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P ro fessio n al D ev elo p m en t
Interviewer: Good morning, dear listeners, I 
would like to remind you today’s topic, “Professional 
development”, therefore we have invited a well-known 
specialist, associate professor Makhmud Tursunovich 
Tursunov. Welcome to the studio.
Mr. Tursunov: Good morning!
Interviewer: As we know, professional development 
is one of the vital issues in all spheres. Will you explain 
to us what is professional development?
Mr. Tursunov: Well, Professional development 
opportunities refer to the acquisition of skills and 
knowledge both for personal development and career 
advancement. It presents great changes, broaden 
skills, improving self-knowledge, views, interests, 
building or renewing, identity/self-esteem, developing 
s trengths or talents, improving self-awareness.
Therefore Professional Development is a means 
of supporting people in the workplace, to understand 
more about the atmosphere in which they work, the 
job they do and how to do it better. It can be a step 
on the ladder to higher qualifications or enhanced 
job prospects or be required by professional bodies to 
maintain professional status. It can be a part of meeting 
targets set by workforce performance management 
schemes or an opportunity for individuals to change 
their job paths. In one word we can say it is an ongoing 
process throughout our working lives.
Interviewer: My second question concerns 
the requirements of the professional development. 
Will you tell us why everyone needs professional 
development?
Mr. Tursunov: We live in the XXI century. The 
world is changing rapidly. We can see these changes 
in legislative, social and economic developments 
directly. It affects the situation in which we live 
and work. At the same time technological advances 
provide different ways of working. So every young 
person should have to understand and recognize it.
Interviewer: Our listeners are young, future 
professionally developed people therefore I would 
like you to tell them the main phases of Professional 
Development.
Mr. Tursunov: Well, according the research 
there are six phases of professional development. 
The first one is building a knowledge base. Without 
this phase one can’t be professional. It requires new 
knowledge and information. This phase includes goal 
setting, assessing needs, participating in interactive 
workshops, and forming a study group. The second 
phase is observing models and examples. The aim of 
this phase is to study instructional examples in order 
to develop a practical understanding of the research. 
Here, students might participate in activities such as 
school and classroom visitations, peer observation,