Design and Facilitation of Video-Based Professional Development Programs

Edited by
Miray Tekkumru-Kisa, Florida State University
Mary Kay Stein, University of Pittsburgh 

With the increase in professional development (PD) programs that use video as a means for supporting teachers’ learning and instructional improvement, there is now interest in understanding the thinking and decision making that occur behind the scenes in facilitators’/designers’ minds as they plan and lead PD that capitalizes on the power of video. This special issue brings together four effective video-based PD programs, two in mathematics and two in science. Each paper presents a study of one of these four programs, representing one of Borko’s (2004) 3-phases of research on PD. The papers include analysis and discussion of facilitator’s moves, tools and frameworks for designing and orchestrating video-based PD programs, and strategies and resources used for effective facilitator preparation.

_{Guest Editorial}

Designing, facilitating, and scaling-up video-based professional development: supporting complex forms of teaching in science and mathematics

This special issue brings together four effective video-based professional development programs—two in mathematics and two in science—that use classroom videos as the centerpiece of their efforts and have “sca...

Miray Tekkumru-Kisa and Mary Kay Stein

^{International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:27
Published on: 20 November 2017}

 

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A framework for planning and facilitating video-based professional development

Recent transformative changes in science education require new learning opportunities for teachers—opportunities that include rich images of classroom enactment of the reform vision. One fruitful way for doing...

Miray Tekkumru-Kisa and Mary Kay Stein

^{International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:28
Published on: 21 November 2017}

 

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The role of video-based discussion in model for preparing professional development leaders

This paper describes the Problem-Solving Cycle model of professional development and the Mathematics Leadership Preparation model of PD leader preparation. These models form the backbone of our current researc...

Hilda Borko, Janet Carlson, Charmaine Mangram, Robin Anderson, Alissa Fong, Susan Million, Suki Mozenter and Anthony Muro Villa

^{International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:29
Published on: 22 November 2017}

 

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Preparing facilitators to use and adapt mathematics professional development materials productively

Determining whether a professional development program can be enacted with integrity in different settings and by different facilitators is critical to understanding efficacy. In this paper, we describe the tw...

Jennifer Jacobs, Nanette Seago and Karen Koellner

^{International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:30
Published on: 23 November 2017}

 

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Design principles for effective video-based professional development

Most studies of teacher professional development (PD) do not rigorously test impact on teaching practice and student learning. This makes it difficult to define what is truly “effective.” The Science Teachers Lea...

Kathleen J. Roth, Jody Bintz, Nicole I. Z. Wickler, Connie Hvidsten, Joseph Taylor, Paul M. Beardsley, Arlo Caine and Christopher D. Wilson

^{International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:31
Published on: 24 November 2017}

 

^Commentary

Bringing facilitation into view

The articles in this volume reflect the continued popularity of video in professional development and raise important questions about how to situate video productively in varied contexts. Together, they highli...

Elizabeth A. van Es and Miriam Gamoran Sherin

^{International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:32
Published on: 25 November 2017}