The Contribution of Video as a Tool in Mentoring: Student Teachers' Experiences

• In Event: Video Technology as a Tool for Preservice Teachers' Learning

Abstract

This paper presents findings from a Norwegian intervention study, which aims to support pre-service teachers learning of how to orchestrate whole-class dialogues with pupils. Pre-service teachers’ dialogues in the classroom are videotaped and used as a tool in the post-lesson mentoring. Watching the video the group of four pre-service teachers, their mentor and the lecturer from the university discuss specific elements of the conducted dialogue. In this paper we focus on what could be gained by using video in the mentoring from the pre-service teachers’ point of view. Data material is daily written reflective logs from the student teachers. The analysis is inspired by procedures developed in grounded theory. We present and discuss three features that the mentoring benefited from.

Authors

• Siri-Malen Høynes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

• Torunn Klemp, Norwegian University of Sceince and Technology

• Vivi Nilssen, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology