Continuous Professional Development through Interaction and Collaborative Action Research

Abstract

Though language is a form of interaction, but ironically language teachers do not seem to interact with one another. In fact one of the reasons why professionalism in its true sense lacks in teaching profession is the absence of interaction among teachers and the vacuum in turn caused by this self withdrawal. Definitely interaction does help to enhance professionalism in a field.  The models of professional development viz. craft model, applied science model and reflective model propounded by Michael Wallace are effective ways of promoting interaction.