Peer coaching as an effective tool in a teacher development program

Peer Coaching is a process of mutual collaboration in which teachers of equal status assist each other rethink their own practice and develop teaching skills to achieve higher levels of instructional performance (Cosh, 1999; Farrel, 2001; Gottesman, 2000; Joyce & Showers, 1982, 1984, 1996; Moffett, John & Isken (1987); Sparks & Bruder, 1987). Peer Coaching nurtures reflection that leads teachers to explore their own classes, a widely recommended practice by both K-12 and ESIJEFL teacher trainers. (Cousins, 1995; Ebmeier & Nicklaus, 1999; McCotter, 2000; Richards & Lockhart, 1996; Richards & Nunan, 1990; Schon, 1988; Wallace, 1991). This study investigated Peer Coaching to find out it fits the needs of the Binational Center, Belem, Para, Brazil, as one of the main challenges that the Academic Director and Coordinators face at that institution is to improve the level of excellence of its teaching staff. The participants were 16 graduate student-teachers of the Practicum unit of the Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language Program of the Division of English as an International Language at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The data analyzed was collected via Questionnaires, Interviews, Audio Recordings of the student-teachers' lesson-plan and debriefing meetings, and their Reflective Teaching Journals.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Teaching English as a Second Language

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Vacilotto, Silvana

Contributors dc:contributor

• Berg, Catherine

• Teaching English as Second Language
• Peer Coaching
• Teacher collaboration
• Instructional performance
• Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by Silvana Vacilotto, 2002

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/125928

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/125928