Design and use of curriculum resources for teachers and teacher educators: Example of the Chinese abacus at primary school. (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gueudet, Ghislaine; Poisard, Caroline
• Is Part Of: International journal of educational research. Volume 93(2019)
• Page Start: 68
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Abacus -- Documentation work -- Operational invariants -- Resources -- Teachers' professional development; Education -- Evaluation -- Periodicals; Curriculum evaluation -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; Program Evaluation -- Periodicals; Éducation -- Évaluation -- Périodiques; Programmes d'études -- Evaluation -- Périodiques; Éducation -- Recherche -- Périodiques; Curriculum evaluation; Education -- Evaluation; Periodicals; 370.72
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2018.10.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0883-0355

Abstract

Highlights: Teachers and teacher educators develop schemes of use of curriculum resources. These schemes of use comprise in particular operational invariants. Teachers modify the resources they use according to their operational invariants. This perspective enlightens teachers' capacity to use curriculum resources. This perspective enlightens curriculum resources influence on instruction. Abstract: In this paper we discuss a particular perspective on the design and use of curriculum resources brought through applying the documentational approach to didactics. We present this theoretical approach and the associated "reflective investigation" method. We consider that teachers and teacher educators develop documents, associating resources and a scheme of use of these resources. We provide an illustrative example of curriculum resources around the use of the Chinese abacus. We present our results, concerning the documents developed by a primary school teacher and teacher educator using these resources. We analyze simultaneously the teacher's capacity to use curriculum resources and curriculum resources influence on instruction.