Video as a means to an end: Problems and techniques associated with using video in teacher training
Abstract
Having teachers who can demonstrate and document teaching effectiveness, ethical behavior, professional obligations, and willingness to embrace continuous learning is important to for the well-being of the field. Video serves as a viable means of addressing these concerns. In particular, use of video in teacher training promotes a disposition for reflection on and documentation of emerging practice. It also serves to document transfer of classroom based knowledge into teaching even as it provides a tool for the documentation of growth across time. The chapter provides an outline of best practices in the use of video in teacher training, focusing on problems and techniques of video production that support quality recording and production of videos in class and in the field. Various categories of video appropriate for use in Teacher Training programs are addressed and examples of use are provided. Directions for getting started are provided along with a process for implementation using both hard and soft scaffolding.
Publication Title
Integrating Video into Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training
Recommended Citation
Ray, B., & Powell, A. (2016). Video as a means to an end: Problems and techniques associated with using video in teacher training. Integrating Video into Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training, 272-290. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0711-6.ch014
