What Teachers Think : A Grounded Theory Inquiry of Teachers Cognition When Interacting with Video Cases

ISBN-13: 9783639162332 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 152 str.

Peter Chan

Opis

Many teacher educators believe multimedia cases canimprove teacher development because of these cases potential in facilitating the acquisition of complex,ill-structured knowledge needed for classroomteaching. However, there is a general lack ofevidence on how cases impact thinking and practice ofteachers, and the evidence for multimedia cases iseven more sparse. Hence, the current study exploresthe cognitive activities of several teachers before,during, and after their interaction with videoethnography, a specific form of multimedia cases. Itemploys grounded theory to discover embedded meaningsand relationships that emerge from descriptive data.Findings of the study include the identification ofcategories of cognitive activities revealed inteachers thinking and patterns that emerged fromcase studies of individual participants. Usingcross-case analysis, four theoretical propositionsare generated to describe the cognitive developmentprocess and its two influencers: learning orientationand beliefs/experiences. The study has implicationsfor improving technology use in teacher development,production of multimedia cases, and research oncase-based pedagogy.

O autorze

Dr. Peter Chan is an Associate Professor of Instructional Design& Development at Brigham Young University Hawaii. He and his
students have developed internationally recognized computer-based
instructional programs for many different professions. His
research interests include video ethnography and instructional
design for higher order thinking.