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Conceptions of good teaching and how they influence the way adults and school leavers are taught
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Kember, D and Kwan, K-P and Ledesma, J, Conceptions of good teaching and how they influence the way adults and school leavers are taught, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 20 pp. 393-404. ISSN 0260-1370 (2001) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2001 Taylor & Francis Ltd
DOI: doi:10.1080/02601370119164
Abstract
Seventeen lecturers in three departments in a university were interviewed about their conceptions of good teaching, their perceptions of the differences between adult and full-time
students, and the actual strategies and methods they employed in their practice of teaching
the two student groups. Results showed that there were common perceptions of the way adult
students differed from their full-time adolescent counterparts. However, they reacted
differently to those perceived differences. Three major types of accommodation were found: catering for weakness, treating both groups in the same way, and remediating weaknesses. The lecturers’ conceptions of good teaching could be categorized into two main categories:
transmissive and facilitative. Cross-tabulation of the teaching conception of the individual
lecturers with their orientation to accommodation showed that those holding a transmissive
conception tended to cater for the weakness of their students or make no distinction between
teaching adult and full-time students. Those perceiving teaching as facilitating learning were more likely to try to remediate the weaknesses of their students.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Teacher education and professional development of educators |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
Objective Field: | Teacher and instructor development |
UTAS Author: | Kember, D (Professor David Kember) |
ID Code: | 129998 |
Year Published: | 2001 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2019-01-04 |
Last Modified: | 2019-03-14 |
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