GSA

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 design), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

A teacher professional-development system that guides educators in videotaping, coding, and reviewing their own classroom teaching to identify strengths and areas for change.

Components

• Guided Self-Analysis System (GSA): teacher self-analysis of videotaped lessons as professional development: The Guided Self-Analysis System for Professional Development is a set of materials through which teachers analyze recordings of their own classroom teaching. The document states that "The Guided Self-Analysis System consists of materials which guide the teacher in analyzing his own teaching behavior, so that he can gain an objective understanding of his strengths and weaknesses." Teachers make 15-20 minute videotapes, replay each tape three or four times with a different workbook each time, code observed behaviors on coding forms, and build profiles of their habitual techniques that can be compared across successive tapings. The system is described as an "open system" adaptable to varied tea (Guided Self-Analyses Early Childhood Education Program: Teaching Young Children. Overview (1970))
• From models and closed cues to open cues: the cueing strategy in Workbook C of the language unit

Claims

• Perceived discrepancy between actual teaching performance and goals motivates teachers to change their teaching [+W]
• Knowledge gained by self-analysis is more likely to produce constructive change in teaching than insights given by an observer [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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Key Sources

• Guided Self-Analyses Early Childhood Education Program: Teaching Young Children. Overview. (1970). Office of Education (DHEW). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED069340

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