TY - JOUR
T1 - The Benefits of Reteaching Lessons in Preservice Methods Classes
AU - Ganesh, Bibi
AU - Matteson, Shirley M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2010, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Teacher educators should examine current practices in teacher education and “understand what makes them wise and what makes them flawed” (Falk, 2006, p. 76). This study investigated possible changes in the pedagogical content knowledge of 26 middle-level preservice teachers after teaching a mathematics lesson twice to two groups of peers. Aspects of this study followed the Japanese lesson study design as peers and veteran educators debriefed after the first teaching of the lesson, and then a final debriefing occurred after the second teaching. A qualitative analysis of the preservice teachers' written lesson reflections and comments in field-based notebooks revealed remarks relating to (a) lesson modification, (b) lesson delivery, (c) multiple feedback, and (d) real-world applications. Implications for common practices in teacher education methods courses are discussed.
AB - Teacher educators should examine current practices in teacher education and “understand what makes them wise and what makes them flawed” (Falk, 2006, p. 76). This study investigated possible changes in the pedagogical content knowledge of 26 middle-level preservice teachers after teaching a mathematics lesson twice to two groups of peers. Aspects of this study followed the Japanese lesson study design as peers and veteran educators debriefed after the first teaching of the lesson, and then a final debriefing occurred after the second teaching. A qualitative analysis of the preservice teachers' written lesson reflections and comments in field-based notebooks revealed remarks relating to (a) lesson modification, (b) lesson delivery, (c) multiple feedback, and (d) real-world applications. Implications for common practices in teacher education methods courses are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/01626620.2010.549718
DO - 10.1080/01626620.2010.549718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84868270284
VL - 32
SP - 52
EP - 60
JO - Action in Teacher Education
JF - Action in Teacher Education
SN - 0162-6620
IS - 4
ER -