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Professional Development: Participation by type of professional development

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Table 7. Participation rates for each type of professional development reported to be undertaken by lower secondary education teachers in the 12 months prior to the survey, by education system: 2013 (NOTE: this is a 2-part table. See Part 1 | Part 2)
Educaton system Courses/ workshops Education conferences or seminars where teachers and/or researchers present their research results and discuss educational issues Observation visits to other schools Observation visits to business premises, public organizations, nongovernmental organizations
Percent (S.E.) Percent (S.E.) Percent (S.E.) Percent (S.E.)
Australia 85.7 (0.86) 56.3 (1.56) 14.7 (0.99) 13.6 (0.87)
Brazil 65.8 (0.88) 38.9 (0.93) 12.2 (0.68) 16.5 (0.72)
Bulgaria 60.3 (1.61) 39.8 (1.20) 15.2 (1.20) 7.3 (0.72)
Chile 55.3 (1.89) 29.8 (1.49) 9.0 (0.96) 9.4 (0.89)
Croatia 79.1 (0.88) 79.4 (0.79) 6.7 (0.49) 6.1 (0.47)
Cyprus 60.6 (1.24) 63.0 (1.33) 18.3 (0.91) 11.4 (0.76)
Czech Republic 69.7 (1.53) 22.4 (0.97) 13.9 (0.86) 18.3 (0.75)
Denmark 72.9 (1.72) 36.4 (1.26) 5.7 (0.79) 12.4 (1.08)
Estonia 82.0 (0.75) 51.3 (1.21) 31.5 (1.26) 15.8 (0.83)
Finland 60.1 (1.32) 35.5 (1.22) 20.0 (1.14) 15.9 (1.09)
France 53.7 (1.24) 19.8 (0.94) 9.2 (0.68) 5.3 (0.47)
Iceland 70.0 (1.33) 58.2 (1.40) 52.1 (1.26) 15.1 (1.18)
Israel 76.3 (1.00) 45.0 (1.07) 14.3 (1.10) 7.2 (0.55)
Italy 50.9 (1.38) 31.3 (1.03) 12.5 (0.70) 5.2 (0.46)
Japan 59.8 (0.99) 56.5 (1.07) 51.4 (1.30) 6.5 (0.48)
Korea, Republic of 78.1 (0.89) 45.3 (1.16) 31.9 (1.29) 10.2 (0.64)
Latvia 88.8 (1.08) 60.1 (1.46) 52.4 (1.60) 20.6 (1.09)
Malaysia 91.3 (0.70) 32.9 (1.34) 19.9 (1.38) 19.2 (1.06)
Mexico 90.3 (0.71) 38.6 (1.21) 10.7 (0.71) 11.7 (0.75)
Netherlands 78.4 (1.17) 45.7 (1.69) 15.8 (1.28) 20.1 (1.30)
Norway 64.2 (1.44) 40.0 (2.50) 7.5 (1.04) 8.2 (1.31)
Poland 81.0 (1.01) 52.4 (1.17) 11.7 (0.89) 9.0 (0.66)
Portugal 66.5 (1.09) 40.4 (1.20) 16.7 (0.83) 39.1 (1.06)
Romania 51.9 (1.41) 28.6 (1.27) 33.3 (1.23) 12.4 (0.82)
Serbia 69.9 (1.07) 60.4 (1.17) 14.6 (0.79) 12.4 (0.75)
Singapore 92.9 (0.46) 61.4 (0.96) 24.1 (0.81) 20.8 (0.78)
Slovak Republic 38.5 (1.21) 25.0 (0.92) 4.1 (0.39) 2.1 (0.30)
Spain 66.6 (1.36) 24.4 (0.89) 9.1 (0.52) 8.4 (0.53)
Sweden 58.1 (1.29) 45.1 (1.27) 13.5 (0.90) 9.5 (0.91)
Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates 81.6 (2.18) 49.8 (1.40) 28.1 (1.67) 28.8 (1.52)
Alberta-Canada 84.9 (0.98) 73.6 (1.26) 19.8 (1.46) 8.1 (0.67)
Belgium-Flemish 78.8 (1.22) 23.0 (1.00) 8.2 (0.91) 9.2 (0.65)
England-United Kingdom 75.0 (1.30) 29.4 (1.18) 19.5 (1.09) 5.6 (0.55)
International average1 70.9 (0.22) 43.6 (0.22) 19.0 (0.18) 12.8 (0.15)
United States 84.2 (1.42) 48.8 (2.25) 13.3 (1.21) 7.0 (0.71)
See notes at end of table.