Professional growth in adaptive teaching competence as a result of Lesson Study

Tijmen Schipper*, Sui Lin Goei, Siebrich de Vries, Klaas van Veen

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)289-303
    Number of pages15
    JournalTeaching and Teacher Education
    Volume68
    Early online date5 Oct 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2017

    Funding

    This work was supported by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (grant number: 023.005.105 ).

    FundersFunder number
    Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek023.005.105

      Keywords

      • Adaptive teaching competence
      • Lesson Study
      • Professional development
      • School conditions
      • Teacher professional growth

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