Looking in the Heads of Experienced Teachers – Do they use the Wide Range of Principles of Effective Teaching when Analysing Lessons?

This study aimed to examine whether principles of effective teaching constitute essential criteria for a systematic and successful analysis of lessons. After watching a video of a complete lesson, the participants (each of nine experienced and pre-service teachers) were asked to analyse this lesson in terms of effectiveness for pupils’ learning in the form of an open dialogue. Their comments were analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis and revealed that the experienced teachers independently used the wide range of principles of effective teaching and differed significantly from the pre-service teachers in this regard. Particularly striking were the large differences in the activation of knowledge about these five principles: goal orientation, relating cognitive activities to prior knowledge, classroom climate/learning atmosphere, clarity, and using appropriate examples. These differences point to specific development tasks, in order to improve the analytical skills of student teachers within teacher education

Kompetenz von Mathematiklehrkräften im internationalen Vergleich

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, inwiefern die Erfassung von Wissen und von situativen Fähigkeiten von Mathematiklehrpersonen im internationalen Vergleich bedeutsam ist, und ob relevante Unterschiede zwischen Lehrkräften durch entsprechende Messinstrumente herausgearbeitet werden können. Im Besonderen wird erörtert, ob sich die in internationalen Vergleichsstudien wiederholt berichteten starken Leistungen ostasiatischer Schulkinder durch die Kompetenz ihrer Mathematiklehrer*innen erklären lassen. Dabei kommen auch die Grenzen internationaler Vergleichsstudien zur Sprache. (DIPF/Orig.

Wie analysieren ExpertInnen und NovizInnen Unterricht? Validierung des Konstrukts Analysekompetenz mittels Qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse

Die vorliegende qualitative Studie untersucht die Analysekompetenz von Lehrpersonen – verstanden als jene Fähigkeit, die Qualität von Unterricht unter dem Aspekt der Lernwirksamkeit angemessen beurteilen zu können. Im Fokus stand dabei die Frage, welche Faktoren die Ausprägung dieser Kompetenz bestimmen. Die notwendigen Daten wurden durch leitfadengestützte Interviews generiert, in denen jeweils neun ExpertInnen und NovizInnen eine videografierte Unterrichtsstunde analysierten. Die inhaltsanalytische Auswertung der auf diese Weise gesammelten Aussagen zeigte, dass die ExpertInnen – im Gegensatz zu den NovizInnen – über umfangreiches pädagogisches sowie fachliches (incl. fachdidaktisches) Wissen verfügten und mit diesem Wissen nicht nur einzelne Situationen, sondern auch den Unterrichtsprozess als komplexes Ganzes erfassen konnten. (DIPF/Orig.

Structuring lessons as an aspect of pre-service teachers' planning competence: A scaling-up analysis

Lesson planning is an essential part of teachers' daily work. In this study, we focus on structuring as an aspect of lesson planning, which generally can be defined as a clear, recognizable organization of instruction into individual phases and segments in which the teacher gradually builds up the complexity of the knowledge to be acquired and ensures a smooth flow of instruction through appropriate sequencing. In a previous study (Krepf and Konig in press), we conceived structuring as an aspect of lesson planning. To test the validity and reliability of this study's findings, a scaling-up study was conducted to determine whether structuring as an aspect of planning could be modelled reliably using a different and larger sample. In this study, 310 written lesson plans created by pre-service teachers during induction (172 at T1 [first lesson plan]; 138 at T2 [last lesson plan/state examination]) from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Berlin derived from the PlanvoLL-D project (Konig et al. 2020a, 2020b) comprised the study's data. The lesson plans were evaluated through content analysis using deductively formed categories. Afterward, the coding was quantified and analyzed using item response theory (IRT) scaling. The results indicated that two subscales could be separated in terms of content: a contextualization scale and a phasing scale. Furthermore, three explication levels could be distinguished. Measures of lesson structure planning increased during induction significantly with practical relevance. This study contributes to the research on modelling and measuring pre-service teachers' planning competence

Structuring the lesson: an empirical investigation of pre-service teacher decision-making during the planning of a demonstration lesson

Lesson planning is a challenge for teachers. However, the measurement and modelling of teachers' competence to plan lessons has received little attention. Especially, the question of which aspects are of central importance remains largely unresolved. The study aims to measure the challenge of structuring a lesson as an aspect of the situation-specific ability of lesson planning competence. To this end, we developed a standardised method for analysing written plans of demonstration lessons during induction. Using appropriate indicators, the situation-specific planning perception, interpretation, and decision-making of pre-service teachers is reconstructed. The sample consisted of 211 written lesson plans of 106 pre-service teachers from the PlanvoLL project. The lesson plans were evaluated through content analysis. The generated codings were then quantified and analysed with Item-Response-Theory (IRT) scaling. Results show that structuring can be reliably measured. Measurements of perceived competence increased during induction. This study contributes to the development of a meaningful empirical model of how the process of lesson structuring can be measured as a competence construct and to research on the measurement of planning competence among pre-service teachers

Digital resources as an aspect of teacher professional digital competence: One term, different definitions - a systematic review

The term 'digital resources' is increasingly used in educational research to describe the specific knowledge and skills that constitute teachers' professional digital competence. Educational policy documents, including the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu), deploy the term to reaffirm teachers' need for special skills in using digital resources. However, educational research literature presents inconsistent views of the term, restricting its effective use in further research and the promotion of associated skills among pre-service and in-service teachers. To clarify the term 'digital resources' and support future research related to its application especially in empirical research on teachers' professional digital competence, this systematic review aims to analyse the definitions of digital resources as a scientific term in 23 articles and to examine and compare the facets and aspects of digital resources. Finally, we derive a definition from the various perspectives and discuss the implications for the definition of digital resources as an aspect of teachers' professional digital competence

Looking in the Heads of Experienced Teachers Do They Use the Wide Range of Principles of Effective Teaching when Analysing Lessons?

This study aimed to examine whether principles of effective teaching constitute essential criteria for a systematic and successful analysis of lessons. After watching a video of a complete lesson, the participants (each of nine experienced and pre-service teachers) were asked to analyse this lesson in terms of effectiveness for pupils' learning in the form of an open dialogue. Their comments were analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis and revealed that the experienced teachers independently used the wide range of principles of effective teaching and differed significantly from the pre-service teachers in this regard. Particularly striking were the large differences in the activation of knowledge about these five principles: goal orientation, relating cognitive activities to prior knowledge, classroom climate/learning atmosphere, clarity, and using appropriate examples. These differences point to specific development tasks, in order to improve the analytical skills of student teachers within teacher education