Video-based classroom insights: promoting self-regulated learning in the context of teachers’ professional competences and students’ skills in self-regulated learning

Abstract

Despite the significance of self-regulated learning as an important educational goal, teachers face difficulties in fostering students’ skills in self-regulated learning (SRL). Teachers exhibit variability in their capacity to foster SRL. There is no guarantee that students consistently benefit from their teachers’ promotion of SRL. This study aims to address this issue by examining (1) how teachers promote SRL, (2) the relationship between teachers’ professional competences and their promotion of SRL, and (3) the association between teachers’ promotion of SRL and students’ SRL. Data from N = 54 teachers and their N = 823 lower secondary school students were analysed using online questionnaires, knowledge tests, and video recordings. The analysed video data reveals that teachers foster SRL predominantly implicitly, invest most of the time in promoting metacognitive strategies and primarily design learning environments that foster student support. Overall, only a few significant correlations were found between teachers’ professional competences and their promotion of SRL. Further, the results indicate no clear correlation pattern between teachers’ promotion and students’ skills in SRL. Further research should shed more light on the relationship between teachers’ promotion of SRL and students’ SRL to better understand whether and how they might be related.