UNIVERSITY TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to explore university teachers’ professional development in Uzbekistan and its current situations, containing problems and ways to improve it in Higher Education. Theoretical research framework was used to examine teachers’ professional development at universities. Online survey questionnaire and talking to teachers face to face were the main methods of collecting data at four Uzbek National universities from February to April in 2021. 112 teachers participated in research as respondents who filled the online questionnaire and 40 teachers were interviewed and the collected data was analyzed by SPSS software. The results indicated that teachers at universities were more likely to have a positive attitude towards PD.