ERIC Number: EJ770299
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Oct
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
Differences in Teachers' Comments on Classroom Events as Indicators of Their Professional Development
Krull, Edgar; Oras, Kaja; Sisask, Sirjie
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v23 n7 p1038-1050 Oct 2007
This study aims at identifying indicators of schoolteachers' professional development by learning teachers' perceptual and thinking capabilities of classroom events as reflected in their comments. The analysis of comments produced by novice and expert teachers on videotaped lesson activities, based mainly on the grounded theory strategy, revealed that expert teachers are more sensitive towards certain instructional events and to general teaching strategy used by the model teacher than novice teachers. The findings of this study might be useful for promoting student teachers' professional sensitivity towards relevant features of classroom instruction and atmosphere in pre-service teacher education programs.
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Discourse Analysis, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Experience, Evaluation Research, Teacher Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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