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New Directions for the Design and Study of Professional Development: Attending to the Coevolution of Teachers' Participation Across Contexts

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New Directions for the Design and Study of Professional Development: Attending to the Coevolution of Teachers' Participation Across Contexts
Abstract/Description
Research on professional development (PD) typically focuses on what teachers learn as a result of their participation in PD. Questions are framed unidirectionally: To what extent does participation in PD affect teachers' classroom practice? The authors challenge this unidirectional conceptualization of teacher learning and instead argue for understanding the multidirectional influences between teachers' participation across the PD and classroom settings. Drawing on research in mathematics education, they argue that researchers should examine what teachers are learning during and after PD, looking at the coevolution of participation between classroom practice and PD. To advance studies of and designs for PD, the authors' perspective leads them to argue for the importance of better understanding how teachers come to make sense of primary artifacts, depictions, and enactments in and through PD.
Date
2008
In publication
Journal of Teacher Education
Volume
59
Issue
5
Pages
428-441
Resource type
en
Resource status/form
en
Scholarship genre
en
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en Yes
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
0022-4871
Citation
Kazemi, E., & Hubbard, A. (2008). New Directions for the Design and Study of Professional Development: Attending to the Coevolution of Teachers’ Participation Across Contexts. Journal of Teacher Education, 59(5), 428–441. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487108324330

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