Teachers´ Guide Landscape. The subject of Danish (L1) as an Example

Studies show that more than half of all Danish L1-teachers use didactic leaning materials in more than half of their teaching time and that teachers make use of a variety of materials both digital and analogue. Learning materials often come with written guides for teachers on how to understand and use the materials which we define as teacher´s guides; texts directed at the teacher guiding the use of a didactic leaning material. These informative and instructive texts as the teacher´s guide are therefor assumed to play a role in the teaching that unfolds in practice in the classroom and as learning resources for the teachers. Teacher’s guides can also assign the teachers as either performer of the prescriptions of the curriculum or as a professional who must engage in dialogue with and reflect on his/her subject. We find that in general, teacher´s guides for digital leaning materials are scarce and seldom invite teachers til reflect on their role. In analogue materials teacher´s guides are solid and well-argued and sometimes invites teachers to reflect upon their role. More studies should be carried out to investigate teachers´ actual use of teacher´s guides.