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Smartphone functions in photo-elicitation sessions for teachers´continuing professional development

Authors:
Antonio Bautista
Laura Rayón
Yolanda Muñoz
Ana María De las Heras

Keywords: teacher education; photo-elicitation; digital hybrids; smartphones.

Abstract:
In this paper, we advance the results of a study on the use of smartphone functions supported by photo-elicitation processes in the permanent training of primary-school teachers. The study began in January 2015 and will end in December 2017. Three teachers participated from the primary schools Jaime Vera and Concepción Arenal in Madrid and La Paloma in Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara), Spain. The smartphone functions used for photo elicitation by these teachers to reflect on the dilemmas and difficulties in their practice include: taking photos of classroom situations that are judged difficult by teachers then viewing these photos. It includes recording an audio track of sessions reflecting on the content of the photos; playing back the recorded audio tracks to transcribe their content. Identifying the theories and beliefs from where participating teachers’ decisions are based is another function and, finally, storing and get it back all this information in the cloud (Dropbox, Drive, at the rest). The main goal of this paper is to show how the different applications of smartphones enable teachers´ learning as well as their personal and social development through reflection processes of their practices.

Pages: 452 to 461

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2016. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2016

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2679