Teacher Learning from a Socio-Cultural Lens: A Case of Singapore

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Shu-Shing; Seow, Peter; Jang, Hari
Titel	Teacher Learning from a Socio-Cultural Lens: A Case of Singapore
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 40 (2020) 4, S.533-551 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lee, Shu-Shing)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2020.1838881
Schlagwörter	Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Student Centered Learning; Case Studies; Situated Learning; Learning Processes; Decision Making; Teaching Methods; Reflective Teaching; Inquiry; School Policy; Foreign Countries; Faculty Development; Communities of Practice; Student Attitudes; Science Instruction; Teacher Student Relationship; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Learning process; Lernprozess; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulpolitik; Ausland; Community; Schülerverhalten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Singapur
Abstract	Teacher learning is key for quality teaching and learning. Schools leverage situated teacher learning to develop teachers' capacities. However, situated teacher learning is ambiguous. How teachers learn is shaped by socio-cultural factors. This paper elaborates upon a case study of situated teacher learning in Singapore in which teachers learn in a community to design innovations and enact student-centred practices. Cultural Historical Activity Theory is used as a lens to unpack situated teacher learning and its socio-cultural dimensions at macro and micro levels. "Macro level" findings show the collective socio-cultural elements in the entire situated teacher learning process involving real issues and communities. "Micro level" findings discuss each event within the situated teacher learning process, understand the contradictions teachers faced, decisions they made, and the individual and social interactions that led to teachers' expansive understandings of student-centred practices for their contexts. Findings illustrate how situated teacher learning engages teachers in reflective inquiry and a generative process of unpacking what student-centred practices mean for their contexts. Findings show that situated teacher learning is a collective endeavour. It requires the teacher community to experience collective inquiry, navigate the demands of school and policy contexts, and create socio-cultural supports to address challenges. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01