Continuing Professional Development for Physical Education teachers in Greece: towards situated, sustained and progressive learning?

The aim of this study was to build upon recent PE-CPD (Physical Education Continuing Professional Development) research by exploring the nature and quality of PE-CPD provision in Greece; the spectrum of teachers' professional learning experiences in both formal and informal learning contexts; and examining the features of effective CPD provision. The study employed qualitative research methods. Data were collected in three overlapping phases in one borough in Athens from repeat interviews with nine individual PE teacher case studies, interviews with six key CPD stakeholders with a range of responsibilities; and an open-ended profile questionnaire distributed to other PE teachers in the same locality. [Continues.]