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Teacher Informal Collaboration for Professional Improvement: Beliefs, Contexts, and Experience
Joint Authors
Avalos-Bevan, Beatrice
Bascopé, Martín
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The article presents results of a study on teachers’ views, beliefs, and experience on school-based informal collaboration for professional improvement.
It explores the relationship of teacher beliefs in the collective efficacy of their colleagues and school’s capital and culture with their beliefs and experience in school-based collaborative learning.
The key source of evidence used is a survey of 1025 primary and secondary teachers in three geographical regions of Chile.
Main results show that teachers hold positive beliefs about the collective efficacy of their colleagues and students in their schools but more negative ones regarding the contribution of parents.
In terms of collaboration, teachers hold positive beliefs in general about its role for professional learning but indeed engage more in the “weaker” types of collaboration such as “sharing ideas” and “talking about teaching problems” and less in the more demanding ones such as “mutual lesson observation” and “team teaching.” Differences in teachers’ views, beliefs, and experience were examined in terms of level of teaching (primary/secondary), urban/rural location, school type (public and private), and school size.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Avalos-Bevan, Beatrice& Bascopé, Martín. 2017. Teacher Informal Collaboration for Professional Improvement: Beliefs, Contexts, and Experience. Education Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155125
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Avalos-Bevan, Beatrice& Bascopé, Martín. Teacher Informal Collaboration for Professional Improvement: Beliefs, Contexts, and Experience. Education Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155125
American Medical Association (AMA)
Avalos-Bevan, Beatrice& Bascopé, Martín. Teacher Informal Collaboration for Professional Improvement: Beliefs, Contexts, and Experience. Education Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155125
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1155125