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Rethinking Coaching: Transformative Professional Development

dc.creatorKeyes, Christopher Stewart
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-23T15:55:18Z
dc.date.available2013-12-04
dc.date.issued2013-12-04
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-11272013-161439
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/14836
dc.description.abstractThe study was designed using a multiple case study approach in which four middle school teachers engaged in a form of coaching based on Habermas' and Mezirow’s learning theories. Each participant examined their vision of teaching, and then compared their vision to video data of their classroom instruction. Teachers then created individual projects to address the gap between their visions and their instruction. Data comes from interviews, field notes and video data, as well as interview data from administrators and team member of the participants. Results from this study suggest that a teacher’s vision is reflexive with the context of their instruction and develops with experience. The study also provides evidence that when placed in a situation where teachers make their own professional development choices, those choices focus on pedagogical content knowledge as well as practical and technical interests. However, in less formal spaces, the professional development interests of teachers begin to reflect the more emancipatory interests.
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dc.subjectHabermas
dc.subjectteacher coaching
dc.subjectcoaching
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectprofessional development
dc.titleRethinking Coaching: Transformative Professional Development
dc.typedissertation
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTorin Monahan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBarbara Stengel
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thesis.degree.namePHD
thesis.degree.leveldissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineLearning, Teaching and Diversity
thesis.degree.grantorVanderbilt University
local.embargo.terms2013-12-04
local.embargo.lift2013-12-04
dc.contributor.committeeChairVictoria Risko
dc.contributor.committeeChairRobert Jimenez


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