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A1 Al-Mahdi, Osama. A2 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)