ERIC Number: EJ811518
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Mar
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1367-4587
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Reflective Professional Development for Urban Teachers through Videotaping and Guided Assessment
Song, Kim H.; Catapano, Susan
Journal of In-service Education, v34 n1 p75-95 Mar 2008
As a part of the United States Department of Education Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants (TQE) program, a professional development project was conducted to support selected urban teachers from a Professional Development School to think reflectively about their teaching and learning. The 24 survey items were developed based on the three domains of Danielson's teaching practice. Using the survey, the eight participating teachers and 15 external reviewers were asked to assess the videotaped teaching performances three times. The main goal of the study was to examine if the participants would improve their reflective thinking skills using structured reflective tools, i.e. videotaping, the assessment rubrics, reflective writing guidelines, coaching and the reflective practice model. In addition the study examined if there were any significant differences in the three ratings. The results indicated that several items showed the significances among the ratings, and half of the participants evolved to the stage of evaluation, creating new schemata. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Professional Development Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Public Agencies, Federal Government, Video Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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