Chapter 15: Using Video Stimulated Recall to Reflect on Teaching and Adapt to Candidate Needs

This assignment utilizes Video Stimulated Recall (VSR), a technologically enhanced mode of observation, to improve teacher candidates’ reflection on specific elements of their practice, especially as they relate to content knowledge, inquiry skills, and meeting the needs of individual learners.

This assignment is designed to improve teacher candidates’ classroom instruction through enhanced reflection on their pedagogical decision-making. Candidates plan for instruction in the typical methods course; however, planning for instructional goals does not ensure that those goals will be met. The Video Stimulated Recall (VSR) task helps bridge the gap by engaging candidates in technologically enhanced reflection on their teaching. The goals for this assignment are pedagogical content knowledge, promotion of candidate inquiry, and meeting the needs of individual learners. Candidates also identify their strengths, reflect on areas of improvement, and verbalize strategies for improving their instruction and meeting the needs of individual students.