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December 21, 2022

What constitutes teacher expertise? New research points to the answer

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In the largest ever review of teacher expertise, including data from over 1,000 teachers from around the world in primary and secondary school education, 73 features common to many expert teachers have been identified.

The study offers the most detailed, holistic description of expert teachers to date. This includes a description of their knowledge, beliefs, and, critically, how they teach and facilitate learning.

It offers findings that will be beneficial to those training as teachers, current teachers, teacher quality assurance and curriculum development around the world.

This includes, among other findings, that expert teachers:

The study is published in the journal Educational Research Review.

The research was conducted by Assistant Professor Jason Anderson, of the University of Warwick's Department of Applied Linguistics, and Dr. Gülden Taner, currently of İzmir University of Economics in Turkey.

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Assistant Professor Jason Anderson at the University of Warwick commented: "Our study is the first ever systematic review of teacher expertise research. It was made possible through an innovative use of the meta-summary methodology, including findings from research on 1,124 teachers from around the world.

"We analyzed 106 in our research, identifying 73 features of expert teachers across —from cognition to practice.

"From the meta-summary, we describe the expert teacher, a prototype in a sense, rather than a prescriptive checklist, which professionals in education can draw upon for support in their roles.

"This study is more holistic than previous research in the field, hence its value in painting a more complete picture of teacher expertise than individual studies have been able to do to date. It links aspects of the knowledge, cognition, practice and personalities of expert in ways that are likely to benefit stakeholders across primary and secondary education."

More information: Jason Anderson et al, Building the expert teacher prototype: A metasummary of teacher expertise studies in primary and secondary education, Educational Research Review (2022).

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