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Designing with Teachers:

Participatory Approaches to Professional Development in EducationPanelists: Karen Brennan, Laurel Felt, Antero Garcia, Dan Hickey, Sarah Kirn

Discussants: Erin Reilly & Ioana Literat

http://dmlcentral.net/resources/5135DML 2013 Chicago

Introduction: Participatory Learninghttp://dmlcentral.net/resources/5135ERIN (can also pull more stuff about participatory learning from the intro to the publication pp. 5-6.) BUT keep it short because last time this slide took really longAlso mention participation gap, as it relates to both students AND teachers

The Working Group on Participatory PD Genesis and membership

Goals

Principal questions and issues raised: Objectives of PD Engagement of teachers in PD Context and relevance Role of media Sustainability Assessment

Key insights: values and design principles

http://dmlcentral.net/resources/5135IOANAGenesis: mention DML 2011, diversity of WG membersGoals: Provide a common forum for professional development conversations centered around participatory learningFoster interdisciplinary dialogue among vested audiences in participatory learningIdentify synergy among members and facilitate learning from each otherConstruct a common framework for participatory models of professional developmentExtract best practices and lingering challenges in the fieldBuild a collection of case studies exemplifying these best practices and share them with the larger community of stakeholders in participatory learningQuestions raised: Goals: What do teachers want from a PD experience, as opposed to what is required of them? What are (or should be) the goals of PD?Participatory learning: What is the current role of teachers in the PD design process? How can we make this process more participatory so that it recognizes ownership, co-design and relevance? How do we transition from PD for to PD with? Context and relevance: How do we properly account for various disciplines and different age groups while crafting versatile PD programs? What is the impact of short- vs. long-term investments in professional development?Media: What is the role of media and digital technologies in PD?Sustainability: How do we create an environment which sustains ongoing learning that teachers themselves can direct?Assessment: How do we best assess PD initiatives?

Key insights: Beyond the rich examples and lessons learned from each of the case studies, one of the core take-aways from this project is the design guide on participatory models of professional development. This design guide had the double benefit of being useful to our wide audience (which includes a vast number of practitioners) and in the same time providing us with a common framework for the analysis and discussion of the case studies.

Specifically, inspired by Barry Fishmans work on design-based research, our framework suggests two levels of consideration: values and design principles

Participatory PD:The ValuesParticipation, not indoctrination

2. Exploration, not prescription

3. Contextualization, not abstraction

4. Iteration, not repetition

http://dmlcentral.net/resources/5135IOANA: Explain values based on descriptions in the publication

Participatory PD: The Design Principles 1. Make the design of PD participatory2. Model participatory learning in PD3. Build community4. Engage the whole teacher5. Be relevant while still innovating6. PD must be flexible7. PD must be sustainable

http://dmlcentral.net/resources/5135ERIN: Explain design principles based on descriptions in the publication

Designing with Teachers: The Case StudiesVital Signs: Designing for student and teacher participation in a scientific research communitySarah Morrisseau and Sarah KirnPain-free Professional DevelopmentIsabel MoralesA Conversation with Anansi: Professional Development as Alternate Reality Gaming and Youth Participatory Action ResearchAntero GarciaPLAY! (Participatory Learning and You!) Pilot: Professional Development with Los Angeles Unified School District Educators (LAUSD), Grades 6-12Vanessa Vartabedian and Laurel FeltScratchEd: Developing support for educators as designersKaren BrennanParticipatory Assessment for Participatory Teaching and Learning in School ContextsDaniel T. Hickey & Rebecca C. Itow

http://dmlcentral.net/resources/5135Introduce case studies, and give authors a few minutes to talk about their work (max 5 minutes)

Collaboration, Conversation, Co-Design

http://dmlcentral.net/resources/5135IOANA and ERIN: Emphasize that even though it centers on individually-authored case studies, the working group and the resulting publication is a quintessentially collective effort, which all the group members helped shape