ERIC Number: ED520963
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Publication Date: 2010-Jul
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An Ethnographic Intervention Using the Five Characteristics of Effective Teacher Professional Development
Patahuddin, Sitti Maesuri
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Jul 3-7, 2010)
This paper is aimed to describe an ethnographic intervention study of supporting a Low Use Internet (LUI) teacher to use the Internet for his professional development. Five characteristics of effective professional development were identified and applied. This description is followed by a reflection on the process to get a deeper insight about factors that could support and restrict teachers in making positive changes in his mathematics teaching. [For the complete proceedings, "Shaping the Future of Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia, July 3-7, 2010)," see ED520764.]
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Education, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Internet, Ethnography, Faculty Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Cooperative Learning, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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