AU - Al-Mahdi, Osama. AU - Al Wadi, Hasan M. AB - 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) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif ID - 118281 OP - pp. 89-100 T1 - Towards a sociocultural approach on teachers’ professional development in Bahrain [Article] UL - 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif https://journal.journals.uob.edu.bh//Article/ArticleFile/2082 Full text (PDF)