaireland.bsky.social event will take place on the 13th November. More information below

Just published online - Behind the scenes of project management in academia: reflective lessons from a teacher training project by Merih Ugurel-Kamisli & Ozlem Erden-Basaran. More information @ bit.ly/48v9Y6A

Just published online - The journey of teachers’ professional growth through reflective school practices by Remigijus Bubnys, Odeta Šapelytė & Tony Ghaye. More information @ bit.ly/494zOhP

Thank you to all our delegates and speakers who joined us for the IPDA England Conference in Wolverhampton. The event was filled with valuable insights, engaging discussions, and meaningful connections. We’ll be sharing photos and highlights from the conference on our website soon—stay tuned!

Just published online - Transforming teacher beliefs through professional learning for powerful learning environments by Heline Katrien Van Peteghem, Nadine Engels, Machteld Vandecandelaere & Ingeborg Placklé. More information @ bit.ly/47fmZia

Join IPDA Ireland on 13 Nov 2025 for a member meet and greet session coupled with an abstract clinic, helping you to understand our 2026 conference theme and gain guidance on writing a strong, impactful proposal. Find out more: ipda.org.uk/irelandmeeta...

Just published online in Vol 51(5) - Leadership professional learning for accelerating student achievement: the role of a collaborative problem-solving intervention by Jacqui Patuawa, Claire Sinnema, Viviane Robinson & Tong Zhu. More information @ bit.ly/48CSqFp

Lovely to attend the book launch of ‘Coaching with Purpose’. As always thought provoking and insightful CollectivED: The Centre for Coaching, Mentoring, Supervision and Professional Learning

There is still time to book your place for the upcoming IPDA England Conference. More details👇

Belgrade

Proposals are now being accepted for the 2026 Leadership for Professional Learning Symposium! This year’s theme is Leading Professional Learning: Revisiting and Reimagining Moral Purpose. Learn more and submit a proposal by October 31 at: lfplsymposium.org/proposals/ @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social

Looking forward to connecting with colleagues EERA European Educational Research Association conference regarding Professional Learning # ECER2025

@ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social is an exhibitor at the BERA Conference that is currently running and will end tomorrow. Find out more @ bera.ac.uk/conference/b...

Looking forward to connecting with colleagues EERA European Educational Research Association conference regarding Professional Learning # ECER2025

Volume 51(4) of @pdiejournal.bsky.social is now online @ www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/c...

Just published online - Improving K–12 STEM teacher self-efficacy: a scoping review of experimental professional development trials by Xuan Zhou, Lina Shu, Tian Chen, Zhihong Xu & Yolanda Padrón. More information @ bit.ly/3UU7Yg1