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On the Evolution of a Lesson: Group Preparation for Teaching Contest as Teacher Professional Development Activity for Chinese Elementary Science Teachers
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Tang, Xiaowei; Shao, Faxian – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Group preparation for teaching contest, or lesson polishing, is a teacher professional development activity unique to China. Through participant observation and discourse analysis of a typical case, this study explores how a science lesson evolved through lesson-polishing process and how such process influenced individual learning and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Faculty Development