期刊名称：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
印刷版ISSN：1307-9298
出版年度：2017
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：83-103
语种：English
出版社：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
其他摘要：The purpose of this study was to explore the role that a collaborative teaching approach,referred to as a community of practice (CoP), had on a team of four second grade teachers’implementation of a science-based interdisciplinary curriculum. Data was collected in theform of extensive observation notes gathered over 10-weeks of twice weekly team meetingsand two 45 minute interviews with each participant. From the field notes developed twovignettes for the purpose of illustrating the members CoP in action. Combining my analysisof the vignettes and the interviews resulted in three emergent themes: 1) benefits, 2)contributions, and 3) their commitment to professional development. From this study Ilearned that establishing a CoP was viewed as a necessary component of the team’simplementation of their science-based interdisciplinary curriculum. Implications forencouraging preservice and inservice elementary teachers to develop CoPs to supportscience teaching, specifically interdisciplinary teaching, are discussed.
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