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CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND PEDAGOGY article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Teacher Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1290462

Supporting the development and improvement of teachers' relational competency

Provisionally accepted
Anders Jönsson Anders Jönsson *Jonas Aspelin Jonas Aspelin Sofia Lindberg Sofia Lindberg Daniel Östlund Daniel Östlund
  • Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden

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    In this paper we present experiences and findings from a research program on how to support the development and improvement of teachers' relational competency. Outcomes of the research program include a theoretical framework encompassing different aspects of relational competency ("communicative competency", "differentiation competence", and "socio-emotional competency"), and studies reporting on the use of two different methodologies (digital video simulations and virtual simulations with avatars) for assessing, as well as supporting, the development and improvements of said competency. The merits and shortcomings of these methodologies are discussed, and we propose a framework that can be used in teacher education and/or for professional development of teachers' relational competency, based on our experiences and research findings.

    Keywords: Avatars, digital video, student-teacher relationship, Teacher competency, Teacher Education

    Received: 07 Sep 2023; Accepted: 23 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Jönsson, Aspelin, Lindberg and Östlund. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Anders Jönsson, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden

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