From practice to theory in teacher education: developing professional vision and pedagogical content knowledge in video clubs
Abstract
Subject didactics is an integral part of teacher training across all subjects and levels of education. The book is about the pre-service training of English language teachers, but it deals in particular with the use of video recordings of real teaching in the context of the so-called Video Clubs as part of subject didactic training.
It is a specialised approach aimed at developing prospective English language teachers' pedagogical content knowledge and professional vision, i.e. what they notice in teaching and how they think about what they see, especially in the context of English language didactics and in relation to English language teaching. Although the focus of the book is on revealing the nature of professional seeing, it is closely intertwined with professional knowing and doing.
Based on the theoretical underpinnings of the development of (not only) professional vision through Videoclubs against the background of the concept of reflective practice and the linking of the theoretical and practical components of teacher training, the book presents the results of a research investigation in which different types of Videoclubs were tested. We believe that the book will serve as a valuable source of theoretical and empirical knowledge, as well as an inspiration for the concept of teacher preparation.