This study examined the classroom practice and beliefs of two novice teachers, Anne and Rachel, during their first year of teaching and during the first year of their involvement in Project PRIME, a district-wide professional development project. The research also analysed the challenges faced by the novice teachers and the professional developer who worked with them. Using accounts of practice...

BACKGROUND There are likely marked differences in endotracheal intubation (ETI) techniques between novice and experienced providers. We performed a proof of concept study to determine if portable motion technology could identify the motion components of ETI between novice and experienced providers. METHODS We recruited a sample of novice and experienced providers to perform ETIs on a cadaver....

In the previous chapter, I reviewed three major theories of expertise and their delineation of the characteristics of experts across skills and disciplines. In this chapter, I shall examine the characteristics of novice and expert teachers that have been identified in the literature on teaching expertise and see to what extent they share the characteristics of novices and experts in other profe...