Looking Back While Stepping Forward: The Impact of Video Recordings on the Depth of Self-Reflections
Open Access
- Author:
- Mc Gurgan, Kelly
- Graduate Program:
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Degree:
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Document Type:
- Dissertation
- Date of Defense:
- February 25, 2021
- Committee Members:
- Anne Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Whitney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Ravinder Koul, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Outside Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair - Keywords:
- induction program
reflection
video use for professional development
in-service teachers - Abstract:
- This study was conducted to explore the levels of reflection that teachers undertook during a video self-analysis project. The topics that drew their interest and the type of reflections that were prompted by the project were examined to determine if or how the depth of reflection changed through the course of the project. Benefits and drawbacks of using video as a tool for personal professional development were also considered. Interviews and surveys provide the data for this qualitative study conducted in an induction program for a rural Pennsylvania school district. A majority of the data was collected from a single subject who was able to complete the project before the study was cut short due to COVID-19 school building closures in March 2020. Incomplete project data from seven additional participants was used from the onset of the study to examine their areas of reflection as they prepared to start the project. This allowed teachers from a greater variety of backgrounds to add to the data collected. This small sample does not allow for easily generalizable findings. However, this work does add to the literature available regarding video’s use in teacher reflection. Administrators in various contexts can use the increased understanding of video to promote self-reflection to create quality professional development activities to benefit their own teachers and students.