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Problems Without Ceilings: How Mentors And Novices Frame And Work On Problems-Of-Practice, Jessica Thompson, Sara Hagenah, Karin Lohwasser, Kat Laxton
Problems Without Ceilings: How Mentors And Novices Frame And Work On Problems-Of-Practice, Jessica Thompson, Sara Hagenah, Karin Lohwasser, Kat Laxton
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Support for new forms of teaching expertise with rigorous and equitable outcomes for student learning is a particular challenge when communities of actors working together do not share a similar language or vision of teaching practice. For this project we coordinated activities in and outside of secondary science classrooms for Cooperating Teachers (CTs) and their Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs) to inquire into a set of research-based teaching practices and tools. Using frame analysis we contrast three problems of practice addressed by 23 dyads: problems of developing novice teachers, problems of improving teaching, and problems of improving student learning. The last frame, …