Guest Editorial
Designing, facilitating, and scaling-up video-based professional development: supporting complex forms of teaching in science and mathematics
This special issue brings together four effective video-based professional development programs—two in mathematics and two in science—that use classroom videos as the centerpiece of their efforts and have “sca...
Miray Tekkumru-Kisa and Mary Kay Stein
International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:27
Published on: 20 November 2017
Research
A framework for planning and facilitating video-based professional development
Recent transformative changes in science education require new learning opportunities for teachers—opportunities that include rich images of classroom enactment of the reform vision. One fruitful way for doing...
Miray Tekkumru-Kisa and Mary Kay Stein
International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:28
Published on: 21 November 2017
Research
The role of video-based discussion in model for preparing professional development leaders
This paper describes the Problem-Solving Cycle model of professional development and the Mathematics Leadership Preparation model of PD leader preparation. These models form the backbone of our current researc...
Hilda Borko, Janet Carlson, Charmaine Mangram, Robin Anderson, Alissa Fong, Susan Million, Suki Mozenter and Anthony Muro Villa
International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:29
Published on: 22 November 2017
Research
Preparing facilitators to use and adapt mathematics professional development materials productively
Determining whether a professional development program can be enacted with integrity in different settings and by different facilitators is critical to understanding efficacy. In this paper, we describe the tw...
Jennifer Jacobs, Nanette Seago and Karen Koellner
International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:30
Published on: 23 November 2017
Research
Design principles for effective video-based professional development
Most studies of teacher professional development (PD) do not rigorously test impact on teaching practice and student learning. This makes it difficult to define what is truly “effective.” The Science Teachers Lea...
Kathleen J. Roth, Jody Bintz, Nicole I. Z. Wickler, Connie Hvidsten, Joseph Taylor, Paul M. Beardsley, Arlo Caine and Christopher D. Wilson
International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:31
Published on: 24 November 2017
Commentary
Bringing facilitation into view
The articles in this volume reflect the continued popularity of video in professional development and raise important questions about how to situate video productively in varied contexts. Together, they highli...
Elizabeth A. van Es and Miriam Gamoran Sherin
International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:32
Published on: 25 November 2017