I must say, having researched these, it wasn't exactly what I imagined professional development to be. I assumed this was the development that occurs from attending courses, from following a mentor at work, and from closely working with colleagues and external professionals. These theories model the practices I was asked to follow when delivering activities as part of my course and then reviewing how those activities went. I hadn't considered that I would need to continue to do this in the future with quite so much detail, but having researched these theories I now see it is not something limited to the coursework for my course, but something of value to continue doing as part of my continued work with the children.
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