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Do teachers’ professional vision and teaching experience always go hand in hand? Examining knowledge-based reasoning of Finnish Grade 1 teachers (2021)

Muhonen, H., Pakarinen, E., & Lerkkanen, M.-K. (2021). Do teachers’ professional vision and teaching experience always go hand in hand? Examining knowledge-based reasoning of Finnish Grade 1 teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 106, Article 103458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103458

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All authors or editors: Muhonen, Heli; Pakarinen, Eija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina

Journal or series: Teaching and Teacher Education

ISSN: 0742-051X

eISSN: 1879-2480

Publication year: 2021

Volume: 106

Article number: 103458

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103458

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77222

Abstract

This mixed-method study explored 54 Finnish Grade 1 teachers' professional vision and teaching experience. Teachers' retrospective think-aloud interviews, conducted while watching their eye-tracking recordings of classroom actions, were analysed according to the domains of knowledge-based reasoning. Negative associations between teaching experience and amount of knowledge-based reasoning were found. The qualitative examination of three teachers with different amounts of teaching experience provided concrete examples and broadened the findings. We suggest that teachers’ knowledge-based reasoning should be seen not only as an ability that increases with experience but also as an ability that can be trained in early career stage.

Keywords: teachers; information; professional knowlegde; experiential knowledge; professional development; work experience; inference

Free keywords: teachers' professional vision; knowledge-based reasoning; teaching experience; retrospective think-aloud interview; fixed-method research

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Reporting Year: 2021

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