Peer Coaching as Situated Professional Development for Technology Integration in Higher Education (80274)
Session Chair: Obby Taufik Hidayat
Sunday, 14 July 2024 11:35
Session: Session 2
Room: G09 (Ground)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
With growing evidence regarding the efficiency of situated and context-sensitive professional development (PD), more sustainable, on-site, active learning oriented practices have become popular. Peer coaching as a PD activity provides a viable alternative; it is defined by contextual affordances, initiated by teachers, collaborative in nature, inquiry-based, and suitable for PD needs of university academic staff. The present case study was conducted with six instructors in the English preparatory program of a competitive state university in Turkey. The peers were experienced EFL instructors who believed they had a limited kit of ed-tech tools and were looking to diversify their repertoire of strategies for tech-enhanced lessons. The design of peer coaching based PD was guided by Wenger’s (1999) conceptualization of community of practice: the peers worked with one of the researchers, who provided them with knowledge and resources for technology integration. The peers had a shared repertoire to work towards their goals in their joint enterprise and all parties were mutually engaged in reflections and efforts for technology integration over the process. Data came from participants’ lesson plans and ongoing reflections through the process. Inductive analysis of the data revealed the program helped the participants to expand their repertoire of educational technologies to boost student engagement, make lessons more fun and monitor student progress in the classroom. The participants also mentioned challenges related to time, their peers and their teaching context. The study has implications for PD of mid-career instructors in higher education.
Authors:
Esra Meşe, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Derin Atay, Bahçeşehir University, Turkey
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Esra Meşe is a University Doctoral Student at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey
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