Teacher learning as a polyphonic endeavor : A context sensitive model of teacher professional development
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Khosronejadtoroghi, Maryam, Weber, Lauren Alexandra and Ryan, Mary. (2023). Teacher learning as a polyphonic endeavor : A context sensitive model of teacher professional development. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. 29(7-8), pp. 908-923. https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2023.2215709
Authors | Khosronejadtoroghi, Maryam, Weber, Lauren Alexandra and Ryan, Mary |
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Abstract | Despite an increasing interest in the sociocultural aspects of teacher professional development and the recognition of context in teacher education, there is a lack of a conceptualisation of how professional learning occurs within and across various contexts. To this aim, we take up a view of professional learning that is dialogic and apply the concept of ‘polyphony’ to conceptualise teacher practice and teacher professional learning as the teacher’s orchestration of multiple voices within context. Inviting ‘polyphony’ to the realm of teacher education refers to the composition of multiple co-existing contextual affordances and constraints affecting teacher practice. It is the multitude of various and at times disagreeing voices surrounding teacher practice. Our proposed model offers a reflexive definition of ‘teacher agency’ that involves the recognition of the voices that the teacher draws upon so that they can be interrogated and deliberately invoked or suppressed in practice for particular contexts. We discuss two methodological implications including a polyphonic design methodology of professional learning opportunities, and a polyphonic education research method in addressing the problem of teachers’ implementation and adjustment to new practices. |
Keywords | Context; polyphony; polyphonic education; teacher education; teacher professional development |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice |
Journal citation | 29 (7-8), pp. 908-923 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1470-1278 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2023.2215709 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13540602.2023.2215709 |
Open access | Open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 908-923 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 May 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 11 May 2023 |
Deposited | 25 Jul 2024 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | DP190101033 |
Additional information | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90vvz/teacher-learning-as-a-polyphonic-endeavor-a-context-sensitive-model-of-teacher-professional-development
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