Jørgensen, Anna Neustrup

Ørngreen, Rikke

    Aalborg UniversitetThe Organizational Implementation of Online Teacher Professional DevelopmentJørgensen, Anna Neustrup; Ørngreen, RikkePublished in:Congress of the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA)Publication date:2017Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication from Aalborg UniversityCitation for published version (APA):Jørgensen, A. N., & Ørngreen, R. (2017). The Organizational Implementation of Online Teacher ProfessionalDevelopment. In Congress of the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) (2017 ed.)General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            ? Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            ? You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            ? You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at vbn@aub.aau.dk providing details, and we will remove access tothe work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from vbn.aau.dk on: April 30, 2017Learning and education – material conditions and consequences23 - 25 March 2017Copenhagen · DenmarkNERA 2017 Abstractswww.nera2017.org  [721]%THE%ORGANIZATIONAL%IMPLEMENTATION%OF%ONLINE%TEACHER%PROFESSIONAL%DEVELOPMENT  Anna!Neustrup1 ,!Rikke!Ørngreen1   1Dep.$of$Learning$and$Philosophy,$Aalborg$University,$Copenhagen$S.V.,$Denmark! Research%topic/Aim:%This!research!focus!on!the!organizational!implementation!aspects!of!a!large!longitudinal!research! project! that! investigates! the! development! and! implementation! of! an! online! resource! for! teacher!professional! development! (oTPD)! called! KlogPåNaturfag.dk! (KpN).!This! was! carried! out! as! a! case! study! in! a!school!district.!Here,! the!decision!to!partake! in!KpN!was! taken!by! the!district!administration!and!the!schoolVmanagement,! and! coVorchestrated! with! the! KpN! supplier! and! the! district! pedagogical! consultant,! though!teacher! participation! was! seen! as! voluntarily! (as! opposed! to! TPD! that! are! either! staged! as! mandatory! or!individually!managed! in!outVofVjob!settings).!This!setup! is!a! typical! scenario! in!a!Danish!context,!and!the!aim!was!to!study!the!many!roles!and!processes!influencing!the!practices!of!the!teachers,!while!involved!in!oTPD.!!Theoretical%frameworks:!The!research!is!grounded!in!theory!related!to!(o)TPD,!transfer!theory!and!to!the!implementation!of!professional!development!in!general,!as!organisational!learning,!culture!and!management!theory.!In!TPD,!the!literature!points!out!that!the!tensions!affecting!development!and!implementation,!have!not!changed!much!during!the!past!decade.!Moreover,!improvements!in!the!field!of!oTPD!are!difficult!given!the!lack!of!findings!based!on!strong!methods!of!evaluation!and!research!about!what!strategies!work!well!and!why!(Dede!et!al,!2016,!p.!6).!Therefore,!the!purpose!of!the!case!study!was!to!drive!a!researchVbased!case!study,!generating!domain!specific!knowledge!that!can!guide!a!similar!implementation!in!the!future.! Methodology/research%design:%The!case!study!applies!a!hermeneutic!and!pragmatic!approach!to!knowledge!creation.!Besides!the!district!administration!and!school!management,!6!schools!with!50!science!teachers!were!involved.!The!empirical!data!is!both!qualitative!(primary!data)!and!quantitative!(secondary!data).!The!qualitative!data!were!derived!from!interviews!with!all!stakeholders,!including!focusVgroupVinterviews!with!almost!30!teachers,!as!well!as!observation!from!initiatives!part!of!the!TPDVprocess!as!two!workshops.!The!quantitative!data!consist!of!teacher!surveys!before!and!after!the!oTPD,!and!backend!logVdata!from!KpN.! Expected% conclusions/Findings:! The! analysis! shows! that! the! number! of! stakeholders! involved! challenged!the! implementation,! particularly! communication! and! division! of! responsibilities.!!The! process! was!characterized!by!fragmented!communication!and!diffusion!of!information,!and!confusion!about!who!did!what!(or! not)! and! why.! This! resulted! in! very! little! activity! during! the! oTPDVperiod! and! in! a! very! high! dropoutVrate.!!However,! though! many! challenges! were! identified,! new! opportunities! in! this! form! of! organizational!implementation!of!oTPD!were!also!uncovered.!!!Relevance%for%Nordic%Educational%Research:!Professional!development!is!a!key!element!of!the!new!Danish!school! reform,! and!municipalities! across! the! country! works! with! the! governmental! 2020Vobjective,! to! have!certified!teachers!in!all!subjects!(Jespersen!&!Hansen,!2013).!In!general,!the!competence!level!of!teachers!and!in!particular!K1V12!teachers!is!a!topic!of!interest!for!many!politicians!in!Scandinavia!and!Internationally.!There!is!therefore!also!an!increased!managerial!attention!towards!TPD!in!general!and!oTPD!specifically!as! it! is!time!

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