The Role of Smartphones in Teacher Training Mediated Through Photo-elicitation

摘要

In this paper, we advance the results of a study on the use of smartphone functions in the permanent training of primary-school teachers supported by photo-elicitation processes. The study began in January 2015 and will end in December 2017. Three teachers participated from the primary schools Jaime Vera in Madrid and La Paloma in Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara), Spain. To date, the smartphone functions used for photo elicitation by these teachers to reflect on difficulties in their practice include: taking photos of classroom situations that are judged difficult by teachers; viewing these photos; recording an audio track of sessions reflecting on the content of these images; playing back the recorded audio tracks to transcribe their content and identify the theories and beliefs on which participating teachers' decisions are based and, finally, storing all this information in the cloud (Dropbox, Drive, at the rest).