ERIC Number: EJ1073639
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Aug
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-0313-5373
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Changing Teachers' Feedback Practices: A Workshop Challenge
Fonseca, Jesuína; Carvalho, Carolina; Conboy, Joseph; Valente, Maria Odete; Gama, Ana Paula; Salema, Maria Helena; Fiúza, Edite
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v40 n8 Article 4 Aug 2015
Feedback can promote teacher-student relations and student academic involvement, performance and self-regulation. However, some research indicates that teachers do not always employ feedback effectively. There is a need to promote teachers' appropriate use of feedback in the classroom. We describe a long-term workshop designed to enhance teachers' knowledge and skills in the use of feedback strategies, and appreciation of the importance of feedback. Twelve teachers participated in the workshop. Observations as well as teacher reports indicate that participation in the sessions and the follow-up classroom application enhanced teacher involvement, knowledge, competencies and positive feelings in the use of feedback strategies. A workshop for teachers that has specific objectives on feedback strategies, is presented along a school year, and involves reflective sessions intertwined with classroom application work, can effectively promote participants' involvement, knowledge and competencies in the use of feedback, as well as their outlook toward the importance of these strategies.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response), Workshops, Faculty Development, Teacher Student Relationship, Skill Development, Observation, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Low Income Groups, Program Evaluation, Reports, Questionnaires, Knowledge Level
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
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