A Companion to Research in Teacher Education

Table 18.1

Schools and participants represented in the data

Type of school

ExperiencewithLearningRounds

Preparation for LearningRounds

Nature ofparticipants

Coding in transcript

Focus of LearningRound observation

School A: primaryschool

None

Guidance from national CPDcoordinator; informationaccessed on educationScotland website

Teachers includingHead Teacher plus 3Local Authorityrepresentatives

AA-depute head teacher(facilitator);AB-head teacher;AC-class teacher;AD-LA representative;AE-LA representative;AF-LA representative;AG-class teacher;AH-class teacherTranscript line numbers 1

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Pupils

’

awareness of

learning intentions andsuccess criteria;differentiation;challenge and pace;independent learning

School B:secondary schoolwith feeder primaryschool

Second time Guidance from national CPD

coordinator

Teachers includingCPD coordinator

BA-teacher (facilitator)BB-teacherBC-teacherBD-teacherBE-teacherBF-teacherTranscript line numbers 1

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Learning intentionsPlenariesFormative assessment

School C:communitysecondary school

Third orfourth timefor differentparticipants

Some support at localauthority level

Teachers includingCPD coordinator

CA-teacher (facilitator)CB-teacherCC-teacherCD-teacherCE-teacherTranscript line numbers 1

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Learning intentionsTarget settingOpportunity to work atincreased paceQuestioning

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