CPD is a combination of approaches, ideas and techniques that help individuals manage their own learning and growth. Within a learning culture, it can include any event, formal or informal, that increases knowledge, experience and understanding, improves performance and contributes to lifelong learning... CPD should be measured primarily by outcomes, not only the number of hours completed; the recording and analysis of participant data can prove valuable if seen along with the impacts of end outcomes.
A learning culture is an environment in which people are committed to their own growth and development as professionals and apply their learning in reflective practice. It involves accepting a set of attributes, values and practices which support a continuous process of learning for an organisation and its members.
(see CPD Strategy pp8-10)
Questions
Does this interpretation of CPD say what it needs to?
What will we need to do to develop the idea of a new learning culture?
2 Comment/s
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i think pages 8-10 do say what they need to say. I think it could be made clearer how this bit of the stratgey fits together - to me the CPD bit isn't a separate section, its part of the "Nurturing a Learning Culture" theme. as it is, the bit on CPD (p.8) could be read as saying that CPD can be anything you like- whereas the first paragraph on p.9 gives a really clear statement about how CPD should work.
~ Colin Ross Fri Jul 30 16:52:36 BST 2010 -
I would like to have seen the part of the statement "CPD should be measured primarily by outcomes", written in BOLD for emphasis, as this needs be a stated as strongly as possible
~ Mary Robb Sun Aug 01 16:41:30 BST 2010
