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Article: Obstacles as opportunities in the promotion of teachers' learning

TitleObstacles as opportunities in the promotion of teachers' learning
Authors
KeywordsCollaboration
Collegial support
Professional learning
Reflective teaching
Teacher change
Issue Date2004
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijedures
Citation
International Journal Of Educational Research, 2004, v. 41 n. 4-5, p. 353-366 How to Cite?
AbstractThis paper describes the professional growth of two teacher educators. It notes obstacles to teachers' professional development, and investigates the factors which make some teachers less vulnerable to challenges. The paper observes that teacher educators who engage in self-study can reach a renewed understanding of their roles both in and beyond the classroom. The 3-year study on which the paper focuses aims at self-improvement, and takes the form of ongoing and reflective interaction with pre-service and in-service teachers in a post-graduate diploma course at The University of Hong Kong. Data were gathered from multiple sources: the collaborative lesson-planning experiences with the student-teachers, lesson observations, student-teachers' post-lesson reflections, retrospective interviews, and various types of online communication. The paper explores what constitutes the inner power of student-teachers and how the teacher educators can play a more vital role in connecting the disconnected teachers by empowering them to turn obstacles into opportunities. Through the journey and dynamics of co-learning with the student-teachers and teachers at schools, the paper further discusses how these obstacles have become opportunities for the teacher educators' mutual gains in professional growth and inner strength. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/84981
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.060
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dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the professional growth of two teacher educators. It notes obstacles to teachers' professional development, and investigates the factors which make some teachers less vulnerable to challenges. The paper observes that teacher educators who engage in self-study can reach a renewed understanding of their roles both in and beyond the classroom. The 3-year study on which the paper focuses aims at self-improvement, and takes the form of ongoing and reflective interaction with pre-service and in-service teachers in a post-graduate diploma course at The University of Hong Kong. Data were gathered from multiple sources: the collaborative lesson-planning experiences with the student-teachers, lesson observations, student-teachers' post-lesson reflections, retrospective interviews, and various types of online communication. The paper explores what constitutes the inner power of student-teachers and how the teacher educators can play a more vital role in connecting the disconnected teachers by empowering them to turn obstacles into opportunities. Through the journey and dynamics of co-learning with the student-teachers and teachers at schools, the paper further discusses how these obstacles have become opportunities for the teacher educators' mutual gains in professional growth and inner strength. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijeduresen_HK
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dc.subjectCollaborationen_HK
dc.subjectCollegial supporten_HK
dc.subjectProfessional learningen_HK
dc.subjectReflective teachingen_HK
dc.subjectTeacher changeen_HK
dc.titleObstacles as opportunities in the promotion of teachers' learningen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailHarfitt, GJ: gharfitt@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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