1st Edition
Using Video to Foster Teacher Development Improving Professional Practice through Adaptation and Reflection
Introduction Marte Blikstad-Balas and Inga Staal Jenset
CORNERSTONE SECTION I: Reasons for including video in teacher learning Marte Blikstad-Balas and Inga Staal Jenset
Chapter 1: The benefits of using videos for developing teachers’ professional vision Inga Staal Jenset, Michael Tengberg, Anna Kristin Sigurðardóttir, Rúnar Sigþórsson, Camilla Gudmundsdatter Magnusson and Gøril Brataas
Chapter 2 The benefits of videos for developing teachers’ teaching repertoires Marte Blikstad-Balas, Camilla Gudmundsdatter Magnusson, Gøril Brataas and Jennifer Luoto
Chapter 3 The benefits of using videos for developing responsive teaching Inga Staal Jenset, Anna Slotte, Marie Nilsberth, Gøril Brataas and Marte Blikstad-Balas
CORNERSTONE SECTION II: Pedagogical designs for professional learning with videos Inga Staal Jenset and Marte Blikstad-Balas
Chapter 4 Pedagogies for teacher learning with videos: Didactical choices Inga Staal Jenset, Marte Blikstad-Balas, Anna Kristin Sigurðardóttir and Rúnar Sigþórsson
Chapter 5 How can a common language be created for targeted discussions about video clips? Marte Blikstad-Balas, Inga Staal Jenset, Michael Tengberg, Hanne Fie Rasmussen and Stefan Ting Graf
Chapter 6 How can the use of video reframe what we mean by practice in teacher education programs? Marte Blikstad-Balas and Inga Staal Jenset
CORNERSTONE SECTION III: Research designs for video-based professional learning Mark White, Marte Blikstad-Balas and Inga Staal Jenset
Chapter 7 Longitudinal studies on video-based interventions for mathematics teacher noticing: A review and future directions Rossella Santagata, Jinqing Liu, Thorsten Scheiner, Johannes König and Gabriele Kaiser
Chapter 8 Assessing teachers’ noticing from written reflections Tim Fütterer, Kathleen Stürmer and Richard Göllner
Chapter 9 Research–practice partnerships and video-based learning Janet Carlson and Hilda Borko
Afterword Inga Staal Jenset and Marte Blikstad-Balas
Biography
Marte Blikstad-Balas is Professor in Norwegian Didactics at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo, Norway.
Inga Staal Jenset is Associate Professor of Educational Sciences at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo, Norway.
“Despite increasing popularity, the use of video in teachers' professional learning remains under-conceptualized. This practical manual unpacks the purposes video can serve and the pedagogical designs that make it a powerful tool for supporting instructional improvement.”
- Francesca Forzani, Deputy Director, TeachingWorks, University of Michigan, USA.
“This book provides teacher educators with important insights into how to incorporate video recordings of teaching into powerful opportunities for teacher learning. Drawing on an international set of studies, Jenset, Blikstad-Balas and their colleagues provide research-based examples of the myriad ways in which video technology can contribute to the improvement of classroom practice.”
- Pam Grossman, Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
“We need to do everything we can to support the development, professional learning, and vision of teachers. This book provides insights and research evidence about how teachers can use video to improve practice while grounded in the real, daily interactions of teaching.”
- Karen Hammerness, American Museum of Natural History, USA.






