Research on Teachers' Pedagogical Thoughts, Judgments, Decisions, and Behavior
Abstract
This review assesses the progress made in research on teachers’ pedagogical thoughts, judgments, and decisions over the past decade and identifies areas of substantive and methodological research needed to improve the practice of teaching. Based on this research, we formulate “schema” or tentative “models” of teachers’ judgments, planning decisions, and interactive decisions. We then set forth recommendations for future research, including (1) the need to develop a taxonomy of critical teaching decisions, which link these decisions to their consequences in the classroom; (2) the need to intervene and alter teachers’ plans and decisions in our research, as well as describe them, with the goal of improving teaching; and (3) the need to link recommendations based on research to the implementation of them in practice.
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Music teachers' beliefs and understanding of declining enrolment in music will influence how they structure the learning environment and what reformative strategies they consider viable for promoting music learning and participation.
“Music teachers' beliefs and understanding of declining enrolment in music will influence how they structure the learning environment (Shavelson & Stern, 1981) and what reformative strategies they consider viable for promoting music learning and participation.”
From Teachers’ perceptions of declining participation in school music (2011) · cites this paper as Shavelson & Stern, 1981
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- Authors
- Shavelson, R. J., & Stern, P.
- Affiliations
- RAND Corporation (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- Review of Educational Research
- Published
- 1981-12
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 455-498
- ISSN
- 0034-6543 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-1046
- OpenAlex
- W2125240402
- Cited by
- 1,113
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 177.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Review of Educational Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Keywords
- teacher decision-making, pedagogical planning, teacher behavior, teaching improvement, research-practice gap
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