Dr Lizana Oberholzer

Integrating generative AI into language teachers’ professional development: a longitudinal study using the synthesis of qualitative data (SQD) model This longitudinal study investigates how effectively a structured professional-development program supported language teachers’ integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into their ...

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

Leadership for learning as a tool for professional learning and improvement: a methodological analysis of the leadership for learning questionnaire The article focuses on the evaluation of a school self-evaluation questionnaire originally developed for the Leadership for Learning (LfL) Carpe Vitam (CV) programme and subsequently used extensive...

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.
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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/

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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.

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The next @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Researchers' Retreat will take place on the 15th November.
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“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 This paper explores how the subject-specific professional learning of secondary history teachers is supported by mentoring a preservice teacher within a subject-specific Higher Education Institutio...

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.
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The next IPDA Scotland Professional Learning Research Network meeting will take place on the 18th November
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Justice-centered praxis is work in perpetuity: critical professional learning as unfinishedness Drawing on Freire’s notion of unfinishedness, this study explored the experiences of P-20 social studies teachers in the U.S. who participated in a five-part professional learning series on the int...

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.
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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-...

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Communicative leadership of middle leaders in teacher professional learning: resolving contradictions and fostering change Middle leadership has been increasingly recognised as critical to teacher professional learning, yet empirical understanding of their communicative leadership remains limited. Drawing on Activity T...

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

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The next @ipdaireland.bsky.social event will take place on the 13th November.
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Behind the scenes of project management in academia: reflective lessons from a teacher training project This collaborative autoethnography study aims to discuss our retrospective and prospective reflections on managing an in-service teacher training project in Türkiye as part of our professional deve...

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

The journey of teachers’ professional growth through reflective school practices This paper aims to provide an example of how teachers’ professional growth in a general education school in Lithuania was enhanced and sustained through engagement with the principles and practices...

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!

Transforming teacher beliefs through professional learning for powerful learning environments This study examined whether a professional development (PD) programme on powerful learning environments (PLEs) could enhance teachers’ (collective) efficacy beliefs and expectations towards student...

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...

Leadership professional learning for accelerating student achievement: the role of a collaborative problem-solving intervention This study explains the impact of a leadership intervention in collaborative problem-solving on the behaviour of eight middle leaders, on the teachers of those leaders, and on the reading achieveme...

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.
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