Frame Analysis as a Way to Understand the Complex Dynamic of Classroom Teaching Practice

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From one moment to the next, what and how a teacher teaches may change. In this paper, I discuss two examples from one teacher, showing shifts in her practice from one moment to the next, within the same activity. These shifts are characterized by different ways in which assessed her students' ideas and interacted with her students. Common accounts that attempt to explain teachers' practice as the result of a unified set of beliefs, knowledge, and goals (e.g., teacher-type) cannot account for these two examples. While these broad generalizations may be useful for studying broader patterns in large populations, they assume a consistency in teacher cognition that is not born out by the data. I argue that frame analysis can provide insight into how to think about variability in teacher cognition- namely that consistency is local and depends on what is going on in that moment.

Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series
Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010
Volume 1289, Pages 201-204

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Education Foundations - Cognition - Teacher Characteristics Education Practices - Teacher Preparation	- Professional Development - Lower Undergraduate - Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Report = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.3515199
NSF Number:: 0455711
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Ha
Keywords:: frame analysis, teacher cognition, PERC 2010, teacher attention
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Record Updated:: May 1, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 24, 2010
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Lau, Matty. "Frame Analysis as a Way to Understand the Complex Dynamic of Classroom Teaching Practice." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10450&DocID=1909 (accessed 27 April 2024).

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