Novice and expert teachers’ situation-specific skills regarding classroom management: What do they perceive, interpret and suggest?

Rebekka Stahnke; Sigrid Blömeke

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103243

doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103243

Novice and expert teachers’ situation-specific skills regarding classroom management: What do they perceive, interpret and suggest?

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Teaching and Teacher Education3.90

Volume: 98, Pages: 103243 - 103243

Published: Feb 1, 2021

Abstract

The study investigates 39 novice and expert teachers’ perception, interpretation and decision-making skills with respect to classroom management events which they observed in two video clips. Their retrospective comments were analyzed with a multi-category coding scheme. Experts interpreted more and suggested more alternative courses of action than novices. They also focused more on student learning and the context of instruction. Concerning the...