Bringing in Professional Experience to a Discussion Mediated by a Blended-Learning Environment: "How" and "What" Do Teachers Learn?
ARTICLE
Maria da Luz Correia, Teresa Mauri Majós, Rosa Colomina Álvarez
Digital Education Review Volume 24, Number 1, ISSN 2013-9144
Abstract
We discuss the results of a study aimed at shedding light on the influence that the sharing of professional teaching experiences may have on teachers' professional learning. The focus is on the uses that participants make of their notes about their lesson planning experience in an in-service blended learning course, and the mediation strategies undertaken by the tutor in the virtual sessions. The study suggests that bringing in professional experience, which is generally well accepted, appears to be irrelevant, or may show a modest impact on professional learning development. Specific expertise is necessary for tutors to be able to support the meaning making process and effectively help in-service teachers to move from the mere exchange of experiences towards the appropriation of the target concepts.
Citation
da Luz Correia, M., Majós, T.M. & Álvarez, R.C. (2013). Bringing in Professional Experience to a Discussion Mediated by a Blended-Learning Environment: "How" and "What" Do Teachers Learn?. Digital Education Review, 24(1), 113-134. Retrieved June 5, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/193107/.

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Keywords
- blended learning
- case studies
- Classroom Observation Techniques
- Data Analysis
- Data Collection
- Diaries
- Feedback (Response)
- Foreign Countries
- Inservice Teacher Education
- instructional design
- Intervention
- Language Teachers
- lesson plans
- Naturalistic Observation
- Pedagogical Content Knowledge
- PEER MEDIATION
- Peer Relationship
- Personal Narratives
- professional development
- reflection
- Secondary School Teachers
- teacher collaboration
- teacher education
- Teacher Education Programs
- Teaching Experience
- teaching methods
- Technological Literacy
- tutors
- Video Technology
- Virtual Classrooms