Professional Development in the Use of Data: From Data to Knowledge in Data Teams |
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| Authors: | Kim Schildkamp Maaike Smit Ulf Blossing |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of ELAN Teacher Development, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands;2. Datateam Partners, Hengelo, The Netherlands;3. Department of Education and Special Education, University of Gothenburg, G?teborg, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Schools need support in the use of data. To provide this support, a data team intervention was developed. A prior study conducted in the Netherlands showed that several factors can enable or hinder the work of data teams. The current replication study focuses on the factors influencing data use in data teams and the perceived effects of the data teams’ work, but looking at data teams in Sweden. The results of this qualitative study show that the data teams’ work is influenced by the same factors as in the Netherlands: Data characteristics (e.g., relevance of the data), team characteristics (e.g., heterogeneity of the team), and school organizational characteristics (e.g., school leader support). |
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| Keywords: | Data-based decision making data teams school improvement professional development professional learning communities replication study |
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