Professional Knowledge Sharing Among Interdisciplinary Team Teachers: A Study Of Intra-Team Mentoring

Abstract

Explored the professional knowledge that two teams of interdisciplinary teachers exchanged during their daily interactions using observation of team planning meetings, teacher interviews, and teachers' personal reflections. The following five types of mentoring among highly collaborative teachers emerged: collaborative, clerical, professional teacher, interdisciplinary content, and social informal. Discusses implications for interdisciplinary teaming. (MOK)