Standardising coaching of preservice teachers in the classroom: development and trial of the Synchronous Online Feedback Tool (SOFT)

Louise Taylor; Ron Oostdam; Ruben G. Fukkink

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2022.103780

Standardising coaching of preservice teachers in the classroom: development and trial of the Synchronous Online Feedback Tool (SOFT)

Louise Taylor, Ron Oostdam, Ruben G. Fukkink

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Providing high-quality feedback is essential for improving preservice teacher performance. Rather than post-lesson feedback, immediate performance feedback while teaching is considered effective. This article reports on developing and piloting a standardised tool for synchronous feedback. Eight teacher educators from a Dutch higher education institution were trained to use the tool (based on accepted models of teacher roles, observation criteria and feedback levels) with pre-recorded lessons. Interobserver reliability was good for teacher roles and sufficient for feedback levels. Positive evaluations of the tool and educators’ interest in its application, warrant further research into scalability and effectiveness of synchronous feedback delivery.

Original language	English
Article number	103780
Journal	Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume	117
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103780
Publication status	Published - Sept 2022

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