Video Study Groups for Education, Professional Development, and Change

By Francois Victor Tochon

It's not easy to analyze your own teaching style, to illustrate in words your classroom strengths and weaknesses. Neither is it easy to keep an accurate mental record of your students' tendencies, or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891859285
• ISBN13: 9781891859281
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Atwood Publications
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

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Video study groups for preservice teachers

Video Study Groups for Education, Professional Development, and Change by François Victor TochonDr Tochon's book on the use of video study groups in the improvement of professional performance is easy to read, provides a simple to follow rationale and numerous examples of applications. The basic tenet is that a group of teachers or other professionals can initiate conversation about their practice using filmed sequences of themselves in action as a starting point. In a non-stressful, cooperative atmosphere peers can help each other improve or change their functioning in their professional role using videos of their performance to chart their progress. The book provides concrete examples and suggests ways of applying this concept to numerous professional situations. I, myself have made use of it in my work with preservice teachers with interesting results. through the use of this approach. Through the use of this approach, my student teachers were able to share their ideas, adjust their procedures and better understand how to improve their classroom performance.