ERIC Number: EJ890715
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 19
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1527-9316
Pedagogical Documentation and Collaborative Dialogue as Tools of Inquiry for Pre-Service Teachers in Early Childhood Education: An Exploratory Narrative
Bowne, Mary; Cutler, Kay; DeBates, Debra; Gilkerson, Deanna; Stremmel, Andrew
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v10 n2 p48-59 Jun 2010
The purpose of this paper was to examine how pedagogical documentation and collaborative dialogue served as tools of inquiry for a group of undergraduate Early Childhood Education pre-service teachers at a Midwestern university. The research was a collaborative effort of several faculty members who formed a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning group. A reflective, inquiry approach to this research uncovered several potential themes. This article, specifically, examined the relationships that occurred with collaborative dialogue and pedagogical documentation and how it enabled the pre-service teachers to understand the learning processes more fully, the benefits to utilizing collaborative dialogue and pedagogical documentation, and the misconceptions that emerged.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Children, Learning Processes, Misconceptions, College Faculty, Inquiry, Cooperation, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Reflection, Teamwork, Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A

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