Joyce and Showers
In a post last year - Behaviour Management and Avalanches - I wrote about the failure of professional development activities to lead to actual changes in behaviour from teachers. At the time I thought that I had stumbled upon something new. It turns out, as usual, that I was just ignorant of the existing work in this area.
Joyce and Showers established, back in the 80s, that fewer than 10% of participants in staff development actually implemented new strategies in their classrooms. But they found that with peer-observation and peer-coaching this percentage increased to 90%!
This research is very reassuring to me, given that I am currently working with staff to set up professional learning communities in school, supported by peer-observation and peer-coaching.
Joyce and Showers established, back in the 80s, that fewer than 10% of participants in staff development actually implemented new strategies in their classrooms. But they found that with peer-observation and peer-coaching this percentage increased to 90%!
This research is very reassuring to me, given that I am currently working with staff to set up professional learning communities in school, supported by peer-observation and peer-coaching.
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