ABSTRACT

Combining video analysis with the well-known Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model, this book offers teacher educators a fresh perspective and a new tool for supporting teachers’ learning and reflection. The clearly articulated and useful framework shifts the focus away from children and toward teachers’ thinking about their own teaching practice. Interwoven with practical examples of the framework in use, this book identifies ways that teachers and teacher educators can foster more productive kinds of reflection about video-recorded classroom interactions and support preservice and inservice teachers. Offering key tools such as templates for reflection, video viewing guides, self-analysis checklists, and activities, this book moves the field forward and establishes video reflection and the GRR process as critical tools for teacher reflection, professional development, and effective teaching and learning.

chapter 3|29 pages

“I Never Knew I Did that Until I Watched this Video!”

Establishing a Community of Practice to Support Collective Reflection, Risk-Taking, and Trust

chapter 5|26 pages

Taking the Long View by Focusing on Description

Examining Agency, Bias, and the Messy Parts of Teaching

chapter 7|17 pages

The Gradual Release of Responsibility for Self-Reflection

Transitioning from a Literacy Coach to a Social Studies Teacher

chapter 8|28 pages

Looking Beyond What You See

Critical Inquiry and Video Reflection through Positioning Analysis and Story