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Academics’ experiences of understanding of their subject matter and the relationship of this to their experiences of teaching and learning
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Prosser, M and Martin, E and Trigwell, K and Ramsden, P and Lueckenhausen, G, Academics' experiences of understanding of their subject matter and the relationship of this to their experiences of teaching and learning, Instructional Science, 33 pp. 137-157. ISSN 0020-4277 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Abstract
In this paper we focus on the issue of how academic staff experience the
understanding of their subject matter and the relationship of this understanding to their
experience of teaching. In recent years there has been a substantial amount of research
into how academic staff conceive of teaching and learning, how they approach their
teaching, and how their approaches to teaching relate to how their students approach
their learning. In our present project this research is being extended by looking at the
way 31 academics from four broad fields of study experience their understanding of
their subject matter and how this relates to the way they experience their teaching. Using
a phenomenographic approach we show that academics who experience their subject
matter in atomistic and less integrated ways experience their teaching in more information transmission and teacher-focused ways, while those with a more integrated and
holistic experience of understanding their subject experience their teaching in more
conceptual change and student-focused ways.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | experienced taught subject matter, university teaching, teacher-focus, student-focus, object of study, approach to teaching |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Continuing and community education |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
Objective Field: | Higher education |
UTAS Author: | Prosser, M (Professor Michael Prosser) |
ID Code: | 145480 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2021-07-22 |
Last Modified: | 2021-11-17 |
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