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International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education
The Effects of the Professional Development Program Supported by On-the-job Visits on the Pedagogies of Mathematics Teachers
Recai Akkuş 1 * , Melisa Karakaya 1 2
1 Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, TURKEY2 Development Workshop Cooperative, TURKEY
* Corresponding Author
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Reference: Akkuş, R., & Karakaya, M. (2020). The Effects of the Professional Development Program Supported by On-the-job Visits on the Pedagogies of Mathematics Teachers. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 15(3), em0608. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/8481
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Reference: Akkuş R, Karakaya M. The Effects of the Professional Development Program Supported by On-the-job Visits on the Pedagogies of Mathematics Teachers. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2020;15(3), em0608. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/8481
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Reference: Akkuş, Recai, and Melisa Karakaya. "The Effects of the Professional Development Program Supported by On-the-job Visits on the Pedagogies of Mathematics Teachers". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2020 15 no. 3 (2020): em0608. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/8481
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Reference: Akkuş, R., and Karakaya, M. (2020). The Effects of the Professional Development Program Supported by On-the-job Visits on the Pedagogies of Mathematics Teachers. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 15(3), em0608. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/8481
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Reference: Akkuş, Recai et al. "The Effects of the Professional Development Program Supported by On-the-job Visits on the Pedagogies of Mathematics Teachers". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 15, no. 3, 2020, em0608. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/8481
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Reference: Akkuş R, Karakaya M. The Effects of the Professional Development Program Supported by On-the-job Visits on the Pedagogies of Mathematics Teachers. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2020;15(3):em0608. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/8481

Abstract

Researchers have approached to teacher change in different ways: as a learner, as a teacher, and as a colleague. This study aims to analyze teachers’ pedagogical changes within the professionally collaborated training program supported with on-the-job visits in their teaching environments. Five elementary mathematics teachers were involved in the study which was organized as a longitudinal professional program aiming at teachers’ classroom practices. By analyzing teaching practices and interviews through Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP), the results show that teachers had various characteristics in terms of enacting their pedagogical goals. The study concludes that sample classroom implementations and pedagogical discussions have impact on teachers’ beliefs about putting pedagogical goals into practice.

Keywords

in-service education on-the-job support teacher education

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