Collegial Planning and Preparation as Subject-didactical School Improvement

Planning and preparation (PaP) are vital for high-quality teaching and thus for student learning. Nevertheless, the infrastructure to support teachers´ PaP is often poorly developed.

This project will bring together the fields of subject didactics and school development in order to investigate PaP as part of the local school organization and as a qualified activity. We are interested in how collegial PaP can be organised and supported in sustainable and supportive ways.

We are interested in exploring collegial PaP as professional development; for transforming knowledge into relevant teaching activities, and for developing a dialogic and formative approach.

Our research-based hypothesis is that teachers’ PaP would benefit from a collegial collaboration and that the implementation of such a designated work needs the local school management´s active support. Our focus is to follow the commencement and implementation of several subject-based planning teams.

The aim is to develop empirical and theoretical knowledge about a didactical practice as well as about its role in the local school organisation.

The contribution to the fields of subject didactics will bridge the knowledge gap between PaP qualities and teachers’ competencies.

It is likewise important for school improvement, as there is a parallel gap regarding leading PaP as a strategy for improvement. Most importantly, this knowledge is vital for improving the implementations of reforms for school improvements.