AUTHENTICATING A MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT IN ANINTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

Sustaining gains that result from international aid projects is a matt er of contemporary concern. This paper outlines a model for sustainabl e professional development, drawn from the authors' experiences in man aging a six-year professional development project for teachers' colleg e lecturers in Papua New Guinea. The model involves five stages which have implications for individuals, their institutional contexts, and t he interactions between them. Research designed to authenticate the mo del is reported. The data support the general features of the model an d suggest that, with some elaboration, the model has potential applica tion in the design, implementation and evaluation of similar projects in many fields. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.