Developing a responsive professional development (RPD) survey for high school physics teachers

Hamideh Talafian, Devyn Shafer, Maggie Mahmood, Eric Kuo, Tim Stelzer, Morten Lundsgaard

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Abstract

By taking a responsive approach to the design and enactment of teacher professional development (PD), PD instruction can be tailored to teachers’ needs, interests, and concerns. This is of considerable importance in the high school physics teacher PD space, wherein teacher needs turn out to be particularly complex and diverse due to differences in teacher preparation within the discipline. More generally, understanding the degree to which PD programs are responsive to their teachers’ needs can support increased responsiveness. To this end, having a validated survey can assist in measuring the criteria for this responsiveness. This study presents the initial development of a responsive professional development (RPD) survey based on interviews with 13 high school physics teachers. Nine responsive codes were identified through thematic analysis of teacher interviews, and the resulting survey has been administered to 33 teachers for piloting purposes. In this work, the initial survey development process is presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPERC 2024 - Physics Education Research Conference
EditorsQing X. Ryan, Andrew Pawl, Justyna P. Zwolak
PublisherAmerican Association of Physics Teachers
Pages426-431
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781931024402
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
EventPhysics Education Research Conference, PERC 2024 - Boston, United States
Duration: Jul 10 2024Jul 11 2024

Publication series

NamePhysics Education Research Conference Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1539-9028
ISSN (Electronic)2377-2379

Conference

ConferencePhysics Education Research Conference, PERC 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period7/10/247/11/24

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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