stated that improving teacher quality is both common and necessary,
and it depends on professional development, which should create meaningful learning experiences for teachers.
However, while teachers are required to participate in professional development activities, it is often the case that
they are not involved in selecting and planning those activities, and that professional development may not be
closely tied to classroom practice. Teachers attended the courses available to them, which may or may not have
directly served their needs. They may very well have returned to their schools and faced the same problems they
had before, or they may have been fortunate enough to be able to modify their classroom practices using what
they gained from the training. Therefore, a more desirable PD training course should provide some opportunities
for participants to be involved in choosing the problems for which they’ve been searching solutions