Technology enabled educational research mentoring for teachers

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Technology enabled educational research mentoring
for teachers

• Sarah Fletcher
• sjfmentor_at_yahoo.com
• http//www.TeacherResearch.net

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What is educational research mentoring for
schoolteachers?

• Continuing professional development
• A means to school improvement
• Disseminating teachers knowledge
• Supporting co-enquiry with students

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Where can I learn about ERM?

• http//www.TeacherResearch.net
• http//www.MentorResearch.net
• http//www.StudentsResearch.net
• http//www.cfkeep.org

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• The research mentor assists the teacher
  researcher in identifying a research question for
  school-based investigation.
• Email, video conferencing and tele-mentoring
  might supplement the face to face dialogue

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• The research mentor assists the teacher to
  identify values, skills or understanding to
  develop to assist his/her CPD and actively
  participate in his/her schools improvement.
• Digital technology as before sessions may be
  videoed as context data.

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• The research mentor assists the teacher with
  understanding various ways to collect data.
• This might include using digital video, MP3
  recording, making movies to cut to DVD/CD.

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• The research mentor assists the teacher in
  collecting and collating data in his/her
  school-based enquiry.
• This might include use of KEEP Toolkit templates
  and computer software for the teacher
  researchers data analysis.

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• In the UK The research mentor assists the
  teacher in understanding how to satisfy MA level
  criteria, if such accreditation is sought for
  school-based enquiry.
• Alternatively/additionally mentor assists the
  mentee to prepare to email for GTCE/TLA
  recognition.

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• The research mentor assists the teacher in
  learning to synthesis data into evidence to
  support any claims to have created knowledge.
• This may be by email, telementoring, face to
  face meetings and involve modelling techniques
  with web-based technology including Critical
  Thinking Scaffolds

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• The research mentor assists the teacher in
  drafting a portfolio of evidence, ensuring the
  research methodology reflects a rigorous,
  validated process
• The research mentor recommends academic
  literature and models critical engagement with
  suitable texts.
• Email, video conferencing, tele-mentoring
  supplement the face to face dialogue about
  web-based templates.

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How is technology integrated into ERM?

• The research mentor assists the teacher to in
  validating and disseminating research,
• e.g. through their own website, the universitys
  website, by creating an online link to the school
  website and submitting work to Becta etc.

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How is ERM a two way process?

• Potential for professional personal development
  for the research mentor teacher through
  collaborative enquiry.
• Co-writing papers for publication and conference
  presentations and co-creating web-based
  snapshots.
• Mutual learning about the use of technology in
  enabling systematic enquiry as a form of CPD that
  can inform and improve teaching in very different
  educational contexts.