MirrorMe@work: a theory-informed methodology to support novice teachers’ individual and collective professional development at the workplace

Description

Novice teachers are often discouraged by the problems they encounter in their daily professional practices and they (still) feel unable to cope with. This is also reflected in high drop-out rates in the early stages of teachers’ careers. In this pa-per a theory-informed methodology to support novice teachers’ individual and collective professional development at the workplace is proposed. This method-ology, called MirrorMe@work, strives to reduce teachers professional loneliness, increase their confidence and reduce stress, through technology-enhanced support of self-and co-regulation, (collective) reflection and knowledge co-creation pro-cesses, informed by (shared) memorable moments and critical incidents teachers experience in their practices. Future and further research is needed to determine whether the MirrorMe@work method supports novice teachers as intended and whether this indeed reduces novice teachers’ drop-out rates.

Period	7 Oct 2021
Event title	20th World Conference on Mobile, Blended and Seamless Learning
Event type	Conference
Conference number	20
Location	Tallinn, EstoniaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International