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Achieving teacher professional growth through professional experimentation and changes in pedagogical practices

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posted on 2023-05-21, 04:15 authored by Tracey MuirTracey Muir, Deed, C, Thomas, D, Emery, S
To facilitate the professional learning of teachers and bring about changes in pedagogical practices, it is necessary to understand the process by which teachers grow professionally. Professional growth can be achieved when teachers work together to engage in professional experimentation and see results in terms of salient outcomes for their students. This paper reports on a study of teachers’ pedagogical practices as they introduced adaptations to focus on personalising students’ learning in mathematics. Two cases are presented to demonstrate how teachers in two schools used student mathematics test data to determine students’ strengths and needs, in order to personalise learning experiences. The findings highlight how shared responsibility and purposeful use of student data can lead to positive professional growth for teachers and improved learning outcomes for students.

Funding

Australian Research Council

Anglicare Tasmania

Bendigo South East College

Crusoe Secondary 7-10 College

Department of Education and Training Victoria

Eaglehawk Secondary College

Northern Bay P-12 College

Weeroona College Bendigo

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Publication title

The Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Volume

46

Issue

9

Pagination

22-38

ISSN

0313-5373

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Social Science Press

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2021 Edith Cowan University

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Teacher and instructor development

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