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TY - JOUR
T1 - Dialogic understanding of teachers' online transformative learning
T2 - a qualitative case study of teacher discussions in a graduate-level online course
AU - Lee, Kyungmee
AU - Brett, Clare
PY - 2015/2
Y1 - 2015/2
N2 - Teachers are expected to implement new educational technologies and adapt to new teaching environments. However, it involves a complex learning process that can lead to their perspective transformation. We have developed and taught a discussion-based online course to facilitate teachers' transformative learning. This qualitative case study examines teachers' perspective transformation in our course to understand the nature of effective online teacher-to-teacher discussions. Based on a theoretical framework that integrates Mezirow's transformative learning model and Bakhtin's dialogism, this paper builds on previous literature on teacher-to-teacher discussions as well as providing a fresh perspective to inform the current globalized teacher education context.
AB - Teachers are expected to implement new educational technologies and adapt to new teaching environments. However, it involves a complex learning process that can lead to their perspective transformation. We have developed and taught a discussion-based online course to facilitate teachers' transformative learning. This qualitative case study examines teachers' perspective transformation in our course to understand the nature of effective online teacher-to-teacher discussions. Based on a theoretical framework that integrates Mezirow's transformative learning model and Bakhtin's dialogism, this paper builds on previous literature on teacher-to-teacher discussions as well as providing a fresh perspective to inform the current globalized teacher education context.
KW - Teacher professional development
KW - Transformative learning
KW - Community of practice
KW - Online course design
KW - Dialogue
KW - Teacher-to-teacher discussion
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2014.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2014.11.001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 72
EP - 83
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
SN - 0742-051X
ER -