Project RITE
Utilizing the Communicative and Generative Qualities of Video-Narrative
in the Development of Early Childhood Preservice Teacher Inquiry
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Mary Jane Moran
Associate Professor, Child & Family Studies, UT KnoxvilleFinal Report Excerpt
The findings from this pilot study point to the possibility that the micro-analysis of short video clips may prove equally as helpful in the development of teacher inquiry as the review of many hours of video tape of classroom practice. This study is limited in its scope and number of participants and as such, is only a first step toward future research on the nature of the intertextual relationship among the semiotic channels of text, talk, and tape on teachers’ abilities to critically analyze their practice. The limited timeframe of the study did not allow the opportunity to determine whether the participants’ reflections about ways to alter future practice based on their analyses would have, indeed, occurred. The ultimate measure of the success of an inquiry-oriented approach to teaching is in affecting change while in the classroom. Future research will include provisions to study the desired relationship between reflective and inquiry-oriented practice.