Chapter 4. The power of video feedback
with structured viewing guides
in collaboration with
Ida Oosterheert and Eric Besselink
Abstract
Three similarly designed interventions were evaluated
in which preservice and in-service primary school
teachers received video feedback using structured
viewing guides in order to improve the instructional
quality of reading and writing lessons. Self-
assessments and observations show that after
intervention, the teachers in experimental groups,
who received structured video feedback, practiced
significantly more of the teaching behaviours targeted
than the teachers in control groups. The findings
justify the conclusion that focussing video feedback on
domain-specific effective teaching behaviours is a
powerful contribution towards raising teachers’ quality
of instruction.