The weaving in teaching: Content-articulating expressions in teacher-student interaction

Abstract

This research seeks to be a contribution to general pedagogy by studying a particular type of pedagogical intervention called articulating expressions, which are characterized as connections between different technical topics or topics associated with a discipline that emerge during a class. Two types of articulating expressions were determined: local and global. We conducted a video analysis of math classes with two expert judges, who carried out the coding of the frequency and type of articulating expressions. The selected material corresponded to videos of math classes from 138 teachers of second cycle of Elementary Education in Chile. Following this, the identified articulating expressions were correlated to the overall teaching performance of the 138 teachers, according to the Chilean National System of Teacher Performance Evaluation. The results show that articulating expressions, particularly those of a local nature, correlate positively but with a reduced effect, to different dimensions of teaching performance, such as the teacher's ability to structure the class or promote pedagogical interaction. Articulating expressions would correspond to an important pedagogical resource for the teacher to enhance learning, while facilitating the teaching of the technical language of each discipline. The latter is achieved by establishing relationships with topics discussed during class, but also with content that was previously taught, and even with future content related to the discipline.