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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Conceptions of teaching"”.
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistants' Conceptions of Teaching
… exploratory study investigated change in the conceptions of teaching held by undergraduate student teaching assistants (UTAs) at a comprehensive Canadian university. Twenty-nine UTAs working in a large (~1,600) mostly online course were surveyed before and after one 13-week semester. Ten UTAs …
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Exploring teaching assistants’ conceptions of teaching
As academics interested in the improvement of post-secondary teaching, we are challenged to understand andarticulate our differing conceptions of teaching. As a processof personal discovery, this can lead us to make our beliefs andactions more congruent, and thus ultimately to improve ourpractice. …
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A case study in refactoring computer science education
This research study explored beliefs about and conceptions of teaching and learning held by computer science lecturers in a single school of computer science in a third level educational institute in Ireland. The study first investigated how lecturers considered their practice to align or diverge …
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Teachers' conceptions of excellent teaching in Chinese middle schools
… explores how Chinese teachers perceive excellent teaching in middle schools. Three linked studies have aimed to identify teachers' major conceptions, and how they related to their conceptions of teaching practice. Study One investigated how 169 Chinese teachers, students, parents, and school …
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Seeing the point: conceptions of learning and teaching for transfer and influences on teaching practice
… explored the relationship between lecturers’ conceptions of transferability of learning and the influence of this on their teaching practice. The central proposition was that if transferability of learning lies at the heart of teaching, then lecturers should have specific conceptions of …
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How lecturers experience student-centred teaching
This thesis reports the findings of an essentially phenomenographic research study into nurse teachers’ Conceptions of Student-Centred Teaching and Student-Centred Approaches to Teaching. The focus on the experience of student-centred aspects of teaching is a departure from previous research from …
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A multiple case study exploring suburban Chicago middle school social studies teachers overcoming modern constraints to enact dialogic pedagogy
… methods, the study examined the experiences of teachers and administrators across several school contexts to uncover the systemic influences that shape dialogic teaching practices. Findings reveal that while teachers, students, and administrators share a common language around dialogue, their …
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University Instructors Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Across Stem and Non-Stem Blended Courses
The rising trend of blended learning in higher education has benefited student engagement and learning across all disciplines. Universities have facilitated and encouraged teaching and learning centers to offer technology-based professional development workshops and help to instructors, yet blended …
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Educational development for online teaching
… study that explores the impact on educators’ teaching practices, particularly their assumptions and beliefs about teaching and self-efficacy, as a result of their participation in an educational development programme designed to prepare college educators to develop and teach online and hybrid …
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Transformative Effects of Learning & Assessment-Focused Educational Development
This heuristic inquiry outlines the chronology of my own theory-building, developing awareness and understanding of my educational development practice; I define my practice as learning&assessment-focused educational development. The inquiry maps the ways in which my early doctoral work shaped both …
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HEI school partnership in initial teacher training: the balance of HEI-school responsibilities for, and the nature of, secondary PGCE courses
This study examines the balance of HEI-school responsibilities for secondary PGCE courses, and extends previous work in this dimension of partnership by moving beyond the perspective of HEI course managers through content analysis of HEI course documentation and interviews with HEI course leaders. …
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An exploration of science teachers’ attitudes towards assessment
Assessment, as an integral part of teaching and learning, is carried out for various reasons. Like every other educational practice, variations tend to occur in the perception of its purpose and how it is carried out. Science teachers’ attitudes towards assessment were investigated in this study by …
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The Experience of Teaching in Art, Design and Communication
The aim of this thesis is to explore conceptions of and approaches to teaching situated within the context of practice-based teachers of art, design and communication. This thesis explores conceptions of teaching held by academics in departments of art, design and communication and explores links …
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Understanding Grade 4-8 Teachers’ Instructional Practices and Beliefs as a Function of Transdisciplinary Coaching in STEM-Language Literacy
… have resulted in the need for teachers to have professional development and coaching support to introduce a cross-curricular, transdisciplinary instructional approach while honouring teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and instructional methods. This study sought to introduce Grade 48 teachers to …
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Approaches to Learming of Postgraduate Healthcare Professionals in an Outcomes Based Curriculum
… thesis has explored the approaches to learning of postgraduate students from the healthcare profession. Their experiences are placed within the perspectives of their lecturers and external examiner for the programme. I employ a phenomenological approach, through the lens of fourth generation …
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Capturing the multiple landscapes of excellence: perceptions, enactment, and evaluations of teaching practices in four university undergraduate courses
… directed at capturing the multiple landscapes of undergraduate teaching excellence as viewed by the major stakeholders in college classrooms, the students and their teachers. These landscapes were described and examined with an eye towards gleaning conceptualizations of teaching excellence that …
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The Outcomes Of New Teachers Being Reflective
… scholars who have recently commenced academic teaching duties. Referred to as neophytes in this study, these teachers are usually early career academics, postgraduate students or sessional lecturers who begin teaching with little more training than attendance at short professional development …