The purpose of this study was to investigate the connection between professional development and professional capital within international schools in Asia.,This study was an exploratory multisite case study. Teachers and leaders in six high performing international schools in Asia were surveyed to measure their professional capital. Three leaders with the highest professional capital from different schools were interviewed to better understand how professional development fosters professional capital of their teachers.,International school leaders tended to have high professional capital while teachers reported having less professional capital. Leaders fostered professional capital of their teachers through professional development by supporting the intellectual passions of individuals, fostering collaborative learning within and across international schools and creating a culture of safety and vulnerability for teachers to try new things.,This study showed that a short version of the professional capital survey tested well in this context with items just focused on professional development. However, more work needs to be done to make the individual constructs more robust as it pertains to professional development. This research also highlighted the need to look at how international school teachers foster their own professional capital through professional development.,This is the first study that focused on the intersection of professional capital and professional development. Additionally, this article serves as one of the few studies of professional capital in international schools.

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利用专业发展在亚洲国际学校中建立专业资本

这项研究的目的是调查亚洲国际学校内部专业发展与专业资本之间的联系。本研究是一个探索性的多地点案例研究。对亚洲六所高性能国际学校的教师和领导者进行了调查，以衡量其专业资本。采访了来自不同学校的三位具有最高专业资本的领导者，以更好地了解专业发展如何培养其教师的专业资本。国际学校的领导者倾向于拥有较高的专业资本，而教师报告的是专业资本较少。领导者通过支持个人的知识热情，通过专业发展来培养教师的专业资本，在国际学校内部和跨学校之间促进协作学习，并为教师尝试新事物创造安全和脆弱性的文化。这项研究表明，简短的专业资本调查在此背景下进行了很好的测试，仅关注专业发展。但是，需要做更多的工作来使单个结构更坚固，因为它与专业发展有关。这项研究还强调了需要研究国际学校教师如何通过专业发展来培养自己的专业资本。这是第一项针对专业资本与专业发展的交汇点的研究。此外，本文是国际学校中为数不多的专业资本研究之一。