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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
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Effects of Video Club Participation on Teachers' Professional Vision
Sherin, Miriam Gamoran; van Es, Elizabeth A.
Journal of Teacher Education, v60 n1 p20-37 2009
This study investigates mathematics teacher learning in a video-based professional development environment called "video clubs." In particular, the authors explore whether teachers develop professional vision, the ability to notice and interpret significant features of classroom interactions, as they participate in a video club. Analysis for the study is based on data from two year-long video clubs in which teachers met monthly to watch and discuss video excerpts from each others' classrooms. Participating in a video club was found to influence the teachers' professional vision as exhibited in the video club meetings, in interviews outside of the video club meetings, and in the teachers' instructional practices. These results suggest that professional vision is a productive lens for investigating teacher learning via video. In addition, this article illustrates that video clubs have the potential to support teacher learning in ways that extend beyond the boundaries of the video club meetings themselves. (Contains 11 tables and 8 notes.)
Descriptors: Clubs, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods, Interviews, Meetings, Group Discussion, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Protocol Materials, Professional Development, Mathematics Instruction, Program Descriptions, Video Technology, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Middle Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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