Conference:
ECER 2009
Format:
Symposium Paper
Session Information
03 SES 09 A, Textbooks in School Practice (part 2)
Symposium. Continued from 03 SES 07.
Time:
2009-09-30
10:30-12:00
Room:
JUR, HS 13
Chair:
Jan van den Akker
Discussant:
Jan van den Akker
Contribution
Teachers participation in collaborative (re)design of teaching materials is considered as having great potential for creating materials which are suitable for their specific context and for their professional development. However, the process in which teacher teams commonly negotiate the process of curriculum (re)design is not yet fully understood and conceptualized. Specifically, the manner in which they approach and execute the design task in a collaborative manner and utilize existing materials is seldom studied. In this study 19 high-school teacher teams (Teacher Design Teams) in the Netherlands were followed during their effort to redesign their curriculum. This yielded a rich description of their collaborative curriculum design, insights into the most conducive activities and insights into the function of textbooks in this process. Initial findings show that the most productive activities during the process are those activities that assist teachers in creating a concrete image of their possible future practice. Existing materials have a highly steering effect on the work of the teams. While they give teachers a grip on and a structure for their design task, they also limit the curricular discussions and thinking in the team and lead often to the continuation of the existing curricular statuesque.
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