Professor Roy Pea

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in Singapore?
An Analysis for the Singapore Ministry of
Education

• Professor Roy Pea
• T.A. Heidy Maldonado
• Presentation by Yunn-Chyi Chao,Jim Vanides,
  Nina Weber

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• The Problem
• About Ministry of Education
• About Teachscape
• Analysis
• Q1 Motivation
• Q2 On/Offline
• Q3 Building Community
• Conclusion
• Recommendations

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The Problem
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Overview of Teachscape

• On-site and on-line components
• Teacher Professional Development System
• Customized for its clients
• Web-based platform
• Discussions about video case studies
• http//www.teachscape.com

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Overview of MOE

• Ministry of Education
• Oversees 22,000 teachers
• Requires 100 hours per year per teacher for PD
• Developed a nationalized teaching curriculum
• http//www1.moe.edu.sg

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• The Problem
• About Ministry of Education
• About Teachscape
• Analysis
• Q1 Motivation
• Q2 On/Offline
• Q3 Building Community
• Conclusion
• Recommendations

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Question 1 Motivation

• Is Teachscape effective at motivating teachers to
  participate in this learning community?

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Question 1 Research

• What motivates teachers to learn? Guiding
  learning principles
• Extrinsic motivation rewards, punishments
• Intrinsic motivation ways to foster learners
  natural tendencies to learn and understand.
• challenge, attention and curiosity, control,
  relevance, satisfaction (Malone Lepper 1987
  Keller 1998)
• Engaged participation learners can become
  engaged in learning by participating in
  communities where learning is valued.

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Question 1 Summary
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Question 2 On/Offline

• How does Teachscape accommodate the tradeoffs
  between online and offline (face-to-face)
  professional development?

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Question 2 Research
Sources Barab, MaKinster, Scheckler Brown
Duguid Kim
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Question 2 Summary
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Question 2 Summary

• Teachscape Video-Based Case Studies

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Question 3 Building Community

• Will the use of Teachscape services and resources
  result in a more effective and sustainable
  community of practice among teachers in Singapore?

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Question 3 Research
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Question 3 Summary
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• The Problem
• About Ministry of Education
• About Teachscape
• Analysis
• Q1 Motivation
• Q2 On/Offline
• Q3 Building Community
• Conclusion
• Recommendations

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Conclusion
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• Motivation
• On/Offline
• Building Community

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• The Problem
• About Ministry of Education
• About Teachscape
• Analysis
• Q1 Motivation
• Q2 On/Offline
• Q3 Building Community
• Conclusion
• Recommendations

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Recommendations

• Teachscape satisfies most of the initial needs
  pilot recommended
• Work with Teachscape to enhance the services over
  time
• support sub-groups, credit for participation
• make the roles of members more visible
• make explicit the settings of the videos
• support synchronous and asynchronous online events

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