شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

This paper reviews the concept of professional development and how it has been influenced by the major educational theories. Mainly, this paper argues for a call of a different perspective of the concept professional development in education and provides a critical rationale through certain actions and stands that were initiated by some parties in the domain. The paper also concludes with a proposed a new paradigm for viewing teacher continual professional development from a socio-cultural point of view. (Published Abstract)