Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us

Teachers are involved in complex teaching situations every day; thus, they must understand what to pay attention to in the classroom, how this information is to be interpreted, and which teaching decisions become necessary as a result. In educational research, these competencies are known as “profes...

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Main Authors: Corinne Wyss, Kerstin Bäuerlein, Sara Mahler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1282992/full
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description Teachers are involved in complex teaching situations every day; thus, they must understand what to pay attention to in the classroom, how this information is to be interpreted, and which teaching decisions become necessary as a result. In educational research, these competencies are known as “professional vision.” The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the professional vision of pre-service teachers (PTs) and in-service teachers (ITs) by investigating whether the groups differ in what they notice and how they reason about videotaped classroom events; whether the perspective of the video viewed influences their noticing and reasoning; and to what extent their gaze behavior differs from their verbal statements. Thirty-one PTs and twenty ITs watched a video clip of authentic teaching, shot from different perspectives, and their visual focus of attention was recorded using a remote eye-tracker. Subsequently, participants reported in an interview what they had noticed. The triangulated data show that the gaze behavior of the PTs and ITs did not differ, but the content of their verbal statements did. Depending on the video perspective, participants focused on different subjects, but this difference was not reflected in the verbal data. Thus, the gaze behavior and verbal statements are not consistent. The findings indicate that considering multiple sources and types of data is beneficial to explore professional vision and that further research is needed to understand the concept in depth.
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spelling doaj.art-1217e9b55ccc4207917899442f8af9dd2023-12-20T18:49:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2023-12-01810.3389/feduc.2023.12829921282992Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell usCorinne WyssKerstin BäuerleinSara MahlerTeachers are involved in complex teaching situations every day; thus, they must understand what to pay attention to in the classroom, how this information is to be interpreted, and which teaching decisions become necessary as a result. In educational research, these competencies are known as “professional vision.” The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the professional vision of pre-service teachers (PTs) and in-service teachers (ITs) by investigating whether the groups differ in what they notice and how they reason about videotaped classroom events; whether the perspective of the video viewed influences their noticing and reasoning; and to what extent their gaze behavior differs from their verbal statements. Thirty-one PTs and twenty ITs watched a video clip of authentic teaching, shot from different perspectives, and their visual focus of attention was recorded using a remote eye-tracker. Subsequently, participants reported in an interview what they had noticed. The triangulated data show that the gaze behavior of the PTs and ITs did not differ, but the content of their verbal statements did. Depending on the video perspective, participants focused on different subjects, but this difference was not reflected in the verbal data. Thus, the gaze behavior and verbal statements are not consistent. The findings indicate that considering multiple sources and types of data is beneficial to explore professional vision and that further research is needed to understand the concept in depth.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1282992/fullteacher educationprofessional visioneye-trackingmixed-methods approachin-service and pre-service teachersvideo perspectives
spellingShingle Corinne Wyss
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Sara Mahler
Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us
Frontiers in Education
teacher education
professional vision
eye-tracking
mixed-methods approach
in-service and pre-service teachers
video perspectives
title Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us
title_full Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us
title_fullStr Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us
title_full_unstemmed Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us
title_short Pre-service and in-service teachers' professional vision depending on the video perspective—What teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us
title_sort pre service and in service teachers professional vision depending on the video perspective what teacher gaze and verbal reports can tell us
topic teacher education
professional vision
eye-tracking
mixed-methods approach
in-service and pre-service teachers
video perspectives
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1282992/full
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