Discovering the Developmental Continuum of Planning Competence in Future Teachers

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Abstract

Planning is a complex and central task for teachers that is learned from initial training. However, not only is this task considered difficult by future teachers, but it is also scarcely illustrated in the literature. Therefore, the objective of this study is to uncover its development. To do this, we followed 12 students who were asked to photograph everything they did to plan a lesson during their three years of training in French-speaking Belgium. A content analysis allowed for the emergence of a theoretical continuum of planning competence, on which the dynamic and unique paths of each planner are inscribed.

Author

• Agnès Deprit, Université Catholique de Louvain