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ERIC Number: EJ793756
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 12
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-6620
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Using Authentic Cases through the Use of a Web-Based Professional Development System to Support Preservice Teachers in Examining Classroom Practice
Barnett, Michael
Action in Teacher Education, v29 n4 p3-14 Win 2008
Within the past few years, there have been numerous studies that suggest that preservice teachers need and want opportunities to observe, visit, interact, and collaboratively reflect with teachers who are attempting to implement reform-based teaching strategies. Unfortunately, for many schools of education, it is logistically difficult to locate a sufficient number of teachers who are teaching using such strategies. However, providing opportunities to view and interact with teachers who are teaching in innovative ways is critical for preservice teachers if they are to develop the skills and confidence that they need to teach in similar ways. This article describes how a web-based professional development system, the Inquiry Learning Forum, was implemented in a science methods class. The Inquiry Learning Forum provides beginning teachers with opportunities to reflect on their beliefs, critically examine real classrooms through online videos of teaching practice, and engage in collaborative discussion with peers. This article closes with a discussion of the challenges encountered and with recommendations for teacher educators who wish to implement such technologies in their own courses. (Contains 3 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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