Mid-Career Teachers' Perceptions of Self-Guided Professional Growth: Strengthening a Sense of Agency through Collaboration

Autor/in	Strahan, David
Titel	Mid-Career Teachers' Perceptions of Self-Guided Professional Growth: Strengthening a Sense of Agency through Collaboration
Quelle	In: Teacher Development, 20 (2016) 5, S.667-681 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-4530
DOI	10.1080/13664530.2016.1190782
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Faculty Development; Teacher Improvement; Teacher Collaboration; Instructional Improvement; Teaching Experience; Active Learning; Independent Study; Interviews; Teacher Developed Materials; Content Analysis; Collegiality; Teacher Attitudes; Focus Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerkooperation; Unterrichtsqualität; Aktives Lernen; Selbststudium; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Inhaltsanalyse; Kollegialität; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Opportunities for self-guided professional development provided a context for exploring ways that mid-career teachers designed learning projects and articulated their perceptions of professional growth. In their applications for small grants for materials and released time, participants identified their own personal goals for improving instruction, designed plans of action, and assessed results. Intensive case studies with six participants documented ways that they integrated professional growth experiences to varying extents based on the nature of their relationships with colleagues. Those who benefited most from their participation had more collaborative relationships and used data more sophisticatedly. Although it is impossible to generalize beyond the context of this initiative, case studies like these affirm the importance of teacher voice and agency in professional development, especially when facilitated by opportunities for extensive conversations about learning and teaching. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01