Abstract
Since classrooms have become more diverse, professional development on adaptive teaching seems critically important, yet turns out to be complex. Lesson Study may address this issue due to its explicit focus on student learning. In total, 22 Lesson Study participants from different school contexts were interviewed. Clarke and Hollingsworth's Interconnected Model of Professional Growth was used as the analyzing framework to explore its adequacy for understanding teacher professional growth. The results reveal teacher professional growth in adaptive teaching competence and show how the intensive focus on student learning, collaborative professional experimentation and the facilitators' role may contribute to this.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 289-303 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Teaching and Teacher Education |
Volume | 68 |
Early online date | 5 Oct 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2017 |
Funding
This work was supported by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (grant number: 023.005.105 ).
Funders | Funder number |
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Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 023.005.105 |
Keywords
- Adaptive teaching competence
- Lesson Study
- Professional development
- School conditions
- Teacher professional growth